Working as a nurse in Luxembourg
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Luxembourg: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Luxembourg, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 8,439 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a nurse in Luxembourg on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 65,652 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Luxembourg. Foreign qualifications go through: Specialist (and General care) Nurse. In Luxembourg, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 8,439 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Specialist (and General care) Nurse
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 65,652 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Luxembourg: ≈ 8,439 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
Luxembourg publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 65,652 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what nurses earn.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Luxembourg.
- Recognition route
- Specialist (and General care) Nurse. General care nurse. A foreign diploma must be recognised before applying for the practice licence, except qualifying EU general-care nursing qualifications that meet the Directive's Annex V requirements and may apply directly. Recognition authority depends on qualification level.
- Recognition authority
- The Ministry of Health and Social Security issues the licence. For foreign qualifications, recognition is routed to MENEJ for secondary-level awards or MRES for higher-education awards; compliant EU general-care nurse qualifications can use the sectoral route.
- Language requirement
- If French, German and Luxembourgish are not the applicant's mother tongue, proof is required; the published minimum is B2 in French or German. Proof can include training, relevant work experience or an approved INLL certificate.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Luxembourg: 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 Luxembourg: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8e7f7db065d9430c3d813023e2725642]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/luxembourg/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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