Working as a plumber in Slovenia
What official sources say about working as a plumber in Slovenia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Slovenia, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes plumbers, earns ≈ 2,594 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a plumber in Slovenia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 30,432 € a year (current). Plumber is a regulated profession in Slovenia. Foreign qualifications go through: For self-employed/craft-provider plumbing, heating and air-conditioning work (F43.220), obtain the craft permit/register entry and show required professional qualification; this does not impose the same individual licence on every employee. In Slovenia, 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"
- ≈ 2,594 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For self-employed/craft-provider plumbing, heating and air-conditioning work (F43.220), obtain the craft permit/register entry and show required professional qualification; this does not impose the same individual licence on every employee.
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 30,432 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers" in Slovenia: ≈ 2,594 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
Slovenia publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 30,432 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what plumbers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Plumber is a regulated profession in Slovenia.
- Recognition route
- For self-employed/craft-provider plumbing, heating and air-conditioning work (F43.220), obtain the craft permit/register entry and show required professional qualification; this does not impose the same individual licence on every employee.
- Recognition authority
- For the craft-provider activity, OZS handles the craft permit/register; this is not a worker licence.
- Language requirement
- The checked craft-provider activity and holder pages do not publish one language level/test applicable to every employed plumber and craft-provider route.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for plumber in Slovenia: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Plumber in Slovenia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a0994be1bfd9f6c74aa2c920b1956794]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/slovenia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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