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# Working as a software developer in Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes software developers, earns ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Software developer is not a regulated profession in Bulgaria. Foreign qualifications go through: Employer assesses the foreign professional qualification for the generic non-regulated role. NACID academic-degree recognition may be requested separately where a foreign degree needs equivalence; it is not a professional licence. In Bulgaria, software developers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Not marked regulated
- Recognition route: Employer assesses the foreign professional qualification for the generic non-regulated role. NACID academic-degree recognition may be requested separately where a foreign degree needs equivalence; it is not a professional licence.
- Recognition authority: For a non-regulated profession, NACID says the employer is competent to recognise the foreign professional qualification; no profession-wide national recognition authority is identified.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

Annex 1 of the current register, amended in State Gazette No.72 of 11 August 2026; 2026 occupation title/scope compared without an adjacent-title substitution. — https://www.navet.government.bg/bg/media/spisak-na-regulirani-profesii-reshenie-na-ms-11-08-26.pdf
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
Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_25) — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_25?lang=en&format=JSON&freq=A&sex=T&indic_se=ERN&sizeclas=10-49&unit=EUR&geo=BG

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Software developer in Bulgaria: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 3e5dc00d200a081b6c1f5a034ec57ab5]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/software-developer/bulgaria/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_software-developer-in-bulgaria-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_c3ac683bfcac,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Software developer in Bulgaria: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {3e5dc00d200a081b6c1f5a034ec57ab5},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/software-developer/bulgaria/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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