Working as a physician in Slovakia
What official sources say about working as a physician in Slovakia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Slovakia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 1,578 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Physician is a regulated profession in Slovakia. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Slovakia, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,578 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 Slovakia: ≈ 1,578 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 Slovakia.
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic (listed) and Specialised Medicine in field not listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic Medicine. Apply for formal and professional qualification recognition through CRD; eligible EU harmonized basic medical qualifications can use sectoral automatic recognition. Third-country qualifications may require a supplementary examination before final professional recognition. Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice. Dental Practitioner.
- Recognition authority
- CRD for foreign professional-qualification recognition; Ministry of Health is competent for medical specializations, followed by the relevant professional registration route.
- Language requirement
- For eligible EU harmonized physician evidence, sectoral automatic recognition may apply. In the third-country route a supplementary examination can be written, oral or practical and is conducted in Slovak; the authority does not state a universal CEFR threshold on the reviewed pages.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Slovakia: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in Slovakia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 7038107dc664269f7fa90b16eacc075f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/slovakia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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