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# Working as a plumber in Italy

To work as a plumber in Italy on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 35,973 € a year (current). Plumber is a regulated profession in Italy. Foreign qualifications go through: For the technical-responsible person of a firm performing covered water or sanitary installation work, MIMIT's foreign-qualification route and any prescribed compensatory measure apply. This is an activity/business route, not the recognition procedure for every employed plumber. In Italy, plumbers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: For the technical-responsible person of a firm performing covered water or sanitary installation work, MIMIT's foreign-qualification route and any prescribed compensatory measure apply. This is an activity/business route, not the recognition procedure for every employed plumber.
- Recognition authority: MIMIT publishes the recognition references for covered building water and sanitary installation activity; company registration and a qualified technical responsible person are part of the activity framework.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 35,973 €/year (current)

## Sources

Regulatory references for technical-responsible persons and electrical systems — https://www.mimit.gov.it/it/mercato-e-consumatori/titoli-professionali-esteri/riferimenti-normativi?layout=ipamise%3Amise-cat
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

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Plumber in Italy: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e9968bd9654fa6b73e72955507cb88de]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/italy/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_plumber-in-italy-recognition-and-shortage-status_d660316ed993,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Plumber in Italy: recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {e9968bd9654fa6b73e72955507cb88de},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/italy/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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