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# Working as an electrician in Austria

To work as an electrician in Austria on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 55,678 € a year (current). Electrician is a regulated profession in Austria. Foreign qualifications go through: Independent regulated-trade permit; cross-border service requires prior notification and qualification evidence; safety-sensitive cases may require aptitude examination. In Austria, electricians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Independent regulated-trade permit; cross-border service requires prior notification and qualification evidence; safety-sensitive cases may require aptitude examination.
- Recognition authority: District authority/Magistrat for local trade permission; federal route for temporary cross-border service notification.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 55,678 €/year (current)

## Sources

Electrotechnics and Gas/Sanitary engineering are regulated trades; prior notification and qualification evidence. — https://www.wko.at/wirinstallateure/grenzueberschreitende-erbringung-von-dienstleistungen
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en
Country work-route threshold — https://www.migration.gv.at/en/types-of-immigration/permanent-immigration-red-white-red-card/eu-blue-card.html

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Electrician in Austria: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 78ddc4bec078480395b2be1adb0d2183]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/austria/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Electrician in Austria: recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {78ddc4bec078480395b2be1adb0d2183},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/austria/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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