Working as a physician in Italy
What official sources say about working as a physician in Italy: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Italy, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 3,017 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a physician in Italy on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 35,973 € a year (current). Physician is a regulated profession in Italy. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Italy, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 3,017 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
- 35,973 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Italy: ≈ 3,017 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
Italy publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 35,973 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what physicians earn.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Italy.
- 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. The Ministry distinguishes basic/general-practice doctor from specialised-doctor applications. EU/EEA/Swiss and non-EU qualification origins use separate profession-specific routes; non-EU applicants submit the relevant documents and may receive recognition, a compensatory measure, or rejection.
- Recognition authority
- The Ministry of Health's DGPROF handles recognition for general medical and specialised doctor qualifications.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Italy: 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 Italy: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4f180571b63a898ea319c09ef1d558e0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/italy/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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