Working as an architect in Poland
What official sources say about working as an architect in Poland: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Poland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 1,360 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as an architect in Poland on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,569 € a year (current). Architect is a regulated profession in Poland. Foreign qualifications go through: Use the IARP route matching the architect's qualification origin and legal status; the page describes the named EU/Swiss/EFTA recognition pathway and professional-register requirements.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,360 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Use the IARP route matching the architect's qualification origin and legal status; the page describes the named EU/Swiss/EFTA recognition pathway and professional-register requirements.
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 36,569 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Poland: ≈ 1,360 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
Poland publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 36,569 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what architects earn.
Regulation and recognition
Architect is a regulated profession in Poland.
- Recognition route
- Use the IARP route matching the architect's qualification origin and legal status; the page describes the named EU/Swiss/EFTA recognition pathway and professional-register requirements. General system of recognition - primary application. Architect (acquired rights) listed in Annex VI. Architect listed in Annex V.
- Recognition authority
- Chamber of Polish Architects (IARP) for the listed professional architect-recognition route.
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