Working as a teacher in Poland
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Poland: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Poland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 1,360 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a teacher in Poland on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,569 € a year (current). Teacher is a regulated profession in Poland. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application. In Poland, teachers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,360 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 36,569 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Poland: ≈ 1,360 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
Poland publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 36,569 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what teachers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Poland.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application. Foreign teacher credentials are assessed under the applicable diploma-recognition and teacher-qualification rules; recognition of an academic diploma and eligibility for a named school post are separate checks.
- Recognition authority
- Ministry of National Education / competent education authority for the covered teacher-qualification recognition.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher in Poland: 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 Poland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 7b03b17787f56155669ba06bab796532]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/poland/ 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 Poland: salary, recognition and shortage status},
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