GALWAY / SALARY
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SALARY SURVEYS

113

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

0.91 EUR = 1 USD

€49,774 EUR

$54,845 USD

Dublin

€63,140 EUR

€29,041 EUR

$32,000 USD

Average Salary / Galway

Average salary in Galway is €49,774 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €29,041 EUR. All data are based on 113 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €48,553 EUR. Women receive a salary of €45,286 EUR.

The most paid careers are Health Care & Medical with average income €148,745 EUR and Architect Constructions with income €81,860 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €74,327 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €61,894 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of €70,697 EUR. Employees with 8-12 Years of experience receive €59,443 EUR.

Levels / Galway (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€9,100 EUR - €13,599 EUR	0	n/a
€13,600 EUR - €18,099 EUR	1	100% 0.88%
€18,200 EUR - €22,699 EUR	6	99.12% 5.31%
€22,700 EUR - €27,199 EUR	7	93.81% 6.19%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€27,200 EUR - €31,799 EUR	14	87.61% 12.39%
€31,800 EUR - €36,299 EUR	12	75.22% 10.62%
€36,300 EUR - €40,799 EUR	11	64.6% 9.73%
€40,800 EUR - €45,399 EUR	11	54.87% 9.73%
€45,400 EUR - €49,899 EUR	6	45.13% 5.31%
€49,900 EUR - €54,499 EUR	7	39.82% 6.19%
€54,500 EUR - €58,999 EUR	8	33.63% 7.08%
€59,000 EUR - €63,499 EUR	5	26.55% 4.42%
€63,500 EUR - €68,099 EUR	6	22.12% 5.31%
€68,100 EUR - €72,599 EUR	3	16.81% 2.65%
€72,600 EUR - €77,099 EUR	2	14.16% 1.77%
€77,100 EUR - €81,699 EUR	4	12.39% 3.54%
€81,700 EUR - €86,199 EUR	3	8.85% 2.65%
€86,200 EUR - €90,799 EUR	2	6.19% 1.77%
€90,800 EUR - €95,299 EUR	1	4.42% 0.88%
€95,300 EUR - €99,799 EUR	0	n/a
€99,800 EUR - €104,399 EUR	1	3.54% 0.88%
€104,400 EUR - €108,899 EUR	0	n/a
€108,900 EUR - €113,399 EUR	0	n/a
€113,400 EUR - €117,999 EUR	1	2.65% 0.88%
€118,000 EUR - €122,499 EUR	0	n/a
€122,500 EUR - €127,099 EUR	0	n/a
€127,100 EUR - €131,599 EUR	0	n/a
€131,600 EUR - €136,099 EUR	1	1.77% 0.88%
HIGH SALARIES
€136,100 EUR - €145,199 EUR	0	n/a
€145,200 EUR - €154,299 EUR	0	n/a
€154,300 EUR - €163,399 EUR	0	n/a
€163,400 EUR - €172,399 EUR	0	n/a
€172,400 EUR - €181,499 EUR	0	n/a
€181,500 EUR - €190,599 EUR	0	n/a
€190,600 EUR - €199,699 EUR	0	n/a
€199,700 EUR - €208,699 EUR	0	n/a
€208,700 EUR - €217,799 EUR	0	n/a
€217,800 EUR - €226,899 EUR	0	n/a
€226,900 EUR - €317,599 EUR	1	0.88% 0.88%

Gender / Galway (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	46	€48,553 EUR
2	Women	25	€45,286 EUR

Education / Galway (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	6	€74,327 EUR
2	Masters Degree	22	€61,894 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	48	€49,188 EUR
4	Some College	22	€44,197 EUR
5	High School	15	€32,126 EUR

Experience / Galway (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	8	€70,697 EUR
2	8-12 Years	18	€59,443 EUR
3	12-16 Years	13	€52,092 EUR
4	4-8 Years	20	€51,094 EUR
5	2-4 Years	21	€49,823 EUR
6	20+ Years	10	€44,923 EUR
7	0-1 Year	12	€34,758 EUR
8	1-2 Years	11	€34,305 EUR

Age / Galway (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	41-45	7	€59,171 EUR
2	46-50	7	€58,445 EUR
3	36-40	12	€55,450 EUR
4	n/a	42	€53,817 EUR
5	31-35	9	€51,185 EUR
6	51-55	3	€49,460 EUR
7	21-25	12	€40,022 EUR
8	26-30	18	€39,568 EUR
9	14-20	3	€24,231 EUR

Work Type / Galway (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	2	€70,152 EUR
2	Permanent	95	€51,820 EUR
3	Contract	10	€37,572 EUR
4	Part Time	6	€30,584 EUR

