Working as a teacher in France
What official sources say about working as a teacher in France: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In France, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 4,058 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a teacher in France on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 59,373 € a year (current). Teacher is a regulated profession in France. Foreign qualifications go through: Statutory public posts require the post-specific level and concours; EU/EEA diplomas are accepted as French, while outside EU/EEA applicants need ENIC-NARIC level attestation and a sworn French translation. Contract recruitment is separate.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 4,058 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Statutory public posts require the post-specific level and concours; EU/EEA diplomas are accepted as French, while outside EU/EEA applicants need ENIC-NARIC level attestation and a sworn French translation. Contract recruitment is separate.
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 59,373 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in France: ≈ 4,058 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.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
France publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 59,373 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what teachers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in France.
- Recognition route
- Statutory public posts require the post-specific level and concours; EU/EEA diplomas are accepted as French, while outside EU/EEA applicants need ENIC-NARIC level attestation and a sworn French translation. Contract recruitment is separate.
- Recognition authority
- The Education Ministry runs the relevant public concours; ENIC-NARIC France issues the level attestation for diplomas outside EU/EEA.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Teacher in France: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 737e5131ee1cd2125fb3894e05b516ec]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/france/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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