Working as an engineer in Romania
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Romania: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Romania, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 1,573 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Engineer is a regulated profession in Romania. Foreign qualifications go through: Recognition is required only for specifically regulated engineering activities; submit to the relevant named authority (for example, construction-control or cadastre), not one generic engineering board. In Romania, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,573 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Recognition is required only for specifically regulated engineering activities; submit to the relevant named authority (for example, construction-control or cadastre), not one generic engineering board.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Romania: ≈ 1,573 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.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Romania.
- Recognition route
- Recognition is required only for specifically regulated engineering activities; submit to the relevant named authority (for example, construction-control or cadastre), not one generic engineering board.
- Recognition authority
- Several authorities cover named subsets: ANCPI for cadastral/topographic/geodesy professions, State Inspectorate for Construction for site supervisor/technical responsible, and the Ministry for certified project verifiers and experts.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for engineer in Romania: 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; 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; 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 Romania: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ea0edbd9bb2b7a699eefb95a992eb188]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/romania/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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