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Working as an architect in Estonia

What official sources say about working as an architect in Estonia: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.

In Estonia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 3,562 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as an architect in Estonia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 37,656 € a year (current). Architect is a regulated profession in Estonia. Foreign qualifications go through: For activities within Regulation 61, a foreign professional qualification must be recognized before acting as competent person; apply to TTJA with supporting documents.

Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
≈ 3,562 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
Regulation
Regulated
Recognition route
For activities within Regulation 61, a foreign professional qualification must be recognized before acting as competent person; apply to TTJA with supporting documents.
EU Blue Card threshold
37,656 €/year

Pay

Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Estonia: ≈ 3,562 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

Estonia publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 37,656 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what architects earn.

Regulation and recognition

Architect is a regulated profession in Estonia.

Recognition route
For activities within Regulation 61, a foreign professional qualification must be recognized before acting as competent person; apply to TTJA with supporting documents. Architect (acquired rights) listed in Annex VI.
Recognition authority
TTJA for construction or electrical competent-person activities within its remit.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Architect in Estonia: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 94b96ee8920048c9f1c3ee93db097f07]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/architect/estonia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Architect in Estonia: salary and recognition},
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Sources

  1. Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA)TTJA construction page points to Regulation 61 activities requiring professional qualifica · Checked 2026-10-10
  2. European Commission Regulated Professions DatabaseRecord 656731 · Checked 2026-08-07
  3. Riigi Teataja (Riigikogu legislation) and Statistics EstoniaCountry work-route threshold · Checked 2026-10-25
  4. ILOILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) · Checked 2026-07-30