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# Working as a plumber in Spain

To work as a plumber in Spain on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 41,356 € a year (current). Plumber is a regulated profession in Spain. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; For gas installations, meet the category-specific installer qualification and company conditions, then follow the competent Autonomous Community procedure. This does not establish a universal licence for ordinary plumbing.
- Recognition authority: For regulated gas-installation work, the relevant Autonomous Community competent authority applies the qualification/installer route; authorised gas installation companies are also required.
- EU Blue Card threshold: 41,356 €/year (current)

## Sources

/regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6705; record id=656557; /regprof/general generic.title=Plumber; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=656557&lang=EN
RD 919/2006, ITC-ICG 09 and 10: gas installer qualification and company authorisation are administered under regional competent authorities. — https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2006-15345&p=20230318&tn=1
Country work-route threshold — https://www.inclusion.gob.es/documents/d/unidadgrandesempresas/umbral-salarial.pdf

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Plumber in Spain: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a64f5c2fa8956ba0f2e79ef5823c5e45]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/spain/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_plumber-in-spain-recognition_2fe7377fdba3,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Plumber in Spain: recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {a64f5c2fa8956ba0f2e79ef5823c5e45},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/spain/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Plumber in Spain: recognition](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/spain/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version a64f5c2fa8956ba0f2e79ef5823c5e45; retrieved 2026-10-25; built 2026-10-25.

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- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/spain/
- Title: Plumber in Spain: recognition
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