Working as an architect in Greece
What official sources say about working as an architect in Greece: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Greece, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 1,345 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as an architect in Greece on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 31,919 € a year (current). Architect is a regulated profession in Greece. Foreign qualifications go through: Apply through TEE; the published service requires the relevant degree, TEE registration, and examination/qualification steps. Third-country degrees require DOATAP academic equivalence; the EU Directive route is separate.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,345 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Apply through TEE; the published service requires the relevant degree, TEE registration, and examination/qualification steps. Third-country degrees require DOATAP academic equivalence; the EU Directive route is separate.
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 31,919 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Greece: ≈ 1,345 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.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Greece publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 31,919 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what architects earn.
Regulation and recognition
Architect is a regulated profession in Greece.
- Recognition route
- Apply through TEE; the published service requires the relevant degree, TEE registration, and examination/qualification steps. Third-country degrees require DOATAP academic equivalence; the EU Directive route is separate. Architect (acquired rights) listed in Annex VI.
- Recognition authority
- Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE/TCG), under the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, is the authority for the Architect Engineer licence.
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