Working as a nurse in Belgium
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Belgium: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Belgium, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 6,524 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a nurse in Belgium on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 68,815 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Belgium. Foreign qualifications go through: Specialist (and General care) Nurse. In Belgium, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 6,524 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Specialist (and General care) Nurse
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 68,815 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Belgium: ≈ 6,524 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 nurses alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Belgium publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 68,815 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what nurses earn.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Belgium.
- Recognition route
- Specialist (and General care) Nurse. General care nurse. EEA/Swiss diploma: request Community professional recognition; the federal visa follows recognition. Non-EEA diploma: obtain academic equivalence from the chosen Community, then apply to FPS Public Health for the visa. Nurse is the basic general-care title; specialty titles are separate.
- Recognition authority
- Basic qualification recognition is handled by the competent Belgian Community (Flemish, French or German-speaking); the federal FPS Public Health issues the practice visa. The applicable professional register also applies.
- Language requirement
- Foreign-trained nurse responsible for general care: B2 in Dutch, French or German for the federal visa. Use an exam covering all four skills; the federal authority lists examples, not a closed list.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Belgium: 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). Nurse in Belgium: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d795107990518ed7c7169542145eeaa7]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/belgium/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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