Working as an engineer in Malta
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Malta: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Malta, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 2,943 EUR/month (gross, 2020). To work as an engineer in Malta on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 35,394 € a year (current). Engineer is a regulated profession in Malta. Foreign qualifications go through: Engineer-warrant applicants need the specified MQF Level 6 engineering qualification and professional experience; civil-engineer/perit activity uses its separate warrant route.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 2,943 EUR/month (gross, 2020)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Engineer-warrant applicants need the specified MQF Level 6 engineering qualification and professional experience; civil-engineer/perit activity uses its separate warrant route.
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 35,394 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Malta: ≈ 2,943 EUR/month (gross, 2020), from ILO. 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
Malta publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 35,394 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what engineers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Malta.
- Recognition route
- Engineer-warrant applicants need the specified MQF Level 6 engineering qualification and professional experience; civil-engineer/perit activity uses its separate warrant route.
- Recognition authority
- Engineering Profession Board handles engineer warrants; Periti Warranting Board separately handles civil engineers/periti.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Engineer in Malta: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 663702a37e061d2386ed5125848606a0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/malta/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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