From January 1, 2025, Belgium will apply new salary thresholds for work permit applications for non-European workers, including expatriates. These thresholds vary according to region and function.
Flanders
- Highly skilled workers 48,912 euros per year
- Highly-skilled young workers (<30 years), nurses and teachers 39,129.60 per year.
- Intra-company transfer (ICT) specialists or trainees 48,912 euros per year
- Management positions/ICT management positions 78,259 per year.
- European Blue Card holders (for recruitment after May 1, 2024) 63,586 per year.
- Professional athletes, certain referees and coaches under professional athlete contract 101,019 per year.
- Coaches without a professional sports contract 50,509.50 per year.
- Performing artists 42,313 per year.
For professions in short supply, considered to be moderately qualified, remuneration must be aligned with the "minimum qualification" category according to the relevant joint committee. Gross salary includes the monthly wage and benefits such as luncheon vouchers, eco-vouchers, sports/culture vouchers and employer contributions to hospitalization and group insurance.
Wallonia
- Highly skilled workers 51,613 per year.
- Highly-skilled young workers (<30 years) 41,290 per year.
- ICT managers 66,738 per year.
- ICT specialists 53,390 per year.
- ICT trainees 33,370 per year.
Brussels-Capital Region
- Executives 79,766.40 per year.
- Highly skilled workers 44,441.28 per year.
- Performing artists 37,034.40 per year.
- European Blue Card holders 56,976 per year.
- Professional athletes (adjusted annually on July 1) 88,320 per year.
Only the basic monthly wage is taken into account (code 1 in the DmfA declaration). For seconded workers, only the gross monthly salary is taken into account, which may include a monthly allowance for secondment to Belgium.
Employers must ensure that salaries for both new applications and existing work permits comply with these updated thresholds from January 1, 2025. In the event of non-compliance, the Economic Migration Service may request additional information.
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