Working as an engineer in Lithuania
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Lithuania: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Lithuania, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 2,637 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Engineer is a regulated profession in Lithuania. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Republic of Lithuania Law on Construction; Republic of Lithuania Law on Territorial Planning; Order No D1-874 by the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania on the Procedure of Recognition of Civil Engineer’s Professional Qualifications for the Provision of Construction Works Services on a Temporary or Occasional basis in the Republic of Lithuania of 27 November 2013. In Lithuania, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 2,637 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Republic of Lithuania Law on Construction; Republic of Lithuania Law on Territorial Planning; Order No D1-874 by the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania on the Procedure of Recognition of Civil Engineer’s Professional Qualifications for the Provision of Construction Works Services on a Temporary or Occasional basis in the Republic of Lithuania of 27 November 2013.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Lithuania: ≈ 2,637 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 engineers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Lithuania.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Republic of Lithuania Law on Construction; Republic of Lithuania Law on Territorial Planning; Order No D1-874 by the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania on the Procedure of Recognition of Civil Engineer’s Professional Qualifications for the Provision of Construction Works Services on a Temporary or Occasional basis in the Republic of Lithuania of 27 November 2013. General system of recognition - primary application.
- Recognition authority
- The Construction Sector Development Agency is the competent route contact for the named civil/construction-engineer qualification; other engineering codes in the frozen family are not thereby assigned to this authority.
- Language requirement
- Value: Path: /requirements/0/reserved_language · Value: lt
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for engineer in Lithuania: 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 16). Engineer in Lithuania: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version af3a15e79e765284f3ded80f22e28c05]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/lithuania/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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