As every year, also in 2025, the monthly salary requirement for the Blue Card has been increased. In the article below, we provide you with the latest numbers and their validity.
If you came to this article, you probably know what Blue Card is and how it works but just in case you don’t, please read this article: Blue Card Czech Republic – rules and updates.
Blue Card – salary requirements 2025/2026
The general rule is that the minimum salary for a Blue Card applicants must be equivalent to at least 1,5 of Czech national average salary. For the purposes of the Blue Card, this number is update yearly by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic.
The updated number is usually valid from May 1 of the given year until April 30 of the year after.
The numbers for the period of 1.5.2025 until 30.4.2026 are as follows:
Czech National Average Salary = 46 165 CZK a month (gross).
Czech National Average Salary = 553 980 CZK a year (gross).
Based on these numbers, the Blue Card requirements are as follows:
Blue Card required monthly salary = 69 248 CZK (gross).
Blue Card required yearly salary = 830 970 CZK (gross).
Blue Card salary requirements increase – Translation into real life
It is great to know these numbers, but what do they mean in real life?
Employers/Job advertisements for Blue Cards
The standard procedure for an employer to “sponsor someone” for a Blue Card is that the employer must advertise the open vacancy to the Labor Office. If they do it for the first time now, the job advertisement will only be accepted for Blue Cards if the offered salary is (or exceeds) the 69 248 CZK a month.
Old vacancies should be updated automatically by the Labor Office but in case they are not, employers should request increasing the salary if they want to be able to use these vacancies for their future employees.
New Blue Card applicants
If you are currently not holding a Blue Card and you want to apply for it (does not matter if from within the Czech Republic or through an Embassy), base salary in your employment contract must be at least the required amount (see above).
Blue Card holders
If you already hold a Blue Card and your salary is according to last year’s rules (roughly 65 000 CZK a month), your employer must increase your salary to the current requirement if they want to keep you under the Blue Card.
Blue Card holders – changing employers
If you plan on changing employers, salary with your new employer must also be above the requirements stated above.
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