Working as an architect in Spain
What official sources say about working as an architect in Spain: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Spain, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 2,614 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as an architect in Spain on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 41,356 € a year (current). Architect is a regulated profession in Spain. Foreign qualifications go through: An eligible EU/EEA architect qualification follows the professional-recognition system in RD 581/2017; a third-country degree follows the separate Spanish academic homologation route. Verify the exact title, training evidence and any practice/collegiate obligations.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 2,614 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- An eligible EU/EEA architect qualification follows the professional-recognition system in RD 581/2017; a third-country degree follows the separate Spanish academic homologation route. Verify the exact title, training evidence and any practice/collegiate obligations.
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 41,356 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Spain: ≈ 2,614 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
Spain publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 41,356 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what architects earn.
Regulation and recognition
Architect is a regulated profession in Spain.
- Recognition route
- An eligible EU/EEA architect qualification follows the professional-recognition system in RD 581/2017; a third-country degree follows the separate Spanish academic homologation route. Verify the exact title, training evidence and any practice/collegiate obligations. General system of recognition - primary application.
- Language requirement
- Where the competent authority tests language for recognition in this university-level regulated profession, the statutory level is B2; Spanish and, where relevant, the applicable autonomous-community official language may be required.
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