Local Government Salary Scales
Revision of salaries with effect from 1st October 2022, unless otherwise stated.
Local authority operative scales
Director of service/executive manager DCC
101,627 – 106,245 – 110,866 – 115,482 – 120,104
Senior executive officer/county & city librarian/head of information systems/financial accountant/management accountant/financial & management accountant
72,780 – 73,430 – 76,284 – 79,159 – 82,038 – 84,886 – 87,753 – LSI 1 91,005 – LSI 2 96,185
*Application of the Sectoral Bargaining Fund for Bargaining Units not opting for a 1% general round increase
Grade 7 – Administrative officer/senior executive librarian
53,943 – 55,263 – 56,805 – 58,350 – 59,897 – 61,277 – 62,693 – 64,063 – 65,429 – LSI 1 67,772 – LSI 2 70,126
Grade 6 – Senior staff officer/executive librarian/senior legal assistant/clerk of works/building inspector
51,526 – 52,756 – 54,253 – 57,072 – 58,754 – LSI 1 60,846 – LSI 2 62,950
Grade 5 – Staff officer/librarian/legal assistant
46,411 – 47,854 – 49,299 – 50,746 – 52,204 – LSI 1 53,903 – LSI 2 55,609
Grade 4 – Assistant staff officer/senior library assistant
30,932 – 32,976 – 35,877 – 37,783 – 39,450 – 41,062 – 43,238 – 44,813 – 46,411 – LSI 1 47,881 – LSI 2 49,358
Grade 3 – Clerical officer/library assistant/branch librarian*
26,614 – 28,295 – 28,711 – 29,550 – 30,777 – 32,007 – 33,236 – 34,128 – 35,141 – 36,313 – 37,145 – 38,309 – 39,479 – 41,681 – LSI 1 43,245
Branch librarian* (hourly rate)
14.57 – 15.49 – 15.72 – 16.18 – 16.85 – 17.53 – 18.20 – 18.69 – 19.24 – 19.88 – 20.34 – 20.98 – 21.62 – 22.82 – 23.68
*Hourly rate for a Branch Librarian is based on the Library Assistant salary scale. The rate below, effective from 02/02/2022, is based on a 37 hour working week. July and October rates are based on a 35 hour week.
County engineer
88,572 – 91,860 – 95,142 – 98,427 – 101,711 – LSI 1 105,167 – LSI 2 108,618
Senior engineer
82,565 – 84,590 – 86,606 – 88,630 – 90,650 – 92,679 – LSI 1 95,731 – LSI 2 98,786
Senior executive engineer
71,093 – 73,273 – 74,316 – 76,511 – 78,724 – 80,930 – 83,152 – LSI 1 85,943 – LSI 2 88,727
Executive engineer
53,626 – 55,578 – 57,529 – 59,483 – 61,438 – 63,390 – 65,345 – 67,289 – 69,253 – 71,200 – LSI 1 73,445 – LSI 2 74,544
Assistant engineer
42,135 – 44,700 – 46,583 – 48,486 – 50,374 – 52,285 – 54,214 – 56,143 – 58,072 – 60,003 – 61,946 – LSI 1 63,931 – LSI 2 65,919
Graduate engineer
34,020 – 36,747– 40,650 – 44,208
Project resident engineer
100,632
Senior resident engineer
90,566
Resident engineer
From: 68,175 To: 76,502
Assistant resident engineer
From: 48,995 To: 67,732
Graduate resident engineer
From: 37,484 To: 48,995
Site technician Level 1
From: 55,216 To: 59,956
Site technician Level 2
From: 47,028 To: 55,216
Chief technician
51,131 – 52, 347 – 53,787 – 55,235 – 56,690 – 57,985 – 59,308 – 60,587 – 61,856 – LSI 1 64,070 – LSI 2 66,293
Senior executive technician
49,504 – 50,503 – 51,883 – 54,232 – 55,654 – LSI 1 57,636 – LSI 2 59,624
Executive technician
46,598 – 47,739 – 48,909 – 50,073 – 51,249 – 52,422 – LSI 1 54,130 – LSI 2 55,838
Technician grade I
43,568 – 44,277 – 45,204 – 46,134 – 47,044 – 47,970 – 48,813 – LSI 1 50,371 – LSI 2 51,947
Technician grade II
30,071 – 31,639 – 33,177 – 34,012 – 34,978 – 36,104 – 36,865 – 37,989 – 39,090 – 40,218 – 41,335 – 42,394 – 43,568 – LSI 1 44,951 – LSI 2 46,321
Senior social worker
72,900 – 75,001 – 78,171 – 81,339 – 84,512 – 87,684
Social worker
37,752 – 40,606 – 41,710 – 43,797 – 45,963 – 48,127 – 50,269 – 52,484 – 54,679 – 56,372 – 58,063 – LSI 1 59,186
Professionally qualified housing welfare officer
49,626 – 51,965 – 54,323 – 56,698 – 59,063 – 61,431 – LSI 1 63,803 – 65,041
