Healthcare salaries in Italy

executive (Medium quality data)

P25

€85,000

Median

€110,000

P75

€123,703

per month

€9,167

About €9,167 per month at the median.

Published role title: primario / Direttore di Unita Operativa Complessa (hospital department head). Band from we-wealth (published 2026-02-06, analysis of 2025 contract renewals citing category associations, with figures the page says are also reported in OECD reports): p25 = 85,000 (average dirigente medico past 15 years of service, the feeder pool for primario roles), p50 = 110,000 (primari average, gross annual), p75 = 123,703 (primario maximum including all accessory items). Basis authority: figures stated in euro lordi annui. Quality Medium: figures align with CCNL structure but the page does not disclose a sample or calculation method. Lead level left empty: no separate free figure for direttore di struttura semplice.

lead (High quality data)

Median

€79,500

per month

€6,625

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

Curated directly by the reviewer from the Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (dataset earn_ses22_48, mean monthly gross earnings, EUR, enterprises with 10 or more employees, total sex, 2022 vintage). Archetype: Managers (ISCO major group 1), the all-management-ranks pool in human health and social work activities (NACE Q). MEDIAN-ONLY shape carrying a published MEAN: SES publishes no median here. The 2022 vintage predates current offers; Italian pay has risen since, so treat as a floor. SES monthly earnings exclude Italy's 13th and 14th monthly payments, so a full Italian package runs roughly 15 percent above these figures.

senior (Medium quality data)

P25

€50,006

Median

€80,000

P75

€105,000

per month

€6,667

About €6,667 per month at the median.

Published role title: dirigente medico (hospital physician, SSN). Band: p25 = 50,006 (the new contractual base, stipendio tabellare annuo lordo, set at 50,005.77 EUR by the CCNL dirigenza medica 2022-2024 as reported by Fanpage covering the ARAN agreement; contract covers 137,000 dirigenti of whom 120,000 are physicians), p50 = 80,000 (gross annual for 5 to 15 years of service, per we-wealth analysis citing category associations, published 2026-02-06), p75 = 105,000 (top of the 80,000 to 105,000 range for dirigenti medici with more than 5 years, same source). Basis authority: both pages state figures in euro lordi annui (gross annual). Totals include on-call and position pay; the contractual floor alone is lower. Quality Medium: contractual floor is official; mid and upper anchors are press analysis without stated sample. Same-cell alternative on the PMI.it page: salary survey 2026 lists medici specialisti at 70,000 to 110,000 EUR.