Working as a teacher in Estonia
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Estonia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Estonia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 3,562 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a teacher in Estonia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 31,129 € a year (current). Teacher is a regulated profession in Estonia. Foreign qualifications go through: Submit a written or electronic application and qualification documents to the Ministry; translation may be requested. In Estonia, teachers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 3,562 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Submit a written or electronic application and qualification documents to the Ministry; translation may be requested.
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 31,129 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Estonia: ≈ 3,562 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
Estonia publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 31,129 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what teachers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Estonia.
- Recognition route
- Submit a written or electronic application and qualification documents to the Ministry; translation may be requested.
- Recognition authority
- Ministry of Education and Research (Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium).
- Language requirement
- B2 Estonian when teaching a subject in another language; C1 when teaching Estonian or teaching in Estonian. The page does not name one accepted test.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher in Estonia: 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 Estonia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e9c26a9c7ffce35ffdbcc353d127d32b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/estonia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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