Working as a physician in Spain
What official sources say about working as a physician in Spain: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Spain, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 2,614 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a physician in Spain on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 33,085 € a year (current). Physician is a regulated profession in Spain. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Spain, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 2,614 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
- 33,085 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Spain: ≈ 2,614 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
Spain publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 33,085 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what physicians earn.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Spain.
- 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 and General medical practice. Doctor in Basic Medicine. First identify the exact Spanish profession and country where the qualification was issued. Eligible EU/EEA listed titles use the applicable RD 581/2017 recognition route; third-country qualifications require the separate Spanish qualification-homologation route and any profession-specific registration or adaptation steps. General system of recognition - primary application.
- Recognition authority
- For EU/EEA professional recognition, the competent health authority is the Ministry of Health; third-country degree homologation is a separate university-qualification route, and regional registration/collegiate requirements may also apply.
- Language requirement
- There is no single CEFR level that applies automatically to every applicant. For an RD 581/2017 health-profession recognition route, the competent authority may require proportionate Spanish and, where relevant, autonomous-community language competence; the Ministry of Health sets the patient-safety level.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Spain: 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 Spain: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a7068d2dae632d43414b6b66f94b7c00]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/spain/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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