Germany increases salary to €48,300 for EU Blue Card applicants in 2025

Highlights: Germany raises salary requirements to obtain EU Blue Card applicants in 2025

• Germany increased the salary requirements for foreign nationals who want to obtain an EU Blue Card in 2025.
• The new salary requirement is effective from the beginning of this year, 2025.
• Foreign nationals with a job offer must earn at least €48,300 to obtain an EU Blue Card.
• The salary requirement also increased for bottleneck professions such as STEM, which must be at least €43,759.80.
   

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Germany increases salary requirement for EU Blue Card

Germany has increased the salary requirement for foreign nationals who want to obtain an EU Blue Card. The new salary requirement will be practical for foreign nationals applying for a German EU Blue Card.
 

Foreign nationals with specific job offers must earn at least €48,300 to qualify for EU Blue Card. The salary requirement for each group has increased by 6.6 percent compared to 2024. So the minimum salary requirement stands at €45,300.
 

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Salary Requirement increased for foreign nationals in a Bottleneck Profession

Germany has also increased the salary requirement for bottleneck professionals, which includes professionals in IT, STEM, construction, and the education sector who want to obtain an EU Blue Card.
 

Applicants who are employed in the Bottleneck profession must earn at least €43,759.80 in 2025 to obtain an EU Blue Card. The recent salary requirement is € 41,041.80 higher than in 2024, which was €41,041.80.The salary requirement for young professionals new to the German labor market, remains the same as in 2024 – €41,041.80.Germany issued 69,353 EU Blue Cards in 2023, leading the list of EU countries.
 

Benefits of obtaining an EU Blue Card

Here are some benefits of obtaining an EU Blue Card:
 

• An EU Blue Card allows an applicant to live and work in an EU country
• Holder of EU Blue Cards can change their employer without any extended procedures
• Non-EU residents can become a permanent member of the EU Country
• Allowed to bring their family with them
• Right to work in other EU countries without any work permit for a specific time
   

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