Local Government Salary Scales

Revision of salaries with effect from 1st October 2024, unless otherwise stated.

Local authority operative scales

Director of service/executive manager DCC
109,745 – 114,732 – 119,721- 124,706- 129,697

Senior executive officer/county & city librarian/head of information systems/financial accountant/management accountant/financial & management accountant
78,593 – 79,294 – 82,378 – 85,481- 88,590 – 91,667 – 94,762 – LSI1 98,273 – LSI2 103,868

Grade 7 – Administrative officer/senior executive librarian
58,252 – 59,677 – 61,341- 63,011 – 64,680 – 66,172 – 67,700 – 69,179 – 70,656 – LSI1 73,185 – LSI2 75,728

Grade 6 – Senior staff officer/executive librarian/senior legal assistant/clerk of works/building inspector
55,641- 56,969 – 58,586 – 61,629 – 63,447 – LSI1 65,706 – LSI2 67,977

Grade 5 – Staff officer/librarian/legal assistant
50,206 – 51,705 – 53,236 – 54,799 – 56,374 – LSI1 58,209 – LSI2 60,051

Grade 4 – Assistant staff officer/senior library assistant
34,260 – 36,366 – 39,355 – 41,318 – 43,035 – 44,696 – 46,938 – 48,560 – 50,206 – LSI1 51,733 – LSI2 53,301

Grade 3 – Clerical officer/library assistant/branch librarian*
29,811- 31,543 – 31,972 – 32,836 – 34,101- 35,367 – 36,634 – 37,553 – 38,596 – 39,803 – 40,661- 41,860 – 43,065 – 45,334 – LSI1 46,945

*Hourly rate for a Branch Librarian is based on the Library Assistant salary scale. The rate below, effective from 1/10/2024, is based on a 35-hour working week.

Branch librarian* (hourly rate)
16.32 – 17.27 – 17.51- 17.98 – 18.67 – 19.37 – 20.06 – 20.56 – 21.13 – 21.79 – 22.26 – 22.92 – 23.58 – 24.82 – LSI1 25.70

County engineer
95,646 – 99,196 – 102,741- 106,289 – 109,834 – LSI1 113,566 – LSI2 117,293

Senior engineer
89,159 – 91,345 – 93,523 – 95,710 – 97,891- 100,082 – LSI1 103,378 – LSI2 106,676

Senior executive engineer
76,772 – 79,125 – 80,252 – 82,622 – 85,011 – 87,394 – 89,793 – LSI1 92,808 – LSI2 95,815

Executive engineer
57,909 – 60,017 – 62,124 – 64,235 – 66,345 – 68,454 – 70,565 – 72,663 – 74,784 – 76,887 – LSI1 79,311 – LSI2 80,498

Assistant engineer
45,802 – 48,444 – 50,384 – 52,367 – 54,397 – 56,461 – 58,544 – 60,627 – 62,710 – 64,796 – 66,894 – LSI1 69,038 – LSI2 71,185

Graduate engineer
37,956 – 40,766 – 44,786 – 48,452

Project Resident Engineer
108,670

Senior resident engineer
97,800

Resident engineer
From: 73,621 To: 82,612

Assistant resident engineer
From: 52,909 To: 73,142

Graduate resident engineer
From: 41,010 To: 52,909

Site technician Level 1
From: 59,626 To: 64,745

Site technician Level 2
From: 50,845 To: 59,626

Chief technician
55,215 – 56,528 – 58,083 – 59,648 – 61,218 – 62,617 – 64,045 – 65,426 – 66,796 – LSI1 69,186 – LSI2 71,588

Senior executive technician
53,457 – 54,537 – 56,028 – 58,564 – 60,099 – LSI1 62,240 – LSI2 64,385

Executive technician
50,399 – 51,586 – 52,817 – 54,071- 55,343 – 56,608 – LSI1 58,454 – LSI2 60,298

Technician grade I
47,277 – 48,008 – 48,963 – 49,921- 50,863 – 51,825 – 52,715 – LSI1 54,394 – LSI2 56,096

Technician grade II
33,372 – 34,988 – 36,573 – 37,433 – 38,429 – 39,588 – 40,372 – 41,530 – 42,664 – 43,826 – 44,977 – 46,068 – 47,277 – LSI1 48,702 – LSI2 50,113

Senior social worker
78,722 – 80,992 – 84,415 – 87,836 – 91,263 – 94,689

Social worker
41,286 – 44,226 – 45,363 – 47,513 – 49,745 – 51,990 – 54,283 – 56,677 – 59,048 – 60,874 – 62,701 – LSI1 63,915

Professionally qualified housing welfare officer
53,590 – 56,115 – 58,661- 61,226 – 63,780 – 66,338 – 68,898 – LSI1 70,236

Housing welfare officer
42,817 – 45,699 • 47,066 – 49,169 – 51,376 – 53,618 – 55,892 – 58,207 – 60,538 – 62,275 – 64,037 – LSI1 65,273

General operatives and related grades (outside the Dublin area)

