Working as a nurse in Greece
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Greece: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Greece, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 1,332 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a nurse in Greece on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 31,919 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Greece. Foreign qualifications go through: For EU/EEA professional qualifications, PD 38/2010 provides a professional-recognition framework through ATEEN or the profession-specific competent authority; automatic-recognition professions and permanent establishment may require separate national registration. This is not the general third-country route. In Greece, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 1,332 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For EU/EEA professional qualifications, PD 38/2010 provides a professional-recognition framework through ATEEN or the profession-specific competent authority; automatic-recognition professions and permanent establishment may require separate national registration. This is not the general third-country route.
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 31,919 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Greece: ≈ 1,332 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 nurses alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Greece publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 31,919 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what nurses earn.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Greece.
- Recognition route
- For EU/EEA professional qualifications, PD 38/2010 provides a professional-recognition framework through ATEEN or the profession-specific competent authority; automatic-recognition professions and permanent establishment may require separate national registration. This is not the general third-country route. General care nurse. Specialist (and General care) Nurse.
- Language requirement
- Greek proficiency at B2 is specified for the temporary/occasional EU cross-border health-professional service certificate for the listed nursing roles. It does not establish a universal requirement for permanent jobs, third-country applicants, or every frozen associate-nurse code.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Greece: 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). Nurse in Greece: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8aa0e5de70aa049817a73bd05254d655]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/greece/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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