Education and Teaching salaries in Bulgaria

executive (High quality data)

P25

€16,716

Median

€16,944

P75

€17,172

per month

€1,412

About €1,412 per month at the median.

p50 is the midpoint of the source's published span; the span endpoints are stored as p25 and p75 and are wider than quartiles. Statutory scale range for school/kindergarten director (direktor) from 1 January 2026: 1,393.69 EUR base rising to 1,430.73 EUR with first career-development degree, per State Gazette issue 27 of 17.03.2026, Annex 3 to Naredba No 4 of 2017. Gross basic monthly wages, converted at 1.95583 to 2,725 to 2,798 pre-euro BGN. SPAN shape (statutory scale range); midpoint about 2,762 pre-euro BGN. Mediapool reported the same 1,393 to 1,430 EUR director range. NSI Q1 2026 education sector average 1,437 EUR (2,810 pre-euro BGN) all levels. Value converted from BGN at the irrevocably fixed rate of 1.95583 BGN per EUR; Bulgaria adopted the euro on 1 January 2026.

lead (High quality data)

P25

€15,468

Median

€15,696

P75

€15,912

per month

€1,308

About €1,308 per month at the median.

p50 is the midpoint of the source's published span; the span endpoints are stored as p25 and p75 and are wider than quartiles. Statutory scale range for deputy director (zamestnik-direktor) from 1 January 2026: 1,289.00 EUR base rising to 1,326.03 EUR with first career-development degree, per State Gazette issue 27 of 17.03.2026, Annex 3 to Naredba No 4 of 2017. Gross basic monthly wages, converted at 1.95583 to 2,521 to 2,593 pre-euro BGN. SPAN shape (statutory scale range); midpoint about 2,557 pre-euro BGN. Supplements paid on top. Value converted from BGN at the irrevocably fixed rate of 1.95583 BGN per EUR; Bulgaria adopted the euro on 1 January 2026.

senior (High quality data)

Median

€14,160

per month

€1,180

This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.

Only a floor figure is published for this cell; the stored value is that floor, and the true market center is likely higher. Published floor: statutory minimum basic monthly salary for senior teacher (starshi uchitel) and senior educator, 1,180.01 EUR from 1 January 2026, set by the Ministry of Education ordinance amending Naredba No 4 of 2017, Annex 3, State Gazette issue 27 of 17.03.2026. Basis authority: table titled 'Minimalni razmeri na osnovnite mesecni rabotni zaplati' (minimum basic monthly gross wages), euro converted at fixed rate 1.95583 to 2,308 pre-euro BGN; supplements for degree, extra hours and SEN work are paid on top. Floor-only shape. Related scale points: teacher 1,144.05 EUR (2,237 pre-euro BGN), head teacher (glaven uchitel) 1,225.64 EUR (2,397 pre-euro BGN). Value converted from BGN at the irrevocably fixed rate of 1.95583 BGN per EUR; Bulgaria adopted the euro on 1 January 2026.