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Getting a job in Luxembourg, 2026

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Luxembourg has one EU Blue Card salary line for every sector, €65,652 since March 2026, and an ADEM certificate that decides every other work permit. Which door you can use, why accountants and controllers lost their fast track this year, what your family may do on arrival, and what the minimum wage and a rising jobless count say about your odds.

Country guidePublished 15 October 2026·Every figure checked 15 October 2026·12 min read

€65,652

EU Blue Card minimum gross salary a year, one line for every sector

Guichet.lu; regulation of 23 Feb 2026

5 days

For the ADEM certificate on the 20 shortage occupations. Accountants came off the list

Government of Luxembourg, 27 Mar 2026

6.5%

Unemployment in August, with resident jobseekers up 11.5% on a year

ADEM and STATEC, 21 Sep 2026

47%

Of wage employment commutes in from France, Belgium and Germany

ADEM labour market overview, Q3 2023

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Step one is not the visa. Step one is the interview call.

Everything in this guide about permits, thresholds and documents only comes into play after an employer in Luxembourg has chosen you. Nobody applies for a work permit without an offer letter, and nobody gets an offer letter without an interview. The order is fixed:

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Nearly half of Luxembourg's wage employment commutes in from France, Belgium and Germany, so an application competes with candidates who already hold EU rights and two or three languages. Below the Blue Card salary line, the employer also needs an ADEM certificate saying nobody in the EU could take the job. Step one is the whole game, and it is the part almost everyone under-invests in.

How a résumé is expected to look in Luxembourg

Luxembourg convention follows French and German norms: two pages, photograph common, languages listed with levels, and a motivation letter expected.

Where people actually apply

ADEM JobBoard (public employment service) · LinkedIn · Jobs.lu · Moovijob

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Section 01

The two doors in: the Blue Card line and the ADEM certificate

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Luxembourg has two doors for a non-EU professional, and an ordinary job offer opens neither of them on its own. One door is a salary line, the EU Blue Card. The other is a certificate from the national employment agency, ADEM, that says nobody already in the EU could take the job. Which door you can use decides how long the process takes and how free you are once you arrive.

Door one: the EU Blue Card, and the one salary line

What the Blue Card asks for	Requirement
Gross annual salary, the same line for every sector	€65,652
Employment contract	At least 6 months
Qualification	Proof of the higher professional qualification the job needs
Labour market test by ADEM	None, but the employer still declares the vacancy to ADEM
Fee for the residence permit	€80
First permit	4 years, or the contract plus 3 months if shorter

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Guichet.lu, salaried work for third-country highly qualified workers (EU Blue Card), checked 15 October 2026. The €65,652 figure applies from 3 March 2026 under a ministerial regulation of 23 February 2026; it was €63,408 before that date (Arendt and Vialto Partners alerts, March 2026, both quoting the regulation).

Why there is only one number

Until mid 2024 Luxembourg ran two Blue Card thresholds, at 1.2 and 1.5 times the average gross salary. The law of 4 June 2024, in force from 1 July 2024, replaced them with a single line for all sectors equal to the average gross annual salary, set at €58,968 at the time and €65,652 now. There is no separate, lower figure for shortage occupations, so if a website quotes you one, it is out of date. Government of Luxembourg, 1 Jul 2024; Guichet.lu

Door two: the salaried worker permit, and the ADEM certificate

Below the Blue Card line, the route is the ordinary salaried worker permit, and it turns on one document. The employer declares the vacancy to ADEM, ADEM looks for a suitable jobseeker already registered in Luxembourg or the EU, and only if none is found does the employer get a certificate allowing it to hire from outside the EU. That certificate travels with your application.

Section 02

Changing jobs, family, your degree and languages

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Section 03

Pay, the market right now, and the Luxembourg CV

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