Career Groups / Galway (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Health Care & Medical	2	€148,745 EUR
2	Architect Constructions	1	€81,860 EUR
3	Management & Business	8	€78,865 EUR
4	Engineers & Technicians III	1	€74,055 EUR
5	Engineers & Technicians V	2	€72,240 EUR
6	Insurance	1	€69,699 EUR
7	IT & Programming II	7	€59,716 EUR
8	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	€55,541 EUR
9	Education & University	7	€55,450 EUR
10	IT & Programming	6	€55,178 EUR
11	Engineers & Technicians II	1	€53,363 EUR
12	Engineers & Technicians	19	€49,642 EUR
13	Finance & Banking	2	€46,738 EUR
14	Human Resources	3	€44,287 EUR
15	Hotels & Tourism	5	€43,471 EUR
16	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	6	€43,289 EUR
17	Health Care & Medical II	8	€40,113 EUR
18	Construction & Labor Workers	2	€38,479 EUR
19	Accounting & Administration	9	€38,207 EUR
20	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	3	€36,664 EUR
21	Public Sector	1	€36,029 EUR
22	Organization & Coordination	1	€35,847 EUR
23	Law	1	€33,306 EUR
24	Customer Services	3	€33,125 EUR
25	Making Design	3	€30,493 EUR
26	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	6	€29,858 EUR
27	Media	1	€27,770 EUR
28	Salesmen & Saleswomen	3	€26,137 EUR

Careers / Galway (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	1	€117,798 EUR
2	Lecturer	2	€94,021 EUR
3	Manufacturing	1	€88,212 EUR
4	Architect	1	€81,860 EUR
5	Database Administrator	1	€78,683 EUR
6	Electrician	1	€77,594 EUR
7	Project Manager	2	€77,140 EUR
8	Software Engineer	2	€73,147 EUR
9	Risk Management Insurance	1	€69,699 EUR
10	Economist	1	€66,704 EUR
11	Hotel Manager	2	€64,979 EUR
12	System Analyst	2	€63,527 EUR
13	Certified Bookkeeper	1	€61,803 EUR
14	IT Coordinator	1	€59,534 EUR
15	Other Management Career	1	€58,717 EUR
16	Construction Carpenter	1	€58,445 EUR
17	Software Developer	2	€55,904 EUR
18	IT Researching	1	€55,541 EUR
19	Accountant	1	€54,815 EUR
20	Human Resources Manager	1	€53,544 EUR
21	Pharmacy Engineer	1	€53,363 EUR
22	Research Engineer	2	€51,820 EUR
23	Technician	5	€51,548 EUR
24	University Professor Assistant	1	€51,548 EUR
25	Practical Nurse	1	€50,549 EUR
26	Respiratory Therapist	1	€50,368 EUR
27	College Administrator	1	€49,823 EUR
28	Mechanical Engineer	5	€49,007 EUR
29	Other Marketing Career	1	€44,832 EUR
30	Engineer	5	€43,743 EUR
31	Pharmacist	1	€42,926 EUR
32	IT Project Manager	1	€41,656 EUR
33	Other Medical Career	3	€40,839 EUR
34	Chartered Accountant	3	€40,567 EUR
35	Radiologist	1	€39,387 EUR
36	Web Developer	1	€39,205 EUR
37	Biomedical Engineer	1	€36,120 EUR
38	Other Public Sector Career	1	€36,029 EUR
39	Manager	1	€34,577 EUR
40	Legal Secretary	1	€33,306 EUR
41	Other Education Career	3	€32,852 EUR
42	Account Manager	1	€31,854 EUR
43	Other Tourism Career	2	€31,037 EUR
44	Warehousing Employee	1	€29,858 EUR
45	Human Resource Administrator	1	€29,858 EUR
46	Medical Secretary	1	€29,767 EUR
47	Quality Controller	2	€27,589 EUR
48	Administrator	1	€27,498 EUR
49	Sales	1	€27,498 EUR
50	Administrative Coordinator	1	€27,407 EUR
51	Graphic Designer	2	€27,135 EUR
52	Bank Cashier	1	€26,863 EUR
53	Receptionist	1	€25,683 EUR
54	Waiter or Waitress	2	€24,503 EUR
55	Other Sales Career	1	€24,231 EUR
56	Sales in Jewelry Shops	1	€20,964 EUR
57	Serving Meals & Cashier	2	€19,693 EUR
58	Construction Worker	1	€18,513 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

42/42 Project Manager (Man)

Posted 29 April 2024

What I do?

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€88,200 EUR

41/42 Rural Social Scheme Supervisor (Woman)

Posted 22 March 2022

What I do?

"Supervision of work sites/projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	High School	12-16 Years	Intermediate	€36,000 EUR

40/42 Cloud Software Engineer (Man)

Posted 03 March 2022

What I do?

"Java Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€77,200 EUR

39/42 Health Economics (Man)

Posted 16 February 2022

What I do?

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€28,500 EUR

38/42 Administrator (Man)

Posted 15 February 2022

What I do?

"Variety."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€27,500 EUR

37/42 System Test Engineer (Man)

Posted 15 October 2021

What I do?

"Research and Test."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€41,900 EUR

36/42 Phd Student And Researcher (Man)

Posted 27 August 2021

What I do?

"Research and teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€27,500 EUR

35/42 Engineer Technician (Man)

Posted 27 August 2021

What I do?

"QA data technician."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€37,500 EUR

34/42 Signal Repair (Man)

Posted 14 March 2021

What I do?

"Qualified electrician, Technical certs."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	€77,600 EUR

33/42 Microbiologist (Woman)

Posted 10 March 2021

What I do?

