IRELAND / SALARY

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

0.92 EUR = 1 USD

€60,679 EUR

$65,702 USD

Dublin

€64,214 EUR

€38,789 EUR

$42,000 USD

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Average Salary / Ireland

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Average salary in Ireland is €60,679 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €38,789 EUR. All data are based on 1,668 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €65,017 EUR. Women receive a salary of €52,919 EUR.

The most paid careers are Health Care & Medical with average income €91,062 EUR and Engineers & Technicians III with income €87,460 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €90,138 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €66,865 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of €87,090 EUR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive €80,810 EUR.

Levels / Ireland (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€9,200 EUR - €13,899 EUR	4	100% 0.24%
€13,900 EUR - €18,499 EUR	12	99.76% 0.72%
€18,500 EUR - €23,099 EUR	49	99.04% 2.94%
€23,100 EUR - €27,699 EUR	76	96.1% 4.56%
€27,700 EUR - €32,299 EUR	134	91.55% 8.03%
€32,300 EUR - €36,899 EUR	142	83.51% 8.51%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€36,900 EUR - €41,599 EUR	147	75% 8.81%
€41,600 EUR - €46,199 EUR	135	66.19% 8.09%
€46,200 EUR - €50,799 EUR	144	58.09% 8.63%
€50,800 EUR - €55,399 EUR	86	49.46% 5.16%
€55,400 EUR - €59,999 EUR	93	44.3% 5.58%
€60,000 EUR - €64,599 EUR	100	38.73% 6%
€64,600 EUR - €69,299 EUR	76	32.73% 4.56%
€69,300 EUR - €73,899 EUR	57	28.18% 3.42%
€73,900 EUR - €78,499 EUR	63	24.76% 3.78%
€78,500 EUR - €83,099 EUR	51	20.98% 3.06%
€83,100 EUR - €87,699 EUR	37	17.93% 2.22%
€87,700 EUR - €92,399 EUR	37	15.71% 2.22%
€92,400 EUR - €96,999 EUR	25	13.49% 1.5%
€97,000 EUR - €101,599 EUR	28	11.99% 1.68%
€101,600 EUR - €106,199 EUR	23	10.31% 1.38%
€106,200 EUR - €110,799 EUR	10	8.93% 0.6%
€110,800 EUR - €115,399 EUR	24	8.33% 1.44%
€115,400 EUR - €120,099 EUR	12	6.89% 0.72%
€120,100 EUR - €124,699 EUR	13	6.18% 0.78%
€124,700 EUR - €129,299 EUR	13	5.4% 0.78%
€129,300 EUR - €133,899 EUR	6	4.62% 0.36%
€133,900 EUR - €138,499 EUR	11	4.26% 0.66%
HIGH SALARIES
€138,500 EUR - €147,799 EUR	6	3.6% 0.36%
€147,800 EUR - €156,999 EUR	13	3.24% 0.78%
€157,000 EUR - €166,199 EUR	3	2.46% 0.18%
€166,200 EUR - €175,499 EUR	7	2.28% 0.42%
€175,500 EUR - €184,699 EUR	5	1.86% 0.3%
€184,700 EUR - €193,899 EUR	5	1.56% 0.3%
€193,900 EUR - €203,199 EUR	5	1.26% 0.3%
€203,200 EUR - €212,399 EUR	1	0.96% 0.06%
€212,400 EUR - €221,699 EUR	1	0.9% 0.06%
€221,700 EUR - €230,899 EUR	2	0.84% 0.12%
€230,900 EUR - €323,199 EUR	12	0.72% 0.72%

Gender / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	875	€65,017 EUR
2	Women	387	€52,919 EUR

Education / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	60	€90,138 EUR
2	Masters Degree	438	€66,865 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	745	€60,215 EUR
4	Some College	285	€52,088 EUR
5	High School	129	€49,317 EUR
6	Bellow H. School	11	€37,773 EUR

