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# Working as a nurse in Italy

In Italy, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 2,612 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a nurse in Italy on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 35,973 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Italy. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application. In Italy, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals": ≈ 2,612 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; General care nurse; For health-professional qualification recognition, the Ministry of Health route depends on qualification origin and applicant status. Its published nurse service covers EU/EEA/Swiss qualifications; the checked non-EU service identifies a separate application route.
- Recognition authority: The Ministry of Health's DGPROF office handles recognition of foreign nursing qualifications; origin of qualification and applicant status determine the application route.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 35,973 €/year (current)

## Sources

JSON list[].id=659924; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=8&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Health-title recognition overview and profession-specific application service — https://www.salute.gov.it/new/en/tema/riconoscimento-qualifiche-professioni-sanitarie/qualifications-obtained-non-eu-countries/
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://esploradati.istat.it/SDMXWS/rest/data/IT1,92_1225_DF_DCCN_ANA1_7,1.0/A.IT.D11_D_W2_S1_R_FT.Z.Z.Z.V.N.Z.2026M9?startPeriod=2025&endPeriod=2024
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=IT

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Nurse in Italy: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8c5235d4d94f629d7a748f109e39d005]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/italy/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-italy-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_2f87c1e876ab,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in Italy: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {8c5235d4d94f629d7a748f109e39d005},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/italy/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Nurse in Italy: salary, recognition and shortage status](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/italy/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 8c5235d4d94f629d7a748f109e39d005; retrieved 2026-10-25; built 2026-10-25.

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- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/italy/
- Title: Nurse in Italy: salary, recognition and shortage status
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- Version: `8c5235d4d94f629d7a748f109e39d005`
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- Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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