Working as an engineer in Austria
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Austria: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Austria, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 4,184 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as an engineer in Austria on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 55,678 € a year (current). Engineer is a regulated profession in Austria. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Ziviltechnikergesetz 1993 - ZTG, BGBl. 156/1994. In Austria, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 4,184 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Ziviltechnikergesetz 1993 - ZTG, BGBl. 156/1994
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 55,678 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Austria: ≈ 4,184 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 engineers alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Austria publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 55,678 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what engineers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Austria.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Ziviltechnikergesetz 1993 - ZTG, BGBl. 156/1994. For EEA/Swiss Ziviltechniker permission, submit diploma/evidence; equivalence check may require aptitude test or adaptation course. Not general employee process. General system of recognition - primary application.
- Recognition authority
- Federal Ministry for Economy, Energy and Tourism for EEA/Swiss Ziviltechniker authorization.
- Language requirement
- Value: Path: /requirements/0/reserved_language · Value: de
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for engineer in Austria: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Engineer in Austria: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d0400d2f0649744c3899b4560f4f072f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/austria/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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