# Moving to Germany as a engineer

Snapshot: approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab

The indicative engineer salary band meets the 2026 EU Blue Card threshold.

Mean gross earnings of the "Professionals" ISCO-08 major group — 4,646 €/month (SES 2022, 10-49), about 55,752 €/year — are at or above the 45,934 €/year threshold for shortage occupations. An individual offer still has to clear the number itself.

- EU Blue Card threshold undefined: **45,934 €/year** (shortage-occupation rate)
- Indicative salary band: **4,646 €/month** — ISCO major-group mean, Eurostat SES 2022
- Recognition: regulated — anabin / Anerkennung in Deutschland (https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php)

Data: ImmigrationDB (immigrationdb.com), CC BY 4.0, compiled from the cited official sources.