EU Blue Card Salary Thresholds 2026: Minimum Blue Card salaries in five EU countries, plus Ireland permits

Minimum salaries for the EU Blue Card and comparable skilled-worker permits for health professionals in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, France and Sweden, plus Ireland's Critical Skills Employment Permit minimum. Each row gives the permit, the rule that triggers the threshold (for example a reduced threshold for recent graduates or listed occupations), the amount, currency and whether it is yearly or monthly. There are 14 thresholds with 9 official source pages. Published by MedicSail (https://medicsail.com), a licensing consultancy for internationally trained doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and allied health professionals. The same figures appear on MedicSail's free guides and tools, where they are kept up to date. Files blue_card_salary_thresholds.csv: One row per salary threshold by country, permit and rule. (14 rows) Column Type Meaning country string Country permit string Permit the threshold applies to rule string Which case the threshold covers minimum_salary number Minimum gross salary currency string EUR or SEK period string year or month salary_basis string How the authority measures salary note string Other conditions effective string When the amount applies how_it_changes string When and how it is reset source_names string Official pages, separated by ' / ' source_urls string URLs, separated by ' / ' checked_on datetime Date checked (yyyy-mm-dd) medicsail_page string MedicSail Blue Card salary checker health_occupation_groups.csv: Health occupation groups (ISCO-08) the checker uses for Germany's reduced threshold. (7 rows) Column Type Meaning profession string Profession isco_08_group string ISCO-08 unit group isco_group_name string Group name source_urls string Section 18g of the German Residence Act medicsail_page string MedicSail Blue Card salary checker Notes Nothing is estimated. Amounts are as the authority publishes them. Check period and currency: the Netherlands and Sweden state monthly salaries (Sweden in SEK), the others yearly. Other conditions apply, such as a recognised sponsor, a market-rate salary or labour market tests. They are in note where the data holds them. The occupation groups that qualify for Germany's reduced threshold are in the second file (ISCO-08 groups from section 18g of the Residence Act). Check the source page before you rely on or pay anything. Rules and fees change. This is general information, not immigration, legal or professional advice. MedicSail is independent and is not affiliated with any regulator or government body. Licence CC BY 4.0. You may reuse the data with attribution: "MedicSail, EU Blue Card Salary Thresholds 2026 (October 2026), https://medicsail.com". Also on Kaggle: kaggle.com/datasets/medicsail/eu-blue-card-salary-thresholds-healthcare. Current figures and guides: medicsail.com.