Working as an engineer in Australia
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Australia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Australia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021). Engineer is a regulated profession in Australia. Foreign qualifications go through: Engineers Australia assesses migration qualifications through an accredited-qualification route or a Competency Demonstration Report (CDR), depending on the applicant’s qualification and pathway. In Australia, engineers are listed on the 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022).
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Engineers Australia assesses migration qualifications through an accredited-qualification route or a Competency Demonstration Report (CDR), depending on the applicant’s qualification and pathway.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Australia: ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of engineers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Australia.
- Recognition route
- Engineers Australia assesses migration qualifications through an accredited-qualification route or a Competency Demonstration Report (CDR), depending on the applicant’s qualification and pathway.
- Recognition authority
- Engineers Australia for migration skills assessment; the relevant State/Territory regulator for any required practice registration.
- Language requirement
- Engineers Australia requires migration-skills-assessment applicants to demonstrate English-language competency. It accepts IELTS, TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, Cambridge C1 Advanced, LANGUAGECERT Academic, Michigan English Test and CELPIP General; minimum component scores depend on test and test date, and a result must be within three years of lodging.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for engineer in Australia: 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022).
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 23). Engineer in Australia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 37941370dc05219d7de3371ad83d20d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/australia/ Retrieved 2026-10-23. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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