Working as an engineer in Poland
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Poland: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Poland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 1,360 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as an engineer in Poland on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,569 € a year (current). Engineer is a regulated profession in Poland. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: - Law of July 7, 1994 Construction Law (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1333, as amended) - in the language Polish: Ustawa z dnia 7 lipca 1994 r. Prawo budowlane (Dz. U. z 2020 r. poz. 1333 z późn. zm.); - Law of December 15, 2000 on the professional self-government of architects and construction engineers (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1117) - in the language Polish: Ustawa z dnia 15 grudnia 2000 r. o samorządzie zawodowym architektów i inżynierów budownictwa (Dz. U. z 2019 r. poz. 1117); - Regulation of the Minister of Investment and Development of April 29, 2019 on vocational training to perform independent technical functions in construction (Journal of Laws, item 831) - in the language Polish: Rozporządzenie Ministra Inwestycji i Rozwoju z dnia 29 kwietnia 2019 r. w sprawie przygotowania zawodowego do wykonywania samodzielnych funkcji technicznych w budownictwie (Dz. U. poz. 831).
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,360 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: - Law of July 7, 1994 Construction Law (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1333, as amended) - in the language Polish: Ustawa z dnia 7 lipca 1994 r. Prawo budowlane (Dz. U. z 2020 r. poz. 1333 z późn. zm.); - Law of December 15, 2000 on the professional self-government of architects and construction engineers (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1117) - in the language Polish: Ustawa z dnia 15 grudnia 2000 r. o samorządzie zawodowym architektów i inżynierów budownictwa (Dz. U. z 2019 r. poz. 1117); - Regulation of the Minister of Investment and Development of April 29, 2019 on vocational training to perform independent technical functions in construction (Journal of Laws, item 831) - in the language Polish: Rozporządzenie Ministra Inwestycji i Rozwoju z dnia 29 kwietnia 2019 r. w sprawie przygotowania zawodowego do wykonywania samodzielnych funkcji technicznych w budownictwie (Dz. U. poz. 831).
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 36,569 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Poland: ≈ 1,360 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
Poland publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 36,569 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what engineers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Poland.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: - Law of July 7, 1994 Construction Law (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1333, as amended) - in the language Polish: Ustawa z dnia 7 lipca 1994 r. Prawo budowlane (Dz. U. z 2020 r. poz. 1333 z późn. zm.); - Law of December 15, 2000 on the professional self-government of architects and construction engineers (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1117) - in the language Polish: Ustawa z dnia 15 grudnia 2000 r. o samorządzie zawodowym architektów i inżynierów budownictwa (Dz. U. z 2019 r. poz. 1117); - Regulation of the Minister of Investment and Development of April 29, 2019 on vocational training to perform independent technical functions in construction (Journal of Laws, item 831) - in the language Polish: Rozporządzenie Ministra Inwestycji i Rozwoju z dnia 29 kwietnia 2019 r. w sprawie przygotowania zawodowego do wykonywania samodzielnych funkcji technicznych w budownictwie (Dz. U. poz. 831). For covered EU construction qualifications, submit the PIIB recognition application and evidence required by the chamber. This does not create a single recognition process for the full multi-specialty engineering family.
- Recognition authority
- PIIB for construction professions covered by the EU qualification-recognition rules; not a single authority for every engineering specialization.
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