Working as an architect in Luxembourg
What official sources say about working as an architect in Luxembourg: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Luxembourg, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 9,434 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as an architect in Luxembourg on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 65,652 € a year (current). Architect is a regulated profession in Luxembourg. Foreign qualifications go through: A qualifying EU Annex V architect diploma plus proof of access to the profession in the issuing country is automatically recognised. Other foreign qualifications may use the Ministry recognition process; independent practice still requires a business permit and OAI registration.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 9,434 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- A qualifying EU Annex V architect diploma plus proof of access to the profession in the issuing country is automatically recognised. Other foreign qualifications may use the Ministry recognition process; independent practice still requires a business permit and OAI registration.
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 65,652 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Luxembourg: ≈ 9,434 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
Luxembourg publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 65,652 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what architects earn.
Regulation and recognition
Architect is a regulated profession in Luxembourg.
- Recognition route
- A qualifying EU Annex V architect diploma plus proof of access to the profession in the issuing country is automatically recognised. Other foreign qualifications may use the Ministry recognition process; independent practice still requires a business permit and OAI registration. Architect (acquired rights) listed in Annex VI. Architect listed in Annex V.
- Recognition authority
- Independent architect business permits are handled by the Ministry of the Economy; the Ministry for Research and Higher Education handles recognition where a diploma is not automatically recognised.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Architect in Luxembourg: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9cdc61f18b38baad6c251e21ba138572]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/architect/luxembourg/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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