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# Working as an electrician in France

To work as an electrician in France on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 59,373 € a year (current). Electrician is a regulated profession in France. Foreign qualifications go through: Applicants evidence qualification or the prescribed experience; EU/EEA activity recognition may require an aptitude test when substantial differences are identified.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Applicants evidence qualification or the prescribed experience; EU/EEA activity recognition may require an aptitude test when substantial differences are identified.; Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition
- Recognition authority: The Chambre de métiers et de l’artisanat (CMA) at the intended place handles EU/EEA qualification recognition for the covered regulated activity.
- EU Blue Card threshold: 59,373 €/year (current)

## Sources

INPI electrician qualification page. — https://www.inpi.fr/annuaire-activites-et-professions/electricien
JSON list[].id=659079; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=6&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Country work-route threshold — https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051738426/2026-04-28

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Electrician in France: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d94ee0110c93d07fed5eed731bfebaf6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/france/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_electrician-in-france-recognition_e6ce99998478,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Electrician in France: recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {d94ee0110c93d07fed5eed731bfebaf6},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/france/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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- Title: Electrician in France: recognition
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