Experience / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	184	€87,090 EUR
2	16-20 Years	143	€80,810 EUR
3	12-16 Years	169	€71,020 EUR
4	8-12 Years	283	€66,310 EUR
5	4-8 Years	356	€55,690 EUR
6	2-4 Years	255	€45,992 EUR
7	1-2 Years	135	€41,559 EUR
8	0-1 Year	143	€39,805 EUR

Age / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	20	€91,893 EUR
2	61-65	7	€86,813 EUR
3	46-50	96	€84,966 EUR
4	51-55	52	€82,842 EUR
5	41-45	139	€77,301 EUR
6	36-40	206	€68,342 EUR
7	31-35	274	€60,677 EUR
8	n/a	406	€58,830 EUR
9	71-75	1	€52,642 EUR
10	26-30	300	€49,317 EUR
11	21-25	149	€37,588 EUR
12	14-20	17	€31,215 EUR
13	66-70	1	€22,442 EUR

Work Type / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	45	€72,221 EUR
2	Permanent	1,430	€62,062 EUR
3	Contract	157	€51,164 EUR
4	Part Time	36	€32,786 EUR

Cities / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Dublin	1,082	€64,186 EUR
2	Limerick	89	€56,244 EUR
3	Cork	199	€55,690 EUR
4	--Other--	186	€53,842 EUR
5	Galway	112	€50,333 EUR

Career Groups / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Health Care & Medical	42	€91,062 EUR
2	Engineers & Technicians III	3	€87,460 EUR
3	Management & Business	157	€87,367 EUR
4	Engineers & Technicians V	22	€74,899 EUR
5	Military	3	€71,759 EUR
6	IT & Programming II	144	€67,696 EUR
7	IT & Programming	201	€66,865 EUR
8	Human Resources	69	€63,078 EUR
9	Health Care & Medical II	55	€62,339 EUR
10	Finance & Banking	93	€62,154 EUR
11	Insurance	34	€61,416 EUR
12	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	88	€60,307 EUR
13	Aviation & Shipping	15	€59,938 EUR
14	Arts, Culture, Performance	3	€58,368 EUR
15	Construction & Labor Workers	32	€57,906 EUR
16	Law	18	€56,336 EUR
17	Education & University	65	€56,244 EUR
18	Public Sector	34	€55,782 EUR
19	Engineers & Technicians	103	€55,320 EUR
20	Agriculture & Fishing	8	€54,489 EUR
21	Engineers & Technicians IV	18	€53,750 EUR
22	Properties & Real Estates	5	€52,549 EUR
23	Accounting & Administration	148	€51,072 EUR
24	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	30	€49,964 EUR
25	Architect Constructions	16	€48,394 EUR
26	Media	19	€48,209 EUR
27	Salesmen & Saleswomen	42	€48,116 EUR
28	Fashion	2	€46,916 EUR
29	Engineers & Technicians II	12	€43,591 EUR
30	Making Design	27	€42,575 EUR
31	Organization & Coordination	18	€42,298 EUR
32	Logistics, Road, Railway	20	€40,174 EUR
33	Sports & Recreation	9	€39,343 EUR
34	Hotels & Tourism	32	€38,050 EUR
35	Geography & Geodesy	1	€37,126 EUR
36	Customer Services	48	€36,387 EUR
37	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	27	€35,187 EUR
38	Security & Fireguard	2	€29,276 EUR
39	Automobile	2	€24,197 EUR
40	Archaeology & History	1	€22,626 EUR

