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# Working as a childcare worker in Luxembourg

In Luxembourg, the occupation group "Service and sales workers", which includes childcare workers, earns ≈ 4,803 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a childcare worker in Luxembourg on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 65,652 € a year (current). Childcare worker is a regulated profession in Luxembourg. Foreign qualifications go through: Foreign qualifications for the named social and educational professions must be recognised before a licence to practise is requested.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers": ≈ 4,803 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Foreign qualifications for the named social and educational professions must be recognised before a licence to practise is requested.; General system of recognition - primary application
- Recognition authority: The Department for the Recognition of Diplomas under the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth recognises qualifications and issues licences for the named qualified-educator and care-assistant route.
- EU Blue Card threshold: 65,652 €/year (current)

## Sources

Qualified educators and care assistants need recognition and a licence; EUR 75 licence fee; complete files are usually handled in 2-6 weeks and no later than 3 months (page last updated 2017). — https://guichet.public.lu/en/entreprises/creation-developpement/profession/profession-encadrement/profession-socio-educative.html
JSON list[].id=660050; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=9&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Country work-route threshold — https://guichet.public.lu/en/citoyens/immigration/vivre/non-luxembourg/immigration/pays-tiers/hautement-qualifie/salarie-hautement-qualifie.html
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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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Childcare worker in Luxembourg: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version dff88ff2ffab37ea317dc771f75477a5]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/luxembourg/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_childcare-worker-in-luxembourg-salary-and-recognition_85554eb11fcb,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Childcare worker in Luxembourg: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {dff88ff2ffab37ea317dc771f75477a5},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/luxembourg/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Childcare worker in Luxembourg: salary and recognition](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/luxembourg/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version dff88ff2ffab37ea317dc771f75477a5; retrieved 2026-10-25; built 2026-10-25.

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- Title: Childcare worker in Luxembourg: salary and recognition
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- Version: `dff88ff2ffab37ea317dc771f75477a5`
- Retrieved: 2026-10-25
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- Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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