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# Working as a nurse in Belgium

In Belgium, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 6,524 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a nurse in Belgium on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 68,815 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Belgium. Foreign qualifications go through: Specialist (and General care) Nurse. In Belgium, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals": ≈ 6,524 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Specialist (and General care) Nurse; General care nurse; EEA/Swiss diploma: request Community professional recognition; the federal visa follows recognition. Non-EEA diploma: obtain academic equivalence from the chosen Community, then apply to FPS Public Health for the visa. Nurse is the basic general-care title; specialty titles are separate.
- Recognition authority: Basic qualification recognition is handled by the competent Belgian Community (Flemish, French or German-speaking); the federal FPS Public Health issues the practice visa. The applicable professional register also applies.
- Language requirement: Foreign-trained nurse responsible for general care: B2 in Dutch, French or German for the federal visa. Use an exam covering all four skills; the federal authority lists examples, not a closed list.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 68,815 €/year (current)

## Sources

JSON list[].id=660942; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=1&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Articles 3-6, 45 and 68/1: doctor, dentist, pharmacist, nurse and clinical psychologist. — https://codex.vlaanderen.be/PrintDocument.ashx?id=1027148
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://emploi.wallonie.be/en/home/actualites/actualites/autorisations-de-travail-et-permis-de-travail-b--seuils-salariaux-a-respecter-par-les-employeurs.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

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Nurse in Belgium: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d795107990518ed7c7169542145eeaa7]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/belgium/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-belgium-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_2b41b10d57e9,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in Belgium: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {d795107990518ed7c7169542145eeaa7},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/belgium/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Nurse in Belgium: salary, recognition and shortage status](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/belgium/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version d795107990518ed7c7169542145eeaa7; retrieved 2026-10-25; built 2026-10-25.

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- Title: Nurse in Belgium: salary, recognition and shortage status
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