Working as a teacher in Bulgaria
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Bulgaria: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Bulgaria, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Teacher is not a regulated profession in Bulgaria. Foreign qualifications go through: Employer assesses the foreign qualification for a non-regulated teacher occupation; a school role also requires the pedagogical qualification under Ordinance No.15. Optional NACID academic-degree recognition is a separate credential procedure, not teacher licensing. In Bulgaria, teachers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Not marked regulated
- Recognition route
- Employer assesses the foreign qualification for a non-regulated teacher occupation; a school role also requires the pedagogical qualification under Ordinance No.15. Optional NACID academic-degree recognition is a separate credential procedure, not teacher licensing.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Bulgaria: ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from Eurostat. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of teachers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is not a regulated profession in Bulgaria.
- Recognition route
- Employer assesses the foreign qualification for a non-regulated teacher occupation; a school role also requires the pedagogical qualification under Ordinance No.15. Optional NACID academic-degree recognition is a separate credential procedure, not teacher licensing.
- Recognition authority
- For a non-regulated occupation, NACID assigns professional qualification recognition to the employer. A public-school employer also checks pedagogical-specialist requirements; no separate nationwide foreign-teacher professional-recognition authority was identified.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher in Bulgaria: 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 16). Teacher in Bulgaria: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 88c9918e1f39a09ace881255428021a2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/bulgaria/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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