Local Government Salary Scales
Revision of salaries with effect from 1st March 2023, unless otherwise stated.
Local authority operative scales
Director of service/executive manager DCC
103,660 – 108,370 – 113,083 – 117,792 – 122,506
Senior executive officer/county & city librarian/head of information systems/financial accountant/management accountant/financial & management accountant
74,236 – 74,899 – 77,810 – 80,742 – 83,679 – 86,584 – 89,508 – LSI 1 92,825 – LSI 2 98,109
Grade 7 – Administrative officer/senior executive librarian
55,022 – 56,368 – 57,941 – 59,517 – 61,095 – 62,503 – 63,947 – 65,344 – 66,738 – LSI 1 69,127 – LSI 2 71,529
Grade 6 – Senior staff officer/executive librarian/senior legal assistant/clerk of works/building inspector
52,557 – 53,811 – 55,338 – 58,213 – 59,929 – LSI 1 62,063 – LSI 2 64,209
Grade 5 – Staff officer/librarian/legal assistant
47,339 – 48,811 – 50,285 – 51,761 – 53,248 – LSI 1 54,981 – LSI 2 56,721
Grade 4 – Assistant staff officer/senior library assistant
31,551 – 33,636 – 36,595 – 38,539 – 40,239 – 41,883 – 44,103 – 45,709 – 47,339 – LSI 1 48,839 – LSI 2 50,345
Grade 3 – Clerical officer/library assistant/branch librarian*
27,146 – 28,861 – 29,285 – 30,141 – 31,393 – 32,647 – 33,901 – 34,811 – 35,844 – 37,039 – 37,888 – 39,075 – 40,269 – 42,515 – LSI 1 44,110
*Hourly rate for a Branch Librarian is based on the Library Assistant salary scale. The rate below, effective from 01/03/2023, is based on a 35 hour working week.
Branch librarian* (hourly rate)
14.86 – 15.80 – 16.04 – 16.50 – 17.19 – 17.88 – 18.56 – 19.06 – 19.63 – 20.28 – 20.75- 21.40 – 22.05 – 23.28 – LSI 24.15
County engineer
90,343 – 93,697 – 97,045 – 100,396 – 103,745 – LSI 1 107,270 – LSI 2 110,790
Senior engineer
84,216 – 86,282 – 88,338 – 90,403 – 92,463 – 94,533 – LSI 1 97,646 – LSI 2 100,762
Senior executive engineer
72,515 – 74,738 – 75,802 – 78,041 – 80,298 – 82,549 – 84,815 – LSI 1 87,662 – LSI 2 90,502
Executive engineer
54,699 – 56,690 – 58,680 – 60,673 – 62,667 – 64,658 – 66,652 – 68,635 – 70,638 – 72,624 – LSI 1 74,914 – LSI 2 76,035
Assistant engineer
42,978 – 45,594 – 47,515 – 49,456 – 51,381 – 53,331 – 55,298 – 57,266 – 59,233 – 61,203 – 63,185 – LSI 1 65,210 – LSI 2 67,237
Graduate engineer
35,210 – 37,992 – 41,973 – 45,602
Project resident engineer
102,645
Senior resident engineer
92,377
Resident engineer
From: 69,539 To: 78,032
Assistant resident engineer
From: 49,975 To: 69,087
Graduate resident engineer
From: 38,234 To: 49,975
Site technician Level 1
From: 56,320 To: 61,155
Site technician Level 2
From: 47,969 To: 56,320
Chief technician
52,154 – 53,394 – 54,863 – 56,340 – 57,824 – 59,145 – 60,494 – 61,799 – 63,093 – LSI 1 65,351 – LSI 2 67,619
Senior executive technician
50,494 – 51,513 – 52,921 – 55,317 – 56,767 – LSI 1 58,789 – LSI 2 60,816
Executive technician
47,530 – 48,694 – 49,887 – 51,074 – 52,274 – 53,470 – LSI 1 55,213 – LSI 2 56,955
Technician grade I
44,439 – 45,163 – 46,108 – 47,057 – 47,985 – 48,929 – 49,789 – LSI 1 51,378 – LSI 2 52,986
Technician grade II
30,672 – 32,272 – 33,841 – 34,692 – 35,678 – 36,826 – 37,602 – 38,749 – 39,872 – 41,022 – 42,162 – 43,242 – 44,439 – LSI 1 45,850 – LSI 2 47,247
Senior social worker
74,358 – 76,501 – 79,734 – 82,966 – 86,202 – 89,438
Social worker
38,507 – 41,418 – 42,544 – 44,673 – 46,882 – 49,090 – 51,274 – 53,534 – 55,773 – 57,499 – 59,224 – LSI 1 60,370
Professionally qualified housing welfare officer
50,619 – 53,004 – 55,409 – 57,832 – 60,244 – 62,660 – LSI 1 65,079 – LSI 2 66,342
Housing welfare officer
40,023 – 42,876 – 44,230 – 46,312 – 48,488 – 50,644 – 52,793 – 54,979 – 57,182 – 58,823 – 60,487 – LSI 1 61,654
General operatives and related grades (outside the Dublin area)
Foreman
704.63 – after 0.5 years 708.44 – after 1.5 years 711.94 – after 2.5 years 713.93 – after 3.5 years 713.93 – after 4.5 years 713.93 – after 5.5 years 713.93 – after 6.5 years 715.22 – after 7.5 years 717.21 – after 8.5 years 719.33 – after 9.5 years 721.61 – after 10.5 years 723.67 – after 11.5 years 725.77
