--- page_version: 2f3f3fc7c7ef81a3626de0dd013524ca content_date: 2026-10-25 entity_id: profession:engineer:lu entity_type: profession_country name: "Engineer in Luxembourg: salary, recognition and shortage status" canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/luxembourg/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/move-as/engineer/luxembourg.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/move-as/engineer/luxembourg.md snapshot_id: approved-static-48d32b636f07abc8 generated_at: 2026-10-25 last_verified: 2026-10-25 citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/luxembourg/ citation_title: "Engineer in Luxembourg: salary, recognition and shortage status" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-48d32b636f07abc8 citation_version: "2f3f3fc7c7ef81a3626de0dd013524ca" citation_retrieval_date: "2026-10-25" citation_build_date: "2026-10-25" citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Working as an engineer in Luxembourg In Luxembourg, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 9,434 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as an engineer in Luxembourg on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 65,652 € a year (current). Engineer is a regulated profession in Luxembourg. Foreign qualifications go through: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Loi modifiée du 2 septembre 2011 réglementant l'accès aux professions d'artisan, de commerçant, d'industriel ainsi qu'à certaines professions libérales. Règlement grand-ducal modifié du 1er décembre 2011 en matière de droit d'établissement. Loi modifiée du 28 octobre 2016 relative à la reconnaissance des qualifications professionnelles. Loi du 11 juillet 1996 modifiée portant organisation d’une formation menant au brevet de maîtrise et fixation des conditions d’obtention du titre et du brevet de maîtrise. In Luxembourg, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission. - Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 9,434 EUR/month (gross, 2024) - Regulation: Regulated - Recognition route: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Loi modifiée du 2 septembre 2011 réglementant l'accès aux professions d'artisan, de commerçant, d'industriel ainsi qu'à certaines professions libérales. Règlement grand-ducal modifié du 1er décembre 2011 en matière de droit d'établissement. Loi modifiée du 28 octobre 2016 relative à la reconnaissance des qualifications professionnelles. Loi du 11 juillet 1996 modifiée portant organisation d’une formation menant au brevet de maîtrise et fixation des conditions d’obtention du titre et du brevet de maîtrise.; For independent consulting construction engineering, the manager needs a recognised master's degree in construction engineering or equivalent plus two years' practical experience after graduation. Other frozen engineering specialties are not covered by this route.; General system of recognition - primary application; General system of recognition - secondary application; Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Loi modifiée du 2 septembre 2011 réglementant l'accès aux professions d'artisan, de commerçant, d'industriel ainsi qu'à certaines professions libérales. Règlement grand-ducal modifié du 1er décembre 2011 en matière de droit d'établissement. Loi modifiée du 28 octobre 2016 relative à la reconnaissance des qualifications professionnelles. Loi du 11 juillet 1996 modifiée portant organisation d’une formation menant au brevet de maîtrise et fixation des conditions d’obtention du titre et du brevet de maîtrise. - Recognition authority: The Ministry of the Economy handles the business permit for the named independent consulting-engineer construction activity; qualification recognition may be requested through the higher-education recognition process where the stated degree criteria are not met. - Language requirement: Value: Path: /requirements/0/reserved_language · Value: fr - Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission - EU Blue Card threshold: 65,652 €/year (current) ## Sources /regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6160; record id=659920; /regprof/general generic.title=Civil engineer; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=659920&lang=EN Independent consulting construction engineers need a business permit and master's-level construction engineering qualification plus two years practical experience. — https://guichet.public.lu/en/entreprises/creation-developpement/autorisation-etablissement/profession-liberale/ingenieur-construction.html JSON list[].id=660050; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=9&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC /regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6460; record id=660842; /regprof/general generic.title=Mechanical engineer; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=660842&lang=EN 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://guichet.public.lu/en/citoyens/immigration/vivre/non-luxembourg/immigration/pays-tiers/hautement-qualifie/salarie-hautement-qualifie.html ILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) — https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator?id=EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. 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