Working as a teacher in Romania
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Romania: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Romania, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 1,573 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Teacher is a regulated profession in Romania. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application. In Romania, teachers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,573 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Romania: ≈ 1,573 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 a regulated profession in Romania.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application. General system of recognition - secondary application. For regulated pre-university teaching, the qualification application goes to the Ministry of Education authority listed for school teaching; higher-education staff use a separate authority route.
- Recognition authority
- Ministry of Education, General Directorate for Human Resources Management and School Network, for pre-university teaching staff; higher education has a separate listed authority.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher in Romania: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Teacher in Romania: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4010ce3f52a021353c287123275e2fb4]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/romania/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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