Concrete Placers, Concrete Finishers and Related Workers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Concrete Placers, Concrete Finishers and Related Workers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 7114) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Cement finisher
  • Concrete placer
  • Terrazzo worker
14European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
4countries report a surplus
1,167open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
7114ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 14 European countries reported a shortage of concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. 4 reported a surplus: Austria, Finland, Greece and Hungary. Hungary appears in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

1,030 open ads
  • Concrete worker
    German title: Betonbauer
    Piening GmbH (Soest) · Hamm, Westfalen · Posted 2026-10-16
  • Concrete worker
    German title: Betonbauer
    DIEPA GmbH Filiale Zeitz · Gera · Posted 2026-10-13
  • Concrete worker
    German title: Betonbauer
    PERSO PLANKONTOR Nord GmbH · Syke · Posted 2026-10-12
  • Concrete worker
    German title: Betonbauer
    Westmünsterland Personal Christoph Böking · Schüttorf · Posted 2026-10-09
  • Concrete worker
    German title: Betonbauer
    Persona Mobile Erfurt GmbH · Krayenberggemeinde · Posted 2026-10-08
  • Concrete worker
    German title: Betonbauer
    Actief Personalmanagement GmbH Braunschweig · Kissenbrück · Posted 2026-10-06

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

137 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all craft and related trades workers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
BelgiumShortageNot yet verifiedBrussels: €1,150
BulgariaShortage€683 a monthSofia: €650
CroatiaShortage€1,092 a month *Zagreb: €1,050
CzechiaShortage€1,370 a monthPrague: €1,250
DenmarkShortage€4,885 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
GermanyShortage€3,095 a monthBerlin: €1,350
ItalyShortage€2,220 a month *Rome: €1,300
LatviaShortage€1,288 a monthRiga: €870
LithuaniaShortage€1,444 a monthVilnius: €830
NetherlandsShortage€3,145 a monthNot yet verified
RomaniaShortage€969 a month *Not yet verified
SlovakiaShortage€1,292 a monthBratislava: €910
SloveniaShortage€1,645 a monthLjubljana: €950
HungaryShortage and surplus€1,088 a month *Budapest: €910
AustriaSurplus€3,048 a month *Vienna: €1,250
FinlandSurplus€3,362 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
GreeceSurplus€1,475 a month *Athens: €1,150

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all craft and related trades workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers do

Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers erect reinforced concrete frameworks and structures, make forms for moulding concrete, reinforce concrete surfaces, cement openings in walls or casings for wells, finish and repair cement surfaces and carry out terrazzo work.

Typical tasks

  • Constructing and repairing reinforced concrete floors, walls, tanks, silos and other concrete structures
  • Making shuttering or assembling prefabricated forms for moulding concrete
  • Cementing openings in walls or casings for wells
  • Finishing and smoothing surfaces of concrete structures
  • Applying a durable, smooth surfacing composed of cement, sand pigment and marble particles to floors, known as a terrazzo finish

Finding concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Concrete placer".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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