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# Working as a nurse in Malta

In Malta, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 2,387 EUR/month (gross, 2020). To work as a nurse in Malta on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 35,394 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Malta. Foreign qualifications go through: Specialist (and General care) Nurse. In Malta, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals": ≈ 2,387 EUR/month (gross, 2020)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Specialist (and General care) Nurse; General care nurse; General system of recognition - primary application; Non-EU-trained nurses submit the Council's required documents and complete a prescribed bridging course before the applicable registration; EU and third-country routes differ.; Specialist Nurse
- Recognition authority: Council for Nurses and Midwives is the competent registration authority for nurses and midwives.
- Language requirement: Non-EU-trained nurse route: IELTS Academic overall 6.0 or OET speaking B with C+ in other components; 2025 Council guidelines also list specified English/Maltese education, practice and test alternatives.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 35,394 €/year (current)

## Sources

JSON list[].id=656803; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=22&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Named profession and competent-authority rows in the official register; statutory route pages for profession-specific controls. — https://mfhea.mt/list-of-regulated-professions-and-competent-authorities/
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://nso.gov.mt/labour-market-main-page/
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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Nurse in Malta: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4cf1c2e6abc842eafd206b1a4c753f4e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/malta/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-malta-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_07ab7442f8cb,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in Malta: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {4cf1c2e6abc842eafd206b1a4c753f4e},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/malta/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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