Medical Assistants: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)
Medical Assistants is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 3256) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.
- Clinical assistant
- Medical assistant
- Ophthalmic assistant
Pay in Germany for this job
German occupation used: Medizinische/r Fachangestellte/r (Medical assistant), occupation code KldB 2010 81102. This is a national figure for all of Germany, before tax and social contributions, including extras such as holiday and Christmas pay.
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Entgeltatlas (employment statistics), reference date 31 December 2025. Full-time employees subject to social insurance only; civil servants, self-employed people and apprentices are not included. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
Latest medical assistants 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
7,764 open ads- Medical assistant/ Specialist
German title: Medizinische/r Fachangestellte/r
Dres. Mehmet und Ali Özer-Arasli GbR · Alzey · Posted 2026-10-16 - Medical assistant
German title: Medizinische Fachangestellte
Gollee GmbH & Co. · Bad Lauterberg im Harz · Posted 2026-10-16 - Medical assistant
German title: medizinische Fachangestellte
Waldeck Klinik GmbH & Co. KG · Bad Dürrheim, Schwarzwald · Posted 2026-10-16 - Medical assistant
German title: Medizinischer Fachangestellter/Medizinische Fachangestellte
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg · Heidelberg, Neckar · Posted 2026-10-16 - Medical assistant
German title: Medizinische Fachangestellte
DIEPA GmbH Filiale Potsdam · Potsdam · Posted 2026-10-15 - Medical assistant/ Specialist
German title: Medizinische/r Fachangestellte/r
Dr. Hans-Henrik Schöning Praxis für Allgemeinmedizin · Osnabrück · Posted 2026-10-14
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany
Where medical assistants are needed in Europe
| Country | EURES 2025 | Average gross pay, all technicians and associate professionals (2022) | 1-bed rent in the capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Shortage | €4,368 a month * | Brussels: €1,150 |
| Bulgaria | Shortage | €966 a month | Sofia: €650 |
| Czechia | Shortage | €1,724 a month | Prague: €1,250 |
| Greece | Shortage | €1,682 a month * | Athens: €1,150 |
| Italy | Shortage | €3,001 a month * | Rome: €1,300 |
| Netherlands | Shortage | €3,769 a month | Not yet verified |
| Norway | Shortage | €6,047 a month | Oslo: €2,000 |
| Austria | Surplus | €3,816 a month * | Vienna: €1,250 |
| Luxembourg | Surplus | €5,642 a month * | Luxembourg: €1,900 |
Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all technicians and associate professionals in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for medical assistants alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.
What medical assistants do
Medical assistants perform basic clinical and administrative tasks to support patient care under the direct supervision of a medical practitioner or other health professional.
Typical tasks
- Interviewing patients and their families to obtain information on their health status and medical history
- Assisting medical doctors and other health professionals to examine and treat patients, including measuring and recording vital signs, administering medications and performing routine clinical procedures such as giving injections and removing sutures
- Getting patients ready for examination and treatment, including explaining procedures and showing them to examination rooms
- Preparing and handling medical instruments and supplies, including sterilizing instruments and disposing of contaminated supplies in accordance with safety procedures
- Collecting blood, tissue or other specimens, and preparing them for laboratory testing
- Providing information to patients and families on health care topics including medications prescribed by a medical doctor or other health professional
- Providing prescription and drug refill information to pharmacies
- Maintaining cleanliness of patient waiting and examination rooms
- Recording information on patients' medical history, diagnostic testing and treatment procedures and results, and other information in medical records-keeping systems
- Scheduling appointments with patients, and preparing documentation required for billing, reporting and insurance purposes
Finding medical assistants jobs in Europe
- EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Medical assistant".
- 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. Germany, this exact job: Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Entgeltatlas (median pay of full-time employees).
- Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.