Working as a plumber in France
What official sources say about working as a plumber in France: how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
To work as a plumber in France on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 59,373 € a year (current). Plumber is a regulated profession in France. Foreign qualifications go through: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition. In France, plumbers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 59,373 €/year
EU Blue Card salary threshold
France publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 59,373 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what plumbers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Plumber is a regulated profession in France.
- Recognition route
- Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition. Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Loi n°96-603 du 5 juillet 1996 relative au développement et à la promotion du commerce et de l'artisanat; - Décret n°98-246 du 2 avril 1998 relatif à la qualification professionnelle exigée pour l'exercice des activités prévues à l'article 16 de la loi n°96-603 du 5 juillet 1996 relative au développement et à la promotion du commerce et de l'artisanat. Applicants evidence qualification or the prescribed experience; EU/EEA recognition can require a compensatory aptitude measure for substantial differences.
- Recognition authority
- The competent CMA handles EU/EEA qualification recognition for the covered regulated plumbing activity.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for plumber in France: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Plumber in France: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b053561331ec8680c35bdcbd3fe11543]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/france/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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