Working as a physician in Estonia
What official sources say about working as a physician in Estonia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Estonia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 3,562 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a physician in Estonia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 31,129 € a year (current). Physician is a regulated profession in Estonia. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Estonia, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 3,562 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
- 31,129 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Estonia: ≈ 3,562 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
Estonia publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 31,129 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what physicians earn.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Estonia.
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic Medicine. Doctor in Basic (listed) and Specialised Medicine in field not listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice. Apply to the Health Board using the route for the actual profession and country of qualification; its instructions separate EU/EEA/Swiss and third-country applicants.
- Recognition authority
- Estonian Health Board (Terviseamet) for registration of the listed healthcare professions.
- Language requirement
- For the covered non-EU route, the Health Board requires an Estonian-language compliance examination. The page states no CEFR level or accepted external test.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Estonia: 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 Estonia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version aac8ec9f7f6df2e88b9212235d42e178]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/estonia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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