# Moving to Germany as a childcare worker

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The indicative childcare worker salary band is short of the 2026 EU Blue Card threshold.

Mean gross earnings of the "Service and sales workers" ISCO-08 major group — 2,234 €/month, about 26,808 €/year — sit below the 50,700 €/year threshold; the gap is about 23,892 €/year. Senior roles and shortage-list entries can still clear it individually.

- EU Blue Card threshold undefined: **50,700 €/year** (general rate)
- Indicative salary band: **2,234 €/month** — ISCO major-group mean, Eurostat SES 2022


Data: ImmigrationDB (immigrationdb.com), CC BY 4.0, compiled from the cited official sources.