Working as a plumber in Belgium
What official sources say about working as a plumber in Belgium: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Belgium, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes plumbers, earns ≈ 5,688 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a plumber in Belgium on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 68,815 € a year (current). Plumber is a regulated profession in Belgium. Foreign qualifications go through: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: 29 JANVIER 2007. - Arrêté royal relatif à la capacité professionnelle pour l'exercice des activités indépendantes dans les métiers de la construction et de l'électrotechnique, ainsi que de l'entreprise générale. 29 JANUARI 2007. - Koninklijk besluit betreffende de beroepsbekwaamheid voor de uitoefening van zelfstandige activiteiten van het bouwvak en van de elektrotechniek, alsook van de algemene aanneming. In Belgium, plumbers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers"
- ≈ 5,688 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: 29 JANVIER 2007. - Arrêté royal relatif à la capacité professionnelle pour l'exercice des activités indépendantes dans les métiers de la construction et de l'électrotechnique, ainsi que de l'entreprise générale. 29 JANUARI 2007. - Koninklijk besluit betreffende de beroepsbekwaamheid voor de uitoefening van zelfstandige activiteiten van het bouwvak en van de elektrotechniek, alsook van de algemene aanneming.
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 68,815 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers" in Belgium: ≈ 5,688 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 plumbers alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Belgium publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 68,815 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what plumbers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Plumber is a regulated profession in Belgium.
- Recognition route
- Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: 29 JANVIER 2007. - Arrêté royal relatif à la capacité professionnelle pour l'exercice des activités indépendantes dans les métiers de la construction et de l'électrotechnique, ainsi que de l'entreprise générale. 29 JANUARI 2007. - Koninklijk besluit betreffende de beroepsbekwaamheid voor de uitoefening van zelfstandige activiteiten van het bouwvak en van de elektrotechniek, alsook van de algemene aanneming. Ordinary employee plumbing has no general professional-recognition route identified. For specified self-employed activity, skills may be proven by diploma/experience or a regional central-jury exam.
- Recognition authority
- No profession-recognition authority for ordinary employee plumbing jobs was identified. Regional business-access rules for specified self-employed activities are checked through an accredited enterprise counter.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for plumber in Belgium: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Plumber in Belgium: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 312abd77599b0fd8eb465180fb89cd93]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/belgium/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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