Visa salary thresholds

Minimum annual remuneration each government requires for sponsored, skilled, and residence-by-income routes. Every figure is the current primary-source threshold — the higher of the general floor or the occupation-specific going rate applies in most jurisdictions.

Reviewed 2026-04-20. Thresholds change without notice. Always confirm on the linked primary source before making employment decisions.

By destination

How we define a “threshold”

A threshold is the minimum annual remuneration at which the government will approve a work, residence, or investment visa of a given type. We track four common variants:

Headline floor — the flat minimum (e.g. UK Skilled Worker £38,700, AU TSMIT A$73,150).
Occupation-specific going rate — the per-SOC/ANZSCO/ISCO rate that overrides the headline floor when higher (UK going rates, US DOL prevailing wage levels, AU AMSR).
Age-banded floors — lower rates for applicants under 30 or recent graduates (NL Kennismigrant under-30, Orientation Year).
Passive-income floors — minimum unearned income for residence-by-income routes (PT D7, ES non-lucrative, Golden-class investor floors).