Working as a nurse in Italy
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Italy: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Italy, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 2,612 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a nurse in Italy on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 35,973 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Italy. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application. In Italy, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 2,612 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 35,973 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Italy: ≈ 2,612 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
Italy publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 35,973 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what nurses earn.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Italy.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application. General care nurse. For health-professional qualification recognition, the Ministry of Health route depends on qualification origin and applicant status. Its published nurse service covers EU/EEA/Swiss qualifications; the checked non-EU service identifies a separate application route.
- Recognition authority
- The Ministry of Health's DGPROF office handles recognition of foreign nursing qualifications; origin of qualification and applicant status determine the application route.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Italy: 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 Italy: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8c5235d4d94f629d7a748f109e39d005]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/italy/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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