Local Government Salary Scales
Local authority operative scales
Revised pay scales with effect from 01 March 2025
Director of service/executive manager DCC
111,940 – 117,027 – 122,115 – 127,200 – 132,291
Senior executive officer/county & city librarian/head of information systems/financial accountant/management accountant/financial & management accountant
80,165 – 80,880 – 84,026 – 87,191 – 90,362 – 93,500 – 96,657 – LSI1 100,238 – LSI2 105,945
Grade 7 – Administrative officer/senior executive librarian
59,417 – 60,871 – 62,568 – 64,271 – 65,974 – 67,495 – 69,054 – 70,563 – 72,069 – LSI1 74,649 – LSI2 77,243
Grade 6 – Senior staff officer/executive librarian/senior legal assistant/clerk of works/building inspector
56,754 – 58,108 – 59,758 – 62,862 – 64,716 – LSI1 67,020 – LSI2 69,337
Grade 5 – Staff officer/librarian/legal assistant
51,210 – 52,739 – 54,301 – 55,895 – 57,501 – LSI1 59,373 – LSI2 61,252
Grade 4 – Assistant staff officer/senior library assistant
35,260 – 37,366 – 40,355 – 42,318 – 44,035 – 45,696 – 47,938 – 49,560 – 51,210 – LSI1 52,768 – LSI2 54,367
Grade 3 – Clerical officer/library assistant/branch librarian*
30,811 – 32,543 – 32,972 – 33,836 – 35,101 – 36,367 – 37,634 – 38,553 – 39,596 – 40,803 – 41,661 – 42,860 – 44,065 – 46,334 – LSI1 47,945
*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)
16.87 – 17.82 – 18.05 – 18.53 – 19.22 – 19.91 – 20.61 – 21.11 – 21.68 – 22.34 – 22.81 – 23.47 – 24.13 – 25.37 – LSI1 26.25
County engineer
97,559 – 101,180 – 104,796 – 108,415 – 112,031 – LSI1 115,837 – LSI2 119,639
Senior engineer
90,942 – 93,172 – 95,393 – 97,624 – 99,849 – LSI1 102,084 – LSI2 105,446
Senior executive engineer
78,307 – 80,708 – 81,857 – 84,274 – 86,711 – 89,142 – 91,589 – LSI1 94,664 – LSI2 97,731
Executive engineer
59,067 – 61,217 – 63,366 – 65,520 – 67,672 – 69,823 – 71,976 – 74,116 – 76,280 – 78,425 – LSI1 80,897 – LSI2 82,108
Assistant engineer
46,802 – 49,444 – 51,392 – 53,414 – 55,485 – 57,590 – 59,715 – 61,840 – 63,964 – 66,092 – 68,232 – LSI1 70,419 – LSI2 72,609
Graduate engineer
38,956 – 41,766 – 45,786 – 49,452
Project Resident Engineer
110,843
Senior resident engineer
99,756
Resident engineer
From: 75,093 To: 84,264
Assistant resident engineer
From: 53,967 To: 74,605
Graduate resident engineer
From: 42,010 To: 53,967
Site technician Level 1
From: 60,819 To: 66,040
Site technician Level 2
From: 51,862 To: 60,819
Chief technician
56,319 – 57,659 – 59,245 – 60,841 – 62,442 – 63,869 – 65,326 – 66,735 – 68,132 – LSI1 70,570 – LSI2 73,020
Senior executive technician
54,526 – 55,628 – 57,149 – 59,735 – 61,301 – LSI1 63,485 – LSI2 65,673
Executive technician
51,407 – 52,618 – 53,873 – 55,152 – 56,450 – 57,740 – LSI1 59,623 – LSI2 61,504
Technician grade I
48,277 – 49,008 – 49,963 – 50,921 – 51,880 – 52,862 – 53,769 – LSI1 55,482 – LSI2 57,218
Technician grade II
34,372 – 35,988 – 37,573 – 38,433 – 39,429 – 40,588 – 41,372 – 42,530 – 43,664 – 44,826 – 45,977 – 47,068 – 48,277 – LSI1 49,702 – LSI2 51,115
Senior social worker
€80,296 – 82,612 – 86,103 – 89,593 – 93,088 – 96,583
Social worker
42,286 – 45,226 – 46,363 – 48,513 – 50,745 – 53,030 – 55,369 – 57,811 – 60,229 – 62,091 – 63,955 – LSI1 65,193
Professionally qualified housing welfare officer
54,662 – 57,237 – 59,834 – 62,451 – 65,056 – 67,665 – 70,276 – LSI1 71,641
Housing welfare officer
43,817 – 46,699 – 48,066 – 50,169 – 52,404 – 54,690 – 57,010 – 59,371 – 61,749 – 63,521 – 65,318 – LSI1 66,578
General operatives and related grades (outside the Dublin area)
Revised pay scales with effect from 01 March 2025
Foreman
776.71 – after 0.5 years 780.55 – after 1.5 years 784.09 – after 2.5 years 786.1 – after 3.5 years 786.1 – after 4.5 years 786.1 – after 5.5 years 786.1 – after 6.5 years 787.4 – after 7.5 years 789.41 – after 8.5 years 791.55 – after 9.5 years 793.86 – after 10.5 years 795.94 – after 11.5 years 798.06
