Working as a physician in Lithuania
What official sources say about working as a physician in Lithuania: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Lithuania, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 2,637 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Physician is a regulated profession in Lithuania. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Lithuania, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 2,637 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Lithuania: ≈ 2,637 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.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Lithuania.
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic Medicine. Specialist Dental Practitioner Listed in Annex V. Foreign qualification recognition is applied for through VASPVT; the route depends on qualification origin. Recognition is separate from issuing a Lithuanian medical-practice licence. Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice.
- Recognition authority
- VASPVT is the competent authority for the regulated medical-doctor qualification recognition route; the service catalogue separates permanent, temporary and third-country applications.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Lithuania: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in Lithuania: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4275bc7fa60afad03f934c23ae23e530]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/lithuania/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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