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# Working as a physician in Malta

In Malta, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 2,943 EUR/month (gross, 2020). To work as a physician in Malta on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 35,394 € a year (current). Physician is a regulated profession in Malta. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 2,943 EUR/month (gross, 2020)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V; Doctor in Basic Medicine; Medical Council registration follows the applicant's origin, qualification, specialty and registration category; provisional and full routes are separate.; Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice
- Recognition authority: Medical Council Malta is the competent registration and licensing authority for medical practitioners.
- Language requirement: Some applicants on the non-Malta/non-EU-degree route may be required to pass the Council's English test: IELTS Academic 7.5 overall with at least 6.5 in each component, or OET Medicine in each component.
- 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/
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). Physician in Malta: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version eb2b059006042b9abeea24a3bcf80a3d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/malta/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_physician-in-malta-salary-and-recognition_ed072d9c91c1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Physician in Malta: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {eb2b059006042b9abeea24a3bcf80a3d},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/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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