Working as an accountant in Austria
What official sources say about working as an accountant in Austria: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Austria, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes accountants, earns ≈ 4,184 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as an accountant in Austria on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 55,678 € a year (current). Accountant is a regulated profession in Austria. Foreign qualifications go through: Public appointment/recognition starts with written application and evidence to Bilanzbuchhaltungsbehörde; employee roles excluded. In Austria, accountants are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 4,184 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Public appointment/recognition starts with written application and evidence to Bilanzbuchhaltungsbehörde; employee roles excluded.
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 55,678 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Austria: ≈ 4,184 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from Eurostat. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of accountants alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Austria publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 55,678 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what accountants earn.
Regulation and recognition
Accountant is a regulated profession in Austria.
- Recognition route
- Public appointment/recognition starts with written application and evidence to Bilanzbuchhaltungsbehörde; employee roles excluded.
- Recognition authority
- Bilanzbuchhaltungsbehörde at WKO for public appointment/recognition in specified professions.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for accountant in Austria: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Accountant in Austria: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version bf989d3a09067bb962e7ee664f7629bb]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/austria/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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