Working as a plumber in Italy
What official sources say about working as a plumber in Italy: how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
To work as a plumber in Italy on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 35,973 € a year (current). Plumber is a regulated profession in Italy. Foreign qualifications go through: For the technical-responsible person of a firm performing covered water or sanitary installation work, MIMIT's foreign-qualification route and any prescribed compensatory measure apply. This is an activity/business route, not the recognition procedure for every employed plumber. In Italy, plumbers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For the technical-responsible person of a firm performing covered water or sanitary installation work, MIMIT's foreign-qualification route and any prescribed compensatory measure apply. This is an activity/business route, not the recognition procedure for every employed plumber.
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 35,973 €/year
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Italy publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 35,973 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what plumbers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Plumber is a regulated profession in Italy.
- Recognition route
- For the technical-responsible person of a firm performing covered water or sanitary installation work, MIMIT's foreign-qualification route and any prescribed compensatory measure apply. This is an activity/business route, not the recognition procedure for every employed plumber.
- Recognition authority
- MIMIT publishes the recognition references for covered building water and sanitary installation activity; company registration and a qualified technical responsible person are part of the activity framework.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for plumber in Italy: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Plumber in Italy: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e9968bd9654fa6b73e72955507cb88de]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/italy/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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