Condition for Blue Card EU since first of January:

Working in Germany as a highly qualified person you can ask for a Blue Card EU.
Here are the main condition you have to fulfill:

•  a German or recognised foreign or comparable foreign higher educational qualification,
• submission of an employment contract or a binding job offer,
  as a matter of principle proof of a minimum annual gross salary of 49.600 Euro.Exception: A lower salary threshold of 38.688 Euro is applied for EU Blue Cards issued to scientists, mathematicians and engineers, as well as to doctors and IT specialists.