Details of the salary or rate for the role will be given in the job details on this site and in the candidate information booklet provided by the recruiting organisation.
Usually, your annual salary or hourly rate of pay will increase by an increment for each year of service until the maximum of the scale is reached.
There may also be long service increments (LSI) which are only awarded after a specified length of time.
All new recruits to the local government sector must start at the first point on the scale. The salary scales below are effective from 01 March 2023.
Administrative Grades
Grade 8
€74,236 to €89,508
LSI 1 €92,825
LSI 2 €98,109
Grade 7
€55,022 to €66,738
LSI 1 €69,127
LSI 2 €71,529
Grade 6
€52,557 to €59,929
LSI 1 €62,063
LSI 2 €64,209
Grade 5
€47,339 to €53,248
LSI 1 €54,981
LSI 2 €56,721
Grade 4
€31,551 to €47,339
LSI 1 €48,839
LSI 2 €50,345
Grade 3
€27,146 to €42,515
LSI 1 €44,110
Engineering Grades
Senior Engineer
€84,216 to €94,533
LSI 1 €97,646
LSI 2 €100,762
Senior Executive Engineer
€72,515 to €84,815
LSI 1 €87,662
LSI 2 €90,502
Executive Engineer
€54,699 to €72,624
LSI 1 €74,914
LSI 2 €76,035
Assistant Engineer
€42,978 to €63,185
LSI 1 €65,210
LSI 2 €67,237
Graduate Engineer
€35,210 to €45,602
Technician Grades
Chief Technician
€52,154 to €63,093
LSI 1 €65,351
LSI 2 €67,619
Senior Executive Technician
€50,494 to €56,767
LSI 1 €58,789
LSI 2 €60,816
Executive Technician
€47,530 to €53,470
LSI 1 €55,213
LSI 2 €56,955
Technician Grade I
€44,439 to €49,789
LSI 1 €51,378
LSI 2 €52,986
Technician Grade II
€30,672 to €44,439
LSI 1 €45,850
LSI 2 €47,247
Craftworkers
Foreman
€938.29 to €990.41 per week
Assistant Foreman
€883.27 to €932.09 per week
Chargehand
€846.59 to €893.23 per week
Craftworker
€716.44 to €834.92 per week
Craftworker's Mate
€598.18 to €685.82 per week
General Services
General Services Supervisor
€823.02 to €978.02 per week
Foreman
€704.63 to €725.77 per week
General Operative
€606.39 to €685.82 per week