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# Working as an engineer in Italy

In Italy, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 3,017 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as an engineer in Italy on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 35,973 € a year (current). Engineer is a regulated profession in Italy. Foreign qualifications go through: For professions within its remit, the Ministry of Justice assesses foreign qualifications and may require an aptitude test or adaptation period before enrolment in the relevant Italian professional register. In Italy, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 3,017 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: For professions within its remit, the Ministry of Justice assesses foreign qualifications and may require an aptitude test or adaptation period before enrolment in the relevant Italian professional register.; General system of recognition - primary application
- Recognition authority: The Ministry of Justice recognises foreign qualifications for the named civil/environmental, industrial and information engineering professions under its supervision.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 35,973 €/year (current)

## Sources

List of Justice Ministry-supervised professions — https://www.giustizia.it/giustizia/it/mg_2_4_1.page?previsiousPage=mg_3_4_27
JSON list[].id=659924; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=8&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
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://esploradati.istat.it/SDMXWS/rest/data/IT1,92_1225_DF_DCCN_ANA1_7,1.0/A.IT.D11_D_W2_S1_R_FT.Z.Z.Z.V.N.Z.2026M9?startPeriod=2025&endPeriod=2024
Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_25) — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_25?lang=en&format=JSON&freq=A&sex=T&indic_se=ERN&sizeclas=10-49&unit=EUR&geo=IT

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Engineer in Italy: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 33b86f9b83502ab3de935a6a07f209ff]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/italy/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_engineer-in-italy-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_3ef5e537743a,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Engineer in Italy: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {33b86f9b83502ab3de935a6a07f209ff},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/italy/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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