Foreman
757.55 – after 0.5 years 761.39 – after 1.5 years 764.93 – after 2.5 years 766.94 – after 3.5 years 766.94 – after 4.5 years 766.94 – after 5.5 years 766.94 – after 6.5 years 768.24 – after 7.5 years 770.25 – after 8.5 years 772.39 – after 9.5 years 774.70 – after 10.5 years 776. 78 – after 11.5 years 778.90

Driver plant operator A
743.62 – after 0.5 years 747.42 – after 1.5 years 750.69 – after 2.5 years 752.66 – after 3.5 years 754.63 – after 4.5 years 756.64 – after 5.5 years 758.43 – after 6.5 years 760.54 – after 7.5 years 762.50 – after 8.5 years 764.59 – after 9.5 years 766.72 – after 10.5 years 766.72 – after 11.5 years 766.72

Light equipment operator
726.83 – after 0.5 years 730.39 – after 1.5 years 733.77 – after 2.5 years 735.62 – after 3.5 years 737.54 – after 4.5 years 739.44 – after 5.5 years 739.44 – after 6.5 years 739.87 – after 7.5 years 741.86 – after 8.5 years 743.87 – after 9.5 years 746.04 – after 10.5 years 748.12 – after 11.5 years 750.09

Refuse collector
732.10 – after 0.5 years 735.62 – after 1.5 years 739.05 – after 2.5 years 739.05 – after 3.5 years 739.35 – after 4.5 years 741.23 – after 5.5 years 743.12 – after 6.5 years 745.10 – after 7.5 years 747.06 – after 8.5 years 749.04 – after 9.5 years 751.18 – after 10.5 years 753.26 – after 11.5 years 755.25

Ganger
737 .60 – after 0.5 years 737.98 – after 1.5 years 741.31 – after 2.5 years 743.42 – after 3.5 years 745.27 – after 4.5 years 747.21 – after 5.5 years 749.27 – after 6.5 years 751.18 – after 7.5 years 753.25 – after 8.5 years 755.52 – after 9.5 years 757.46 – after 10.5 years 759.68 – after 11.5 years 761.76

Driver plant operator B
758.99 – after 0.5 years 762.66 – after 1.5 years 766.31 – after 2.5 years 768.32 – after 3.5 years 768.32 – after 4.5 years 768.32 – after 5.5 years 768.32 – after 6.5 years 769.51 – after 7.5 years 771.61 – after 8.5 years 773.79 – after 9.5 years 775.96 – after 10.5 years 778.13 – after 11.5 years 780.33

Mobile library driver/assistant
766.47 – after 0.5 years 770.05 – after 1.5 years 773.63 – after 2.5 years 775.62 – after 3.5 years 777.60 – after 4.5 years 779.56 – after 5.5 years 781.53 – after 6.5 years 783.61 – after 7.5 years 785.67 – after 8.5 years 787.76 – after 9.5 years 789.89 – after 10.5 years 792.15 – after 11.5 years 794.21

Water & sewerage caretaker grade 3
757 .55 – after 0.5 years 761.39 – after 1.5 years 764.93 – after 2.5 years 766.94 – after 3.5 years 766.94 – after 4.5 years 766.94 – after 5.5 years 766.94 – after 6.5 years 768.24 – after 7.5 years 770.25 – after 8.5 years 772.39 – after 9.5 years 774.70 – after 10.5 years 776.78 – after 11.5 years 778.90

General operative/labourer
658.32 – after 0.5 years 672.43 – after 1.5 years 715.18 – after 2.5 years 718.68 – after 3.5 years 722.04 – after 4.5 years 723.93 – after 5.5 years 725.87 – after 6.5 years 727.77 – after 7.5 years 729.65 – after 8.5 years 731.65 – after 9.5 years 733.63 – after 10.5 years 735.71 – after 11.5 years 737.77 – after 12.5 years 737.77 after 13.5 years 738.55

Water & sewerage caretaker grade 5
807.47 – after 1 year 814.92 – after 2 years 822.23 – after 3 years 830.15 – after 4 years 838.07 – after 5 years 846.12 – after 6 years 854.00 – after 7 years 861.40- after 8 years 868.80 – after 9 years 873.72

General services supervisor
877.12 – after 1 year 894.24 – after 2 years 911.33 – after 3 years 928.94 – after 4 years 946.44 – after 5 years 963.92 – after 6 years 981.61 – after 7 years 999.19 – after 8 years 1,017.23 – after 9 years 1,035.43

Part-time fire service personal

Part-time firefighter
0 – 2 years 13,523
2 – 4 years 14,515
5 – 7 years 15,739
8+ years 16,854

Station officer
0 – 3 Years 22,821
4 – 7 Years 25,072
8+ Years 27,119

Sub officer/driver mechanic
0 – 3 Years 18,393
4 – 7 Years 20,096
8+ Years 21,645

Attendance rates
Basic rate 24.77
Drill rate 49.54

Day
1st hour 49.54
Subsequent hours 24.77

Night/weekend
1st hour 99.08
Subsequent hours 49.54

 

LSI 1 after 3 years satisfactory service at the maximum.
LSI 2 after 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum.