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# Working as a nurse in Poland

In Poland, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 1,211 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a nurse in Poland on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,569 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Poland. Foreign qualifications go through: For the cited non-EU route, apply for a limited right to practise tied to defined professional activities, a fixed time/place and statutory criteria; the cited route requires at least three years' relevant experience during the previous five years. Full recognition is separate. In Poland, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals": ≈ 1,211 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: For the cited non-EU route, apply for a limited right to practise tied to defined professional activities, a fixed time/place and statutory criteria; the cited route requires at least three years' relevant experience during the previous five years. Full recognition is separate.; General care nurse
- Recognition authority: The Ministry of Health and the relevant regional chamber of nurses and midwives handle the cited professional-right route; competent body depends on applicant and scope.
- Language requirement: For the cited limited-right route, the Ministry lists Polish-language evidence at minimum B1 for applicants covered by that route; this is not generalized to all nurse, midwife and associate roles or other routes.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 36,569 €/year (current)

## Sources

Non-EU route limited by duties, time/place of work and other statutory conditions; the cited pathway requires at least three years of recent experience. — https://www.gov.pl/web/zdrowie/uzyskaj-prawo-wykonywania-zawodu-pielegniarki-lub-poloznej-na-okreslony-zakres-czynnosci-zawodowych-czas-i-miejsce-zatrudnienia-w-polsce
JSON list[].id=657433; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=23&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://www.mos.cudzoziemcy.gov.pl/en/question-and-answer-database/permits-residence-and-work/eu-blue-card/
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=PL

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Nurse in Poland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4381467f79876968330434a330886483]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/poland/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-poland-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_b50bd8b3c7dc,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in Poland: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {4381467f79876968330434a330886483},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/poland/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Nurse in Poland: salary, recognition and shortage status](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/poland/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 4381467f79876968330434a330886483; retrieved 2026-10-25; built 2026-10-25.

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