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# Working as a physician in Cyprus

In Cyprus, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 3,665 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a physician in Cyprus on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 43,632 € a year (current). Physician is a regulated profession in Cyprus. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in Basic Medicine. In Cyprus, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 3,665 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Doctor in Basic Medicine; Apply to the Cyprus Medical Council for registration. A foreign qualification not listed in the statutory annex requires KY.S.A.T.S. recognition and Council approval; the basic route requires 12 months approved hospital service, unless a listed specialty or 30-month experience exception applies.; Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V; Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice
- Recognition authority: Cyprus Medical Council, Ministry of Health.
- Language requirement: Greek language knowledge at C1 is required for medical practice under the cited Cyprus Medical Council service route; Council may also interview applicants.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 43,632 €/year (current)

## Sources

JSON list[].id=655282; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=18&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Medical Registration Law (Cap. 250); practice registration. — https://www.businessincyprus.gov.cy/business-sectors/doctor/
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.gov.cy/mip-md/en/documents/eu-blue-card/
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). Physician in Cyprus: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 26014ebf17b20b703fa7954b692fb705]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/cyprus/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_physician-in-cyprus-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_1ff0b8321f81,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Physician in Cyprus: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {26014ebf17b20b703fa7954b692fb705},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/cyprus/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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