Working as a nurse in Australia
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Australia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Australia, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 3,680 EUR/month (gross, 2021). Nurse is a regulated profession in Australia. Foreign qualifications go through: Complete the NMBA/Ahpra Self-check first; the qualification determines the assessment stream. Stream A, Stream B and applicants requiring qualification assessment follow different steps; some must pass a multiple-choice exam and OSCE before applying. In Australia, nurses are listed on the 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); the Skilled occupation list.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 3,680 EUR/month (gross, 2021)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Complete the NMBA/Ahpra Self-check first; the qualification determines the assessment stream. Stream A, Stream B and applicants requiring qualification assessment follow different steps; some must pass a multiple-choice exam and OSCE before applying.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Australia: ≈ 3,680 EUR/month (gross, 2021), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of nurses alone.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Australia.
- Recognition route
- Complete the NMBA/Ahpra Self-check first; the qualification determines the assessment stream. Stream A, Stream B and applicants requiring qualification assessment follow different steps; some must pass a multiple-choice exam and OSCE before applying.
- Recognition authority
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), through Ahpra.
- Language requirement
- Applicants must meet the NMBA English language skills registration standard; accepted evidence and pathways are set in the current standard.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Australia: 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); Skilled occupation list.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nurse in Australia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 465b69de5ee2a3a10310b6d3955b7d59]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/australia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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