Working as an architect in Belgium
What official sources say about working as an architect in Belgium: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Belgium, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 7,126 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as an architect in Belgium on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 68,815 € a year (current). Architect is a regulated profession in Belgium. Foreign qualifications go through: Covered EU qualifications use the directive recognition route followed by Order registration. Third-country applicants may need Community academic equivalence and additional recognition before registration through ArchiOnWeb.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 7,126 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Covered EU qualifications use the directive recognition route followed by Order registration. Third-country applicants may need Community academic equivalence and additional recognition before registration through ArchiOnWeb.
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 68,815 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Belgium: ≈ 7,126 EUR/month (gross, 2024), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of architects alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Belgium publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 68,815 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what architects earn.
Regulation and recognition
Architect is a regulated profession in Belgium.
- Recognition route
- Covered EU qualifications use the directive recognition route followed by Order registration. Third-country applicants may need Community academic equivalence and additional recognition before registration through ArchiOnWeb. Architect listed in Annex V. Architect (acquired rights) listed in Annex VI.
- Recognition authority
- The Order of Architects provincial council handles registration; academic equivalence or qualification recognition is handled through the relevant Community where required.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Architect in Belgium: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version fe00e03d060a66a766d8a768b985bb68]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/architect/belgium/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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