Driver plant operator A
- 84 – after 0.5 years 694.60 – after 1.5 years 697.84 – after 2.5 years 699.79 – after 3.5 years 701.74 – after 4.5 years 703.73 – after 5.5 years 705.51 – after 6.5 years 707.59 – after 7.5 years 709.54 – after 8.5 years 711.60 – after 9.5 years 713.71 – after 10.5 years 713.71 – after 11.5 years 713.71
Light equipment operator
674.22 – after 0.5 years 677.74 – after 1.5 years 681.09 – after 2.5 years 682.92 – after 3.5 years 684.82 – after 4.5 years 686.70 – after 5.5 years 686.70 – after 6.5 years 687.13 – after 7.5 years 689.10 – after 8.5 years 691.09 – after 9.5 years 693.24 – after 10.5 years 695.30 – after 11.5 years 697.25
Refuse collector
679.44 – after 0.5 years 682.92 – after 1.5 years 686.32 – after 2.5 years 686.32 – after 3.5 years 686.61 – after 4.5 years 688.48 – after 5.5 years 690.35 – after 6.5 years 692.31 – after 7.5 years 694.25 – after 8.5 years 696.21 – after 9.5 years 698.33 – after 10.5 years 700.39 – after 11.5 years 702.36
Ganger
684.88 – after 0.5 years 685.26 – after 1.5 years 688.56 – after 2.5 years 690.64 – after 3.5 years 692.48 – after 4.5 years 694.40 – after 5.5 years 696.44– after 6.5 years 698.33 – after 7.5 years 700.38 – after 8.5 years 702.62 – after 9.5 years 704.55 – after 10.5 years 706.74 – after 11.5 years 708.80
Driver plant operator B
706.06 – after 0.5 years 709.69 – after 1.5 years 713.31 – after 2.5 years 715.30 – after 3.5 years 715.30 – after 4.5 years 715.30 – after 5.5 years 715.30 – after 6.5 years 716.48 – after 7.5 years 718.56 – after 8.5 years 720.71 – after 9.5 years 722.86 – after 10.5 years 725.01 – after 11.5 years 727.19
Mobile library driver/assistant
713.47 – after 0.5 years 717.01 – after 1.5 years 720.56 – after 2.5 years 722.53 – after 3.5 years 724.49 – after 4.5 years 726.43 – after 5.5 years 728.38 – after 6.5 years 730.44 – after 7.5 years 732.48 – after 8.5 years 734.55 – after 9.5 years 736.65 – after 10.5 years 738.89 – after 11.5 years 740.93
Water & sewerage caretaker grade 3
704.63 – after 0.5 years 708.44 – after 1.5 years 711.94 – after 2.5 years 713.93 – after 3.5 years 713.93 – after 4.5 years 713.93 – after 5.5 years 713.93 – after 6.5 years 715.22 – after 7.5 years 717.21 – after 8.5 years 719.33 – after 9.5 years 721.61 – after 10.5 years 723.67 – after 11.5 years 725.77
General operative/labourer
606.39 – after 0.5 years 620.36 – after 1.5 years 662.68 – after 2.5 years 666.15 – after 3.5 years 669.48 – after 4.5 years 671.35 – after 5.5 years 673.27 – after 6.5 years 675.15 – after 7.5 years 677.01 – after 8.5 years 678.99 – after 9.5 years 680.95 – after 10.5 years 683.01 – after 11.5 years 685.05 – after 12.5 years 685.05 – after 13.5 years 685.82
Water & sewerage caretaker grade 5
754.06 – after 1 year 761.44 – after 2 years 768.67 – after 3 years 776.52 – after 4 years 784.36 – after 5 years 792.33 – after 6 years 800.13 – after 7 years 807.46 – after 8 years 814.78 – after 9 years 819.65
General services supervisor
823.02 – after 1 year 839.97 – after 2 years 856.89 – after 3 years 874.33 – after 4 years 891.65 – after 5 years 908.96 – after 6 years 926.34 – after 7 years 943.57 – after 8 years 960.84 – after 9 years 978.02
Part-time fire service personal
Part-time firefighter
0 – 2 years 8,870
2 – 5 years 9,857
5 – 10 years 11,051
10+ years 12,145
Station officer
0 – 5 years 18,110
5 – 10 years 20,311
10+ years 22,320
Sub officer/driver mechanic
0 – 5 years 13,710
5 – 10 years 15,377
10+ years 16,896
Attendance rates
Drill rate 23.40
Day
1st hour 46.80
Subsequent hours 23.40
Night/weekend
1st hour 93.60
Subsequent hours 46.80
LSI 1 after 3 years satisfactory service at the maximum.
LSI 2 after 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum.