Working as a physician in Australia
What official sources say about working as a physician in Australia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Australia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021). Physician is a regulated profession in Australia. Foreign qualifications go through: For eligible applicants under the Competent Authority pathway: apply for provisional registration, complete 12 months of supervised practice, then apply for general registration if all requirements are met. In Australia, physicians are listed on the 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022).
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For eligible applicants under the Competent Authority pathway: apply for provisional registration, complete 12 months of supervised practice, then apply for general registration if all requirements are met.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Australia: ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of physicians alone.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Australia.
- Recognition route
- For eligible applicants under the Competent Authority pathway: apply for provisional registration, complete 12 months of supervised practice, then apply for general registration if all requirements are met.
- Recognition authority
- Medical Board of Australia, administered by Ahpra.
- Language requirement
- Applicants must meet the Medical Board English language skills registration standard; acceptable evidence and routes are set by the current standard.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Australia: 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022).
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in Australia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a8a628d129e503d9740c1e869cc75159]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/australia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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