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# Working as a nurse in Greece

In Greece, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 1,332 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a nurse in Greece on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 31,919 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Greece. Foreign qualifications go through: For EU/EEA professional qualifications, PD 38/2010 provides a professional-recognition framework through ATEEN or the profession-specific competent authority; automatic-recognition professions and permanent establishment may require separate national registration. This is not the general third-country route. In Greece, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals": ≈ 1,332 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: For EU/EEA professional qualifications, PD 38/2010 provides a professional-recognition framework through ATEEN or the profession-specific competent authority; automatic-recognition professions and permanent establishment may require separate national registration. This is not the general third-country route.; General care nurse; Specialist (and General care) Nurse
- Language requirement: Greek proficiency at B2 is specified for the temporary/occasional EU cross-border health-professional service certificate for the listed nursing roles. It does not establish a universal requirement for permanent jobs, third-country applicants, or every frozen associate-nurse code.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 31,919 €/year (current)

## Sources

Temporary and occasional cross-border service procedure for nurses, Ministry of Health/Regional Public Health Directorate, two-month deadline, no fee, updated 2 September 2026; not establishment licensing. — https://en.mitos.gov.gr/index.php?title=%CE%94%CE%94%3ADeclaration_of_Temporary_and_Occasional_Provision_of_Services_of_Nurse
JSON list[].id=661059; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=4&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
Country work-route threshold — https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/eu-immigration-portal/eu-blue-card/eu-blue-card-greece_en
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=EL

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Nurse in Greece: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8aa0e5de70aa049817a73bd05254d655]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/greece/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-greece-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_d6b014c223d6,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in Greece: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {8aa0e5de70aa049817a73bd05254d655},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/greece/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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