Working as a physician in Romania
What official sources say about working as a physician in Romania: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Romania, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 1,573 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Physician is a regulated profession in Romania. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Romania, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,573 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- 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 Romania: ≈ 1,573 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.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Romania.
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. Specialist Nurse. Doctor in Basic Medicine. Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice. Foreign doctor qualifications follow the competent health authority's recognition route; sectoral EU recognition and third-country qualification routes are not interchangeable.
- Recognition authority
- Ministry of Health for the sectorally regulated doctor route; any required professional-body registration remains separate.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Romania: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in Romania: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version fcd1631e7b75383de44d4acc012f78be]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/romania/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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