Careers / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Director	20	€124,586 EUR
2	General Manager	13	€117,937 EUR
3	Business Manager	11	€112,303 EUR
4	Doctor	10	€107,131 EUR
5	Engineering Manager	9	€94,940 EUR
6	Sales Manager	9	€90,692 EUR
7	IT Manager	28	€89,214 EUR
8	Operations Manager	10	€87,737 EUR
9	IT Project Manager	31	€83,950 EUR
10	Manager	23	€83,581 EUR
11	Human Resources Manager	21	€83,304 EUR
12	Other Engineer Career	16	€78,317 EUR
13	Chartered Accountant	18	€75,361 EUR
14	Lecturer	13	€73,884 EUR
15	Lead Developer	10	€73,884 EUR
16	.NET Developer	15	€71,390 EUR
17	Software Engineer	29	€70,651 EUR
18	Other IT Career	21	€69,728 EUR
19	Life Insurance	8	€67,326 EUR
20	Project Manager	18	€66,957 EUR
21	Business Development Manager	15	€66,126 EUR
22	Senior Accountant	11	€66,126 EUR
23	Security Specialist	13	€65,849 EUR
24	Other Human Resource Career	10	€64,186 EUR
25	Computer Engineer	14	€63,170 EUR
26	Inside Sales	10	€63,078 EUR
27	Human Resource	14	€60,400 EUR
28	Pharmacist	9	€59,753 EUR
29	Java Developer	8	€59,753 EUR
30	System Analyst	10	€58,922 EUR
31	Marketing Manager	10	€58,368 EUR
32	Accountant	24	€57,906 EUR
33	Database Administrator	10	€56,798 EUR
34	Other Public Sector Career	23	€55,597 EUR
35	Software Developer	46	€55,135 EUR
36	Salesmen or Saleswomen	20	€54,766 EUR
37	Electrical Engineer	8	€54,304 EUR
38	Other Medical Career	17	€54,027 EUR
39	Financial Analyst	17	€53,104 EUR
40	Other Finance Career	21	€52,457 EUR
41	Civil Engineer	16	€52,088 EUR
42	Engineer	31	€51,995 EUR
43	Risk Analyst	14	€51,257 EUR
44	Sales	8	€48,855 EUR
45	IT Coordinator	10	€47,378 EUR
46	Hotel Manager	12	€46,639 EUR
47	Technician	13	€45,992 EUR
48	Customer Service Manager	9	€43,037 EUR
49	Mechanical Engineer	16	€42,945 EUR
50	Other Tourism Career	9	€41,005 EUR
51	Graphic Designer	11	€39,989 EUR
52	Architect	11	€39,712 EUR
53	Human Resource Coordinator	8	€39,620 EUR
54	Customer Consultant	9	€33,432 EUR
55	Other Education Career	10	€33,340 EUR
56	Office Administrator	13	€31,031 EUR
57	Call Center	13	€30,292 EUR
58	Trainee Accountant	8	€22,904 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Senior Electrical Engineer

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electrical."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€64,600 EUR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Build software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€106,200 EUR

Head Of Operations

Posted 08 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Strategic Planning, Resource allocation, finance and fundraising."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	€68,600 EUR

Forestry Worker

Posted 05 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Forestry maintenance and tree planting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€25,200 EUR

Head Of Eu

Posted 05 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Network development, Sales, Marketing, BP."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€137,300 EUR

Group Marketing Manager

Posted 01 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"General Marketing Management, Marketing Communications etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	€57,200 EUR

Hr Director

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR consultant, coach, employment law, employee relations, industrial relations, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	High School	16-20 Years	Expert	€104,800 EUR

Senior Automation Engineer

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Automation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€66,700 EUR

Civil Engineer

Posted 30 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineering tasks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€61,400 EUR

Office Manager/bookkeeper

Posted 24 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Various bookkeeping packages, payroll, vat returns."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	16-20 Years	Expert	€35,400 EUR

Investigation Specialist

Posted 19 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Investigate."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	€27,900 EUR

Teacher

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€37,900 EUR

Finance Manager

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Control and Manage the companies accounts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€61,200 EUR

Senior Product Manager

Posted 13 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Agile software development, digital transformation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€83,500 EUR

Chief Executive

Posted 13 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Strategic leadership, finance, management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€102,000 EUR

Senior Cloud Engineer

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"AWS and automation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€77,700 EUR

Customer Service Administrator

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Taking calls
Processing orders using SAP ERP
Managing complains
Help the logistic department."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	€37,300 EUR

Phd Student

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conduct novel scientific research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€18,000 EUR

