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Working as an architect in Slovenia

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

In Slovenia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 3,834 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as an architect in Slovenia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 30,432 € a year (current). Architect is a regulated profession in Slovenia. Foreign qualifications go through: Protected PA practice requires ZAPS register entry after the applicable professional examination or recognition decision; EU applications use automatic or general-system routes depending on qualification.

Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
≈ 3,834 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
Regulation
Regulated
Recognition route
Protected PA practice requires ZAPS register entry after the applicable professional examination or recognition decision; EU applications use automatic or general-system routes depending on qualification.
EU Blue Card threshold
30,432 €/year

Pay

Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Slovenia: ≈ 3,834 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

Slovenia publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 30,432 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what architects earn.

Regulation and recognition

Architect is a regulated profession in Slovenia.

Recognition route
Protected PA practice requires ZAPS register entry after the applicable professional examination or recognition decision; EU applications use automatic or general-system routes depending on qualification. Architect (acquired rights) listed in Annex VI. Architect listed in Annex V.
Recognition authority
The Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS) maintains the certified-architect register and registration route.
Language requirement
No universal CEFR level or language test for every certified-architect recognition route was stated on the checked profile.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Architect in Slovenia: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 50b50b90a111fa2e85d599c456b657a3]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/architect/slovenia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Sources

  1. SPOT / Government of SloveniaCurrent national profession list · Checked 2026-10-15
  2. European Commission Regulated Professions DatabaseRecord 655802 · Checked 2026-08-07
  3. Statistical Office of the Republic of SloveniaCountry work-route threshold · Checked 2026-10-25
  4. ILOILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) · Checked 2026-07-30