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# Working as an architect in Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Architect is a regulated profession in Bulgaria. Foreign qualifications go through: Foreign architects apply to KAB for recognition of professional qualifications and practice registration; KAB also publishes a separate temporary-service route. Published 2026 charges below apply to EU-qualified applicants.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Foreign architects apply to KAB for recognition of professional qualifications and practice registration; KAB also publishes a separate temporary-service route. Published 2026 charges below apply to EU-qualified applicants.; Architect (acquired rights) listed in Annex VI; Architect listed in Annex V
- Recognition authority: Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria (KAB), named in the national regulated-profession list.
- Language requirement: NACID says Bulgarian sufficient to practise a regulated profession is required; checked KAB material does not specify a CEFR level or accepted test.

## Sources

Annex 1 of the current register, amended in State Gazette No.72 of 11 August 2026; 2026 occupation title/scope compared without an adjacent-title substitution. — https://www.navet.government.bg/bg/media/spisak-na-regulirani-profesii-reshenie-na-ms-11-08-26.pdf
JSON list[].id=658513; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=26&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_25) — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_25?lang=en&format=JSON&freq=A&sex=T&indic_se=ERN&sizeclas=10-49&unit=EUR&geo=BG

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Architect in Bulgaria: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {442a4bf2cfdd5c0bca130fd0e49763ba},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/architect/bulgaria/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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