Working as an engineer in Slovenia
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Slovenia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Slovenia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 3,834 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as an engineer in Slovenia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 30,432 € a year (current). Engineer is a regulated profession in Slovenia. Foreign qualifications go through: Certified-engineer practice requires the relevant engineering profile, qualification and IZS register entry after professional examination or recognition decision; general engineering employment is not automatically subject to this route. In Slovenia, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 3,834 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Certified-engineer practice requires the relevant engineering profile, qualification and IZS register entry after professional examination or recognition decision; general engineering employment is not automatically subject to this route.
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 30,432 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Slovenia: ≈ 3,834 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.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Slovenia publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 30,432 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what engineers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Slovenia.
- Recognition route
- Certified-engineer practice requires the relevant engineering profile, qualification and IZS register entry after professional examination or recognition decision; general engineering employment is not automatically subject to this route. General system of recognition - primary application.
- Recognition authority
- The Slovenian Chamber of Engineers (IZS) maintains the certified-engineer register and handles the protected professional title/qualification route.
- Language requirement
- No single official Slovenian level/test was found for every certified-engineer branch and foreign-recognition route.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for engineer in Slovenia: 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 25). Engineer in Slovenia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b474b38b20303dfdc9adbbde19139cba]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/slovenia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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