Working as a teacher in Belgium
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Belgium: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Belgium, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 7,126 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a teacher in Belgium on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 55,052 € a year (current). Teacher is a regulated profession in Belgium. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application. In Belgium, teachers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 7,126 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 55,052 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Belgium: ≈ 7,126 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 teachers alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Belgium publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 55,052 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what teachers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Belgium.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application. For an EEA/Swiss fully qualified teacher, FWB assesses the dossier against teaching functions and may require an adaptation period or aptitude test. The German-speaking Community Ministry handles its route; academic equivalence may be needed if the credential is not immediately comparable.
- Recognition authority
- Teaching recognition is administered by the relevant language Community: FWB education recognition service, the German-speaking Community Ministry, or the competent Flemish education authority for the exact role.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher in Belgium: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Teacher in Belgium: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 997e6444de1908fe1f55f6f8ef46fb63]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/belgium/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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