Working as a childcare worker in Italy
What official sources say about working as a childcare worker in Italy: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Italy, the occupation group "Service and sales workers", which includes childcare workers, earns ≈ 1,862 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a childcare worker in Italy on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 35,973 € a year (current). Childcare worker is a regulated profession in Italy. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application. In Italy, childcare workers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers"
- ≈ 1,862 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 35,973 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers" in Italy: ≈ 1,862 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 childcare workers alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Italy publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 35,973 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what childcare workers earn.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for childcare worker in Italy: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Childcare worker in Italy: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8a15275748c8c06c3d2b19926125974e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/italy/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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