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# Working as a childcare worker in Lithuania

In Lithuania, the occupation group "Service and sales workers", which includes childcare workers, earns ≈ 1,331 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Childcare worker is a regulated profession in Lithuania. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers": ≈ 1,331 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application
- Recognition authority: The Ministry of Education and Science is the recognition authority for the regulated preschool-teacher/educator title; the frozen family also includes childcare-worker jobs outside that named route.
- Language requirement: For the named preschool-teacher and education posts, the official-language requirement is category 2 or 3, depending on the regulated post; the page does not state a CEFR equivalence.

## Sources

JSON list[].id=655974; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=20&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Page dated 2026-05-19 identifies preschool teacher, school psychologist and teachers among regulated education professions; recognition by Education Ministry for specified routes; services free. — https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/point-of-single-contact/requirements-and-regulations/for-education-professionals/
ILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) — https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator?id=EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Childcare worker in Lithuania: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 518404cfcf5f603539967b8bd96ec90d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/lithuania/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_childcare-worker-in-lithuania-salary-and-recognition_c7729810349b,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Childcare worker in Lithuania: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {518404cfcf5f603539967b8bd96ec90d},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/lithuania/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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