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# Working as a childcare worker in Greece

In Greece, the occupation group "Service and sales workers", which includes childcare workers, earns ≈ 1,044 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a childcare worker in Greece on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 31,919 € a year (current). Childcare worker is a regulated profession in Greece. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers": ≈ 1,044 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application
- EU Blue Card threshold: 31,919 €/year (current)

## Sources

Ministry lines 107–118 (E.4 contract term/pay floor) and lines 54–67 (annual quota); current statutory minimum-wage schedule checked on the linked Ministry minimum-wage page, effective 1 April 2026. — https://ypergasias.gov.gr/en/labour-relations/individual-employment-relations/work-for-third-country-nationals-in-greece/
JSON list[].id=661059; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=4&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Country work-route threshold — https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/eu-immigration-portal/eu-blue-card/eu-blue-card-greece_en
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=EL

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Childcare worker in Greece: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version fca2d0827cc6bd1fc7211aef13bb0b48]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/greece/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_childcare-worker-in-greece-salary-and-recognition_17c8796474fc,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Childcare worker in Greece: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {fca2d0827cc6bd1fc7211aef13bb0b48},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/greece/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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