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# Working as a teacher in Greece

In Greece, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 1,345 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a teacher in Greece on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 31,919 € a year (current). Teacher is a regulated profession in Greece. Foreign qualifications go through: For foreign teachers in the specified foreign/private-school channel, the school files the application before the school year with proof of teaching entitlement in the home country, authenticated/transl. qualifications and supporting documents. Public-school appointment is a separate competition/list process.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 1,345 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: For foreign teachers in the specified foreign/private-school channel, the school files the application before the school year with proof of teaching entitlement in the home country, authenticated/transl. qualifications and supporting documents. Public-school appointment is a separate competition/list process.
- Recognition authority: For the cited foreign/private-school teacher permission, the Ministry of Education and the competent Education Directorate handle the school-submitted application. Public appointments follow the Ministry’s separate appointment procedure.
- EU Blue Card threshold: 31,919 €/year (current)

## Sources

Procedure for foreign teachers in foreign/private schools; requires school proposal, evidence that credential permits teaching in home country, authenticated/transl. diploma and health certificate. This is one school channel, not all public teacher appointments. — https://mitos.gov.gr/index.php?title=%CE%94%CE%94%3A%CE%86%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%83%CE%B5_%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%82_%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%82
Country work-route threshold — https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/eu-immigration-portal/eu-blue-card/eu-blue-card-greece_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=EL

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Teacher in Greece: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 584bf18c0bc9b226201843bb5b70bf50]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/greece/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_teacher-in-greece-salary-and-recognition_09c16ba88d7e,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Teacher in Greece: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {584bf18c0bc9b226201843bb5b70bf50},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/greece/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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