Working as a physician in Belgium
What official sources say about working as a physician in Belgium: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Belgium, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 7,126 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a physician in Belgium on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 55,052 € a year (current). Physician is a regulated profession in Belgium. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Belgium, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 7,126 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 55,052 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Belgium: ≈ 7,126 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 physicians alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Belgium publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 55,052 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what physicians earn.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Belgium.
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic Medicine. Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice. EEA/Swiss diploma: apply to a Community for recognition, then provide documents for the federal visa; specialty recognition is a later Community step. Non-EEA diploma: first obtain Community academic equivalence, then seek the federal visa and applicable specialty recognition.
- Recognition authority
- The relevant Community recognises the basic qualification and specialisation; FPS Public Health issues the practice visa. Registration with the Order of Physicians is also required.
- Language requirement
- Foreign-trained physician: C1 in Dutch, French or German, with written expression at B2, for the federal visa. Certificate must assess all four skills; examples are published but no exhaustive accepted-test list is given.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Belgium: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Physician in Belgium: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e6412cb049154edfe43b700c9d0d2c41]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/belgium/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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