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# Working as a plumber in Portugal

To work as a plumber in Portugal on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 37,227 € a year (current). Plumber is a regulated profession in Portugal. Foreign qualifications go through: Gas technicians/installers use DGEG recognition and qualification routes under the gas-sector framework; this does not establish a general licence for all plumbing work. In Portugal, plumbers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Gas technicians/installers use DGEG recognition and qualification routes under the gas-sector framework; this does not establish a general licence for all plumbing work.
- Recognition authority: DGEG handles recognition/certification for named gas-sector professionals; this is not a general plumber authority.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 37,227 €/year (current)

## Sources

Named gas technicians/installers are subject to Law 15/2015, training and qualification recognition; not all plumbers are included. — https://dgeg.gov.pt/pt/areas-setoriais/energia/combustiveis/entidades-e-profissionais/profissionais-da-area-do-gas/
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://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10_fte?geo=PT&unit=EUR&lang=en

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Plumber in Portugal: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8d31c499c7be73cbe465b923507169f2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/portugal/ 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_plumber-in-portugal-recognition-and-shortage-status_60373cd7d0c5,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Plumber in Portugal: recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {8d31c499c7be73cbe465b923507169f2},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/portugal/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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