Working as a nurse in Estonia
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Estonia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Estonia, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 2,797 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a nurse in Estonia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 37,656 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Estonia. Foreign qualifications go through: Apply to the Health Board using the route for the actual profession and country of qualification; its instructions separate EU/EEA/Swiss and third-country applicants. In Estonia, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 2,797 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Apply to the Health Board using the route for the actual profession and country of qualification; its instructions separate EU/EEA/Swiss and third-country applicants.
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 37,656 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Estonia: ≈ 2,797 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
Estonia publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 37,656 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what nurses earn.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Estonia.
- Recognition route
- Apply to the Health Board using the route for the actual profession and country of qualification; its instructions separate EU/EEA/Swiss and third-country applicants. General care nurse.
- Recognition authority
- Estonian Health Board (Terviseamet) for registration of the listed healthcare professions.
- Language requirement
- For the covered non-EU route, the Health Board requires an Estonian-language compliance examination. The page states no CEFR level or accepted external test.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Estonia: 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 Estonia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 961d58744fe6d543f5d64db2b033befa]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/estonia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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