Risk Manager

Posted 17 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Enterprise Risk and ESG Development and Management for Software Organisation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€64,500 EUR

Back Office Agent

Posted 15 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Workign cases in back office."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€33,800 EUR

Technical Support Engineer

Posted 15 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Server troubleshooting, customer service."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€40,700 EUR

Staff Swe

Posted 14 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SWE work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€111,200 EUR

Design Engineer

Posted 08 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Formwork and Shoring design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€42,100 EUR

Solutions Consultant

Posted 29 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Troubleshoot problems / issues / bugs of software implementations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€64,800 EUR

It Support Engineer

Posted 28 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Tech Support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	0-1 Year	Advanced	€24,100 EUR

Group Treasury Analyst

Posted 27 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Treasury activities."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€50,200 EUR

Business Analyst

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Process mapping
gathering requirements
project management etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€120,500 EUR

Payroll Compliance

Posted 25 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Risk assessment for payroll practices, statutory requirements."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	€60,300 EUR

Devops

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SRE, Devops."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€67,300 EUR

Structural Engineer

Posted 14 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Buildings."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€42,700 EUR

Seo Specialist

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Seo, keywords."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€47,100 EUR

Office Administrator

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management of office facilities of all aspects and liaising with relevant suppliers
Administration of accounts including accounts payable, expenses tracking, VAT returns, monthly bank reconciliation, etc. 
Project and tender proposal administration on EU project submissions
Liaises with the company accountant and provides support for audit processes
Management of travel and accommodation for all staff, including booking flights, accommodation and other travel requirements 
Acts as Personal Assistant to the Directors, as required 
Provides general administrative support to the team, as required."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€31,400 EUR

Student Site Engineer

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Quality assurance, 
Setting out, 
Managing tasks and site documentation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€32,700 EUR

Intern

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SORT OUT ACCOUNTS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€22,000 EUR

System Specialist

Posted 27 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SCCM, SCOM, PowerShell, SQL, SIEM, WINDOWS SERVER. . ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	€83,800 EUR

Voice Picker

Posted 27 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Collect products from warehouse and preparing them fro dispatch."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€25,600 EUR

Database Administrator

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Aws mysql."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€73,300 EUR

Rural Social Scheme Supervisor

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervision of work sites/projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	High School	12-16 Years	Intermediate	€36,600 EUR

Social Media Specialist

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"None entry level."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Some College	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€30,700 EUR

Heakthcare Assistant

Posted 13 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Assist nurses."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	High School	1-2 Years	Advanced	€34,600 EUR

Compensation & Benefits Manager

Posted 11 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€80,600 EUR

Technician Grade 1

Posted 10 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Surveying, monitoring construction works."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Limerick	Some College	16-20 Years	Advanced	€46,400 EUR

Business Process Analyst

Posted 09 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Visio."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€33,500 EUR

Financial Controller

Posted 04 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Monthly reporting; financial analysis; payroll; taxes filing; company secretarial filing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€89,000 EUR

Cloud Software Engineer

Posted 03 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€78,500 EUR

Trade & Investment

Posted 17 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Trade & Investment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	€93,100 EUR

Health Economics

Posted 16 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€29,000 EUR

Administrator

Posted 15 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Variety."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€27,900 EUR

Sales Account Manager

Posted 15 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Banking market knowledge."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	€310,500 EUR

Software Engineer

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fix bugs, write extensions to existing software, and create new software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€65,200 EUR

ECONOMY / Ireland

Average salary for Software Engineer/Developer in Ireland is from around €35,000 to €60,000 per annual. Project Manager earn from around €50,000 to €70,000. Office administrator earn around €26,000 on average per year.

Bigger companies in Ireland usually pay better than smaller ones (from employees is usually expected to work additional hours). For some similar job you can expect to earn 30 per cent more if the company has over 500 employee.

The best paid managers are in production and manufacturing, followed by those in IT. Also good paid are administration, marketing, finance, accounting, and finally HR.