Working as a software developer in Luxembourg
What official sources say about working as a software developer in Luxembourg: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Luxembourg, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes software developers, earns ≈ 9,434 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a software developer in Luxembourg on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 65,652 € a year (current). Software developer is a regulated profession in Luxembourg. In Luxembourg, software developers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 9,434 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 65,652 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Luxembourg: ≈ 9,434 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 software developers alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Luxembourg publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 65,652 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what software developers earn.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for software developer in Luxembourg: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Software developer in Luxembourg: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 15e6c640b8548653eaa30aa2e8a9a831]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/software-developer/luxembourg/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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