Working as a teacher in Greece
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Greece: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Greece, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 1,345 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a teacher in Greece on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 31,919 € a year (current). Teacher is a regulated profession in Greece. Foreign qualifications go through: For foreign teachers in the specified foreign/private-school channel, the school files the application before the school year with proof of teaching entitlement in the home country, authenticated/transl. qualifications and supporting documents. Public-school appointment is a separate competition/list process.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,345 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For foreign teachers in the specified foreign/private-school channel, the school files the application before the school year with proof of teaching entitlement in the home country, authenticated/transl. qualifications and supporting documents. Public-school appointment is a separate competition/list process.
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 31,919 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Greece: ≈ 1,345 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
Greece publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 31,919 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what teachers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Greece.
- Recognition route
- For foreign teachers in the specified foreign/private-school channel, the school files the application before the school year with proof of teaching entitlement in the home country, authenticated/transl. qualifications and supporting documents. Public-school appointment is a separate competition/list process.
- Recognition authority
- For the cited foreign/private-school teacher permission, the Ministry of Education and the competent Education Directorate handle the school-submitted application. Public appointments follow the Ministry’s separate appointment procedure.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Teacher in Greece: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 584bf18c0bc9b226201843bb5b70bf50]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/greece/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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title = {Teacher in Greece: salary and recognition},
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