Working as a nurse in Slovenia
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Slovenia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Slovenia, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 3,163 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a nurse in Slovenia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 30,432 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Slovenia. Foreign qualifications go through: General care nurse. In Slovenia, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 3,163 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General care nurse
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 30,432 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Slovenia: ≈ 3,163 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
Slovenia publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 30,432 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what nurses earn.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Slovenia.
- Recognition route
- General care nurse. EU/EEA/Swiss harmonised general-care nurse and midwife titles follow sectoral recognition; third-country applications go to MZ with qualification, curriculum, internship/exam and good-standing documents as applicable. Slovene translations/certified copies are required; associate roles are separate.
- Recognition authority
- Ministry of Health (MZ) is the recognition authority; nursing/midwifery practice registration and licences are maintained through the relevant professional chamber/association.
- Language requirement
- Slovenian language knowledge is required for regulated nursing practice; the checked national instructions do not establish one CEFR level and test for every nurse, midwife and associate title/origin route.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Slovenia: 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 Slovenia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 47141396935b8e3c31678651dec17c3e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/slovenia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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