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Production and specialised services managers

ISCO-08 sub-major group 13 · EU Blue Card

Blue Cards granted, 2024
301
Share of cards with a reported occupation
3.3%
Largest citizenship
Russia
Largest member state
Hungary
Data as at 24 Oct 2026
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Blue Cards granted by year

First grants of EU Blue Cards for this occupation group, member states that report occupation.

Blue Cards granted

4549082016201720182019202020212022202320242025
454908201620182020202220242025
Data table
2016302
2017339
2018695
2019908
202085
202192
2022120
2023128
2024301
2025462
Member state20212022202320242025
Hungary201175218
Bulgaria1733353831
Czechia3940272922
Belgium58141621
Luxembourg59111419
Slovenia81317911
Sweden455911
Romania54770
Malta10139
Slovakia12312
Source: Eurostat (migr_resfirst, migr_resbc11, migr_acq, educ_uoe_mobs02, migr_eirfs, migr_pop1ctz), CC BY 4.0Data as at 2025

Nationalities

Citizenship of the cardholders, 2024.

By citizenship, 2024
  1. Russia78
  2. Türkiye39
  3. India26
  4. South Korea24
  5. Japan19
  6. China18
  7. Ukraine15
  8. Belarus8
  9. Brazil6
  10. Israel5
  11. United States5
  12. Philippines3
  13. Serbia3
  14. Iran3
  15. Egypt3
  16. Malaysia3
  17. South Africa3
  18. North Macedonia3
  19. Pakistan2
  20. Armenia2
By member state, 2024
  1. Hungary175
  2. Bulgaria38
  3. Czechia29
  4. Belgium16
  5. Luxembourg14
  6. Slovenia9
  7. Sweden9
  8. Romania7
  9. Malta3
  10. Slovakia1
Source: Eurostat (migr_resfirst, migr_resbc11, migr_acq, educ_uoe_mobs02, migr_eirfs, migr_pop1ctz), CC BY 4.0Data as at 2025

Other occupation groups

Blue Cards granted, 2024
  1. Legal, social and cultural professionals2,552
  2. Information and communications technology professionals2,133
  3. Business and administration professionals1,962
  4. Science and engineering professionals1,018
  5. Administrative and commercial managers457
  6. Health professionals226
  7. Teaching professionals173
Source: Eurostat (migr_resfirst, migr_resbc11, migr_acq, educ_uoe_mobs02, migr_eirfs, migr_pop1ctz), CC BY 4.0Data as at 2025

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