--- page_version: 4b260e003c1f127bceef668ce72eacb8 content_date: 2026-10-25 entity_id: profession:engineer:pl entity_type: profession_country name: Engineer in Poland: salary and recognition canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/poland/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/move-as/engineer/poland.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/move-as/engineer/poland.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/poland/ citation_title: Engineer in Poland: salary and recognition citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-48d32b636f07abc8 citation_version: "4b260e003c1f127bceef668ce72eacb8" 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 Poland In Poland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 1,360 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as an engineer in Poland on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,569 € a year (current). Engineer is a regulated profession in Poland. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: - Law of July 7, 1994 Construction Law (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1333, as amended) - in the language Polish: Ustawa z dnia 7 lipca 1994 r. Prawo budowlane (Dz. U. z 2020 r. poz. 1333 z późn. zm.); - Law of December 15, 2000 on the professional self-government of architects and construction engineers (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1117) - in the language Polish: Ustawa z dnia 15 grudnia 2000 r. o samorządzie zawodowym architektów i inżynierów budownictwa (Dz. U. z 2019 r. poz. 1117); - Regulation of the Minister of Investment and Development of April 29, 2019 on vocational training to perform independent technical functions in construction (Journal of Laws, item 831) - in the language Polish: Rozporządzenie Ministra Inwestycji i Rozwoju z dnia 29 kwietnia 2019 r. w sprawie przygotowania zawodowego do wykonywania samodzielnych funkcji technicznych w budownictwie (Dz. U. poz. 831). - Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 1,360 EUR/month (gross, 2022) - Regulation: Regulated - Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: - Law of July 7, 1994 Construction Law (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1333, as amended) - in the language Polish: Ustawa z dnia 7 lipca 1994 r. Prawo budowlane (Dz. U. z 2020 r. poz. 1333 z późn. zm.); - Law of December 15, 2000 on the professional self-government of architects and construction engineers (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1117) - in the language Polish: Ustawa z dnia 15 grudnia 2000 r. o samorządzie zawodowym architektów i inżynierów budownictwa (Dz. U. z 2019 r. poz. 1117); - Regulation of the Minister of Investment and Development of April 29, 2019 on vocational training to perform independent technical functions in construction (Journal of Laws, item 831) - in the language Polish: Rozporządzenie Ministra Inwestycji i Rozwoju z dnia 29 kwietnia 2019 r. w sprawie przygotowania zawodowego do wykonywania samodzielnych funkcji technicznych w budownictwie (Dz. U. poz. 831).; For covered EU construction qualifications, submit the PIIB recognition application and evidence required by the chamber. This does not create a single recognition process for the full multi-specialty engineering family. - Recognition authority: PIIB for construction professions covered by the EU qualification-recognition rules; not a single authority for every engineering specialization. - EU Blue Card threshold: 36,569 €/year (current) ## Sources /regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6410; record id=661233; /regprof/general generic.title=Electrical engineer; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=661233&lang=EN PIIB route concerns covered EU/EEA qualification recognition for construction professions, not every engineering job or applicant origin. — https://www.piib.org.pl/pliki/bip/attachments/20R06_z1.pdf Country work-route threshold — https://www.mos.cudzoziemcy.gov.pl/en/question-and-answer-database/permits-residence-and-work/eu-blue-card/ 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=PL ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. 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