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# Working as an engineer in Lithuania

In Lithuania, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 2,637 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Engineer is a regulated profession in Lithuania. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Republic of Lithuania Law on Construction; Republic of Lithuania Law on Territorial Planning; Order No D1-874 by the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania on the Procedure of Recognition of Civil Engineer’s Professional Qualifications for the Provision of Construction Works Services on a Temporary or Occasional basis in the Republic of Lithuania of 27 November 2013. In Lithuania, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 2,637 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Republic of Lithuania Law on Construction; Republic of Lithuania Law on Territorial Planning; Order No D1-874 by the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania on the Procedure of Recognition of Civil Engineer’s Professional Qualifications for the Provision of Construction Works Services on a Temporary or Occasional basis in the Republic of Lithuania of 27 November 2013.; General system of recognition - primary application
- Recognition authority: The Construction Sector Development Agency is the competent route contact for the named civil/construction-engineer qualification; other engineering codes in the frozen family are not thereby assigned to this authority.
- Language requirement: Value: Path: /requirements/0/reserved_language · Value: lt
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

/regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6160; record id=659440; /regprof/general generic.title=Civil engineer; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=659440&lang=EN
Page dated 2026-05-19 lists separate EU and third-country construction-engineer recognition services through the Construction Sector Development Agency; services are free. — https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/point-of-single-contact/requirements-and-regulations/civil-engineer/
JSON list[].id=655974; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=20&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
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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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_engineer-in-lithuania-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_5abd8d5991aa,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Engineer in Lithuania: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {af3a15e79e765284f3ded80f22e28c05},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/lithuania/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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