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# Working as a nurse in France

In France, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 2,902 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a nurse in France on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 59,373 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in France. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application. In France, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals": ≈ 2,902 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; General care nurse; Listed EU/EEA nursing diplomas may receive sectoral/automatic recognition followed by Order registration; non-listed diplomas require the applicable separate national/regional recognition route.
- Recognition authority: For listed EU/EEA qualifications, registration is with the departmental Ordre des infirmiers; other diplomas follow a distinct national/regional recognition route.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 59,373 €/year (current)

## Sources

JSON list[].id=659079; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=6&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Ministry EU qualification page; eligible recognition is followed by nursing Order registration. — https://www.sante.gouv.fr/professionnels/se-former-s-installer-exercer/exercer-a-l-etranger-ou-en-france-avec-un-diplome-etranger/article/exercer-en-france-avec-un-diplome-reconnu-au-sein-de-l-union-europeenne
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://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051738426/2026-04-28
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=FR

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Nurse in France: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 80ebe7f27ca92ddd0b68b1d9bc47f2c6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/france/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-france-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_35c36f7e7ae5,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in France: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {80ebe7f27ca92ddd0b68b1d9bc47f2c6},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/france/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Nurse in France: salary, recognition and shortage status](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/france/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 80ebe7f27ca92ddd0b68b1d9bc47f2c6; retrieved 2026-10-25; built 2026-10-25.

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