"Laboratory testing, reporting results."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	€28,400 EUR

32/42 Research And Development Engineer (Man)

Posted 04 March 2021

What I do?

"Design, project management, customer calls."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€36,100 EUR

31/42 Finance Manager (Woman)

Posted 13 February 2021

What I do?

"Book keeping, payroll, assistant manager, secretary to board of directors, finance officer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	€31,800 EUR

30/42 Manufacturing Engineer (Man)

Posted 29 January 2021

What I do?

"Manufacturing Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€53,400 EUR

29/42 Radiation Therapist (Woman)

Posted 20 January 2021

What I do?

"Admistriring radiation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€39,400 EUR

28/42 Reservations (Woman)

Posted 17 October 2020

What I do?

"Bookings, rate checks, load availability, reporting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	High School	12-16 Years	n/a	€29,900 EUR

27/42 Profesor (Woman)

Posted 13 October 2020

What I do?

"Lecturrer researcher."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	€134,500 EUR

26/42 Sales Assistant (Woman)

Posted 11 October 2020

What I do?

"Sales, operating engraving machine, cleaning, putting in stock, display arrangements."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	High School	1-2 Years	n/a	€20,900 EUR

25/42 Lab Technician (Man)

Posted 07 October 2020

What I do?

"Microbiology and chemical analysis. Analytical chemistry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	€31,900 EUR

24/42 Associate Quality Engineer (Woman)

Posted 14 July 2020

What I do?

"Capa/ nc doc control. Iso stnadards."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€37,900 EUR

23/42 Researcher (Man)

Posted 13 June 2020

What I do?

"Publications, NMR, MS, HPLC."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Doctorate Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€41,200 EUR

22/42 Customer Success Specialist (Woman)

Posted 05 June 2020

What I do?

"Marketing, customer success."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€44,800 EUR

21/42 Accountant (Man)

Posted 14 May 2020

What I do?

"Accounting and Financial controlling of the company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€54,800 EUR

20/42 Warehouse Worker Safety Products (Man)

Posted 07 May 2020

What I do?

"General warehouse work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	High School	12-16 Years	n/a	€29,900 EUR

19/42 Project Engineer (Man)

Posted 22 April 2020

What I do?

"Oil and gas indusrtry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€37,900 EUR

18/42 Administrator (Woman)

Posted 28 March 2020

What I do?

"Answering Telephones."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€29,900 EUR

17/42 Administrator (Woman)

Posted 21 January 2020

What I do?

"Usual admin tasks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€49,800 EUR

16/42 House And Landscape (Woman)

Posted 09 October 2019

What I do?

"I plan the design and tsructure of buildingd and landscapes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Some College	1-2 Years	n/a	€81,900 EUR

15/42 PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTS TECHNICIAN (Man)

Posted 19 July 2019

What I do?

"PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTS MANAGER."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€61,800 EUR

14/42 Physiotherapist (Woman)

Posted 24 June 2019

What I do?

"Qualified and working 13 years as a physiotherapist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€65,700 EUR

13/42 Scientists (Man)

Posted 02 June 2019

What I do?

"Scientific research in field of computer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€51,600 EUR

12/42 Software Developer/engineer (Man)

Posted 14 May 2019

What I do?

"DEvelop web application."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€39,200 EUR

11/42 Sales And Advisory Bank Official (Woman)

Posted 16 February 2019

What I do?

"Assist cutsomers on the floor with our self service machines."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€26,800 EUR

10/42 Pharmaceuticals Project Engineer (Man)

Posted 02 February 2019

What I do?

"Pharmaceuticals Project Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€34,000 EUR

9/42 Accountant (Woman)

Posted 26 January 2019

What I do?

"Reporting, reconciling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€41,400 EUR

8/42 Database Administrator (Man)

Posted 20 December 2018

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€78,700 EUR

7/42 R&D Product Development Technician (Man)

Posted 29 October 2018

What I do?

"Involved in development from the early stages of the process to full manufacturing of medical devices."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	€45,000 EUR

6/42 Software Developer (Man)

Posted 21 October 2018

What I do?

"Software developer, level 1."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	€40,500 EUR

5/42 Form Work Carpenter (Man)

Posted 09 July 2018

What I do?

"Shuttering for concrete, working from plans."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	High School	20+ Years	n/a	€58,400 EUR

4/42 Risk Manager (Woman)

Posted 24 April 2018

What I do?

"Risk and control assessments and compliance assessments."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€69,700 EUR

3/42 Nurse (Man)

Posted 22 January 2018

What I do?

"Practical nurse for over 8 years."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€50,600 EUR

2/42 Fast Food Worker (Man)

Posted 14 January 2018

What I do?

"Easy work, nice hours and meeting lots of new people all the time."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	High School	1-2 Years	n/a	€16,900 EUR

1/42 Waitress (Woman)

Posted 06 November 2017

What I do?

"Clean tables, clean after restaurant closes, serve customer and take orders, take complaints."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	High School	1-2 Years	n/a	€24,300 EUR

GALWAY / SALARY IRELAND

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€49,774 EUR

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€29,041 EUR

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