Working as a childcare worker in Latvia
What official sources say about working as a childcare worker in Latvia: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Latvia, the occupation group "Service and sales workers", which includes childcare workers, earns ≈ 941 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Childcare worker is a regulated profession in Latvia. Foreign qualifications go through: For a regulated teacher post, recognition is decided by the Ministry after AIC review; this route is not generalized to every childcare role.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers"
- ≈ 941 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For a regulated teacher post, recognition is decided by the Ministry after AIC review; this route is not generalized to every childcare role.
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers" in Latvia: ≈ 941 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.
Regulation and recognition
Childcare worker is a regulated profession in Latvia.
- Recognition route
- For a regulated teacher post, recognition is decided by the Ministry after AIC review; this route is not generalized to every childcare role.
- Recognition authority
- The Ministry handles regulated teacher recognition after AIC review.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Childcare worker in Latvia: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 76c2e31fdc0a3eece35acfb6193af55d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/latvia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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title = {Childcare worker in Latvia: salary and recognition},
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date = {2026-10-16},
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