Working as an architect in Bulgaria
What official sources say about working as an architect in Bulgaria: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Bulgaria, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Architect is a regulated profession in Bulgaria. Foreign qualifications go through: Foreign architects apply to KAB for recognition of professional qualifications and practice registration; KAB also publishes a separate temporary-service route. Published 2026 charges below apply to EU-qualified applicants.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Foreign architects apply to KAB for recognition of professional qualifications and practice registration; KAB also publishes a separate temporary-service route. Published 2026 charges below apply to EU-qualified applicants.
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Bulgaria: ≈ 1,187 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 architects alone.
Regulation and recognition
Architect is a regulated profession in Bulgaria.
- Recognition route
- Foreign architects apply to KAB for recognition of professional qualifications and practice registration; KAB also publishes a separate temporary-service route. Published 2026 charges below apply to EU-qualified applicants. Architect (acquired rights) listed in Annex VI. Architect listed in Annex V.
- Recognition authority
- Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria (KAB), named in the national regulated-profession list.
- Language requirement
- NACID says Bulgarian sufficient to practise a regulated profession is required; checked KAB material does not specify a CEFR level or accepted test.
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