Working as a physician in Austria
What official sources say about working as a physician in Austria: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Austria, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 4,184 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a physician in Austria on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 55,678 € a year (current). Physician is a regulated profession in Austria. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Austria, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 4,184 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 55,678 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Austria: ≈ 4,184 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 physicians alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Austria publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 55,678 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what physicians earn.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Austria.
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice. Doctor in Basic Medicine. Use EEA or third-country recognition route and separately apply for Medical Chamber list entry.
- Recognition authority
- Austrian Medical Chamber for Ärzteliste entry; recognition body depends on qualification origin.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Austria: 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). Physician in Austria: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4fd9351eb4216b7a93097882341a02c3]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/austria/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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