Driver plant operator A
762.78 – after 0.5 years 766.58 – after 1.5 years 769.85 – after 2.5 years 771.82 – after 3.5 years 773.79 – after 4.5 years 775.8 – after 5.5 years 777.59 – after 6.5 years 779.7 – after 7.5 years 781.66 – after 8.5 years 783.75 – after 9.5 years 785.88 – after 10.5 years 785.88 – after 11.5 years 785.88
Light equipment operator
745.99 – after 0.5 years 749.55 – after 1.5 years 752.93 – after 2.5 years 754.78 after 3.5 years 756.7 – after 4.5 years 758.6 – after 5.5 years 758.6 – after 6.5 years 759.03 – after 7.5 years 761.02 – after 8.5 years 763.03 – after 9.5 years 765.2 – after 10.5 years 767.28 – after 11.5 years 769.25
Refuse collector
751.26 – after 0.5 years 754.78 – after 1.5 years 758.21 – after 2.5 years 758.21 after 3.5 years 758.51 – after 4.5 years 760.39 – after 5.5 years 762.28 – after 6.5 years 764.26 – after 7.5 years 766.22 – after 8.5 years 768.2 – after 9.5 years 770.34 – after 10.5 years 772.42 – after 11.5 years 774.41
Ganger
756.76 – after 0.5 years 757.14 – after 1.5 years 760.47 – after 2.5 years 762.58 after 3.5 years 764.43 – after 4.5 years 766.37 – after 5.5 years 768.43 – after 6.5 years 770.34 – after 7.5 years 772.41 – after 8.5 years 774.68 – after 9.5 years 776.62 – after 10.5 years 778.84 – after 11.5 years 780.92
Driver plant operator B
778.15 – after 0.5 years 781.82 – after 1.5 years 785.47 – after 2.5 years 787.48 after 3.5 years 787.48 – after 4.5 years 787.48 – after 5.5 years 787.48 – after 6.5 years 788.67 – after 7.5 years 790.77 – after 8.5 years 792.95 – after 9.5 years 795.12 – after 10.5 years 797.29 – after 11.5 years 799.49
Mobile library driver/assistant
785.63 – after 0.5 years 789.21 – after 1.5 years 792.79 – after 2.5 years 794.78 after 3.5 years 796.76 – after 4.5 years 798.72 – after 5.5 years 800.69 – after 6.5 years 802.77 – after 7.5 years 804.83 – after 8.5 years 806.92 – after 9.5 years 809.05 – after 10.5 years 811.31 – after 11.5 years 813.37
Water & sewerage caretaker grade 3
776.71 – after 0.5 years 780.55 – after 1.5 years 784.09 – after 2.5 years 786.1 after 3.5 years 786.1 – after 4.5 years 786.1 – after 5.5 years 786.1 – after 6.5 years 787.4 – after 7.5 years 789.41 – after 8.5 years 791.55 – after 9.5 years 793.86 – after 10.5 years 795.94 – after 11.5 years 798.06
General operative/labourer
677.48 – after 0.5 years 691.59 – after 1.5 years 734.34 – after 2.5 years 737.84 after 3.5 years 741.2 – after 4.5 years 743.09 – after 5.5 years 745.03 – after 6.5 years 746.93 – after 7.5 years 748.81 – after 8.5 years 750.81 – after 9.5 years 752.79 – after 10.5 years 754.87 – after 11.5 years 756.93 – after 12.5 years 756.93 – after 13.5 years 757.71
Water & sewerage caretaker grade 5
826.63 – after 1 year 834.08 – after 2 years 841.39 – after 3 years 849.31 – after 4 years 857.23 – after 5 years 865.28 – after 6 years 873.16 – after 7 years 880.56 – after 8 years 887.96 – after 9 years 892.88
General services supervisor
896.28 – after 1 year 913.4 – after 2 years 930.49 – after 3 years 948.1 – after 4 years 965.6 – after 5 years 983.2 – after 6 years 1001.24 – after 7 years 1019.17 – after 8 years 1037.57 – after 9 years 1056.14
Part-time fire service personal
Revised pay scales with effect from 01 March 2025
Part-time firefighter
0 – 2 years 14,523
2 – 4 years 15,515
5 – 7 years 16,739
8+ years 17,854
Station officer
0 – 3 Years 23,821
4 – 7 Years 26,072
8+ Years 28,119
Sub officer/driver mechanic
0 – 3 Years 19,393
4 – 7 Years 21,096
8+ Years 22,645
Attendance rates
Basic rate 25.27
Drill rate 50.54
Day
1st hour 50.54
Subsequent hours 25.27
Night/weekend
1st hour €101.08
Subsequent hours 50.54
LSI 1: after 3 years satisfactory service at the maximum.
LSI 2: after 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum.