Working as an electrician in Slovakia
What official sources say about working as an electrician in Slovakia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Slovakia, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes electricians, earns ≈ 1,241 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Electrician is a regulated profession in Slovakia. Foreign qualifications go through: For the listed Elektrotechnik activity, formal education is recognized through CRD and professional qualification through the National Labour Inspectorate; accepted qualification routes depend on electrical education/training and equipment scope. In Slovakia, electricians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers"
- ≈ 1,241 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For the listed Elektrotechnik activity, formal education is recognized through CRD and professional qualification through the National Labour Inspectorate; accepted qualification routes depend on electrical education/training and equipment scope.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers" in Slovakia: ≈ 1,241 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 electricians alone.
Regulation and recognition
Electrician is a regulated profession in Slovakia.
- Recognition route
- For the listed Elektrotechnik activity, formal education is recognized through CRD and professional qualification through the National Labour Inspectorate; accepted qualification routes depend on electrical education/training and equipment scope.
- Recognition authority
- Ministry of Education / CRD for formal-education recognition and National Labour Inspectorate for professional qualification in the listed electrical-work activity.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for electrician in Slovakia: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Electrician in Slovakia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4717bcf13af9cc92f513c7400b4e31b9]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/slovakia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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