Working as a nurse in Poland
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Poland: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Poland, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 1,211 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a nurse in Poland on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,569 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Poland. Foreign qualifications go through: For the cited non-EU route, apply for a limited right to practise tied to defined professional activities, a fixed time/place and statutory criteria; the cited route requires at least three years' relevant experience during the previous five years. Full recognition is separate. In Poland, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 1,211 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For the cited non-EU route, apply for a limited right to practise tied to defined professional activities, a fixed time/place and statutory criteria; the cited route requires at least three years' relevant experience during the previous five years. Full recognition is separate.
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 36,569 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Poland: ≈ 1,211 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
Poland publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 36,569 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what nurses earn.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Poland.
- Recognition route
- For the cited non-EU route, apply for a limited right to practise tied to defined professional activities, a fixed time/place and statutory criteria; the cited route requires at least three years' relevant experience during the previous five years. Full recognition is separate. General care nurse.
- Recognition authority
- The Ministry of Health and the relevant regional chamber of nurses and midwives handle the cited professional-right route; competent body depends on applicant and scope.
- Language requirement
- For the cited limited-right route, the Ministry lists Polish-language evidence at minimum B1 for applicants covered by that route; this is not generalized to all nurse, midwife and associate roles or other routes.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Poland: 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 Poland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4381467f79876968330434a330886483]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/poland/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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