Housing welfare officer
39,238 – 42,035 – 43,363 – 45,404 – 47,537 – 49,651 – 51,758 – 53,901 – 56,061 – 57,670 – 59,301 – LSI 1 60,445
General operatives and related grades (outside the Dublin area)
Foreman
690.81– after 0.5 years 694.55 – after 1.5 years 697.98 – after 2.5 years 699.93 – after 3.5 years 699.93 – after 4.5 years 699.93 – after 5.5 years 699.93 – after 6.5 years 701.20 – after 7.5 years 703.15 – after 8.5 years 705.23 – after 9.5 years 707.46 – after 10.5 years 709.48 – after 11.5 years 711.54
Driver plant operator A
677.29 – after 0.5 years 680.98 – after 1.5 years 684.16 – after 2.5 years 686.07 – after 3.5 years 687.98 – after 4.5 years 689.93 – after 5.5 years 691.68 – after 6.5 years 693.72 – after 7.5 years 695.63 – after 8.5 years 697.65 – after 9.5 years 699.72 – after 10.5 years 699.72 – after 11.5 years 699.72
Light equipment operator
661.00– after 0.5 years 664.45 – after 1.5 years 667.74 – after 2.5 years 669.53 – after 3.5 years 671.39 – after 4.5 years 673.24 – after 5.5 years 673.24 – after 6.5 years 673.66 – after 7.5 years 675.59 – after 8.5 years 677.54 – after 9.5 years 679.65 – after 10.5 years 681.67 – after 11.5 years 683.58
Refuse collector
666.12 – after 0.5 years 669.53 – after 1.5 years 672.86 – after 2.5 years 672.86 – after 3.5 years 673.15 – after 4.5 years 674.98 – after 5.5 years 676.81 – after 6.5 years 678.74 – after 7.5 years 680.64 – after 8.5 years 682.56 – after 9.5 years 684.64 – after 10.5 years 686.66 – after 11.5 years 688.59
Ganger
671.45 – after 0.5 years 671.82 – after 1.5 years 675.06 – after 2.5 years 677.10 – after 3.5 years 678.90 – after 4.5 years 680.78 – after 5.5 years 682.78– after 6.5 years 684.64 – after 7.5 years 686.65 – after 8.5 years 688.84 – after 9.5 years 690.74 – after 10.5 years 692.88 – after 11.5 years 694.90
Driver plant operator B
692.22 – after 0.5 years 695.77 – after 1.5 years 699.32 – after 2.5 years 701.27 – after 3.5 years 701.27 – after 4.5 years 701.27 – after 5.5 years 701.27 – after 6.5 years 702.43 – after 7.5 years 704.47 – after 8.5 years 706.58 – after 9.5 years 708.69 – after 10.5 years 710.79 – after 11.5 years 712.93
Mobile library driver/assistant
699.48 – after 0.5 years 702.95 – after 1.5 years 706.43 – after 2.5 years 708.36 – after 3.5 years 710.28 – after 4.5 years 712.19 – after 5.5 years 714.10 – after 6.5 years 716.12 – after 7.5 years 718.12 – after 8.5 years 720.15 – after 9.5 years 722.21 – after 10.5 years 724.40 – after 11.5 years 726.40
Water & sewerage caretaker grade 3
690.81 – after 0.5 years 694.55 – after 1.5 years 697.98 – after 2.5 years 699.93 – after 3.5 years 699.93 – after 4.5 years 699.93 – after 5.5 years 699.93 – after 6.5 years 701.20 – after 7.5 years 703.15 – after 8.5 years 705.23 – after 9.5 years 707.46 – after 10.5 years 709.48 – after 11.5 years 711.54
General operative/labourer
594.50 – after 0.5 years 608.20 – after 1.5 years 649.69 – after 2.5 years 653.09 – after 3.5 years 656.35 – after 4.5 years 658.19 – after 5.5 years 660.07 – after 6.5 years 661.91 – after 7.5 years 663.74 – after 8.5 years 665.68 – after 9.5 years 667.60 – after 10.5 years 669.62 – after 11.5 years 671.62 – after 12.5 years 671.62 – after 13.5 years 672.37
Water & sewerage caretaker grade 5
739.27 – after 1 year 746.51 – after 2 years 753.60 – after 3 years 761.29 – after 4 years 768.98 – after 5 years 776.79 – after 6 years 784.44 – after 7 years 791.63 – after 8 years 798.80 – after 9 years 803.58
General services supervisor
806.88 – after 1 year 823.50 – after 2 years 840.09 – after 3 years 857.19 – after 4 years 874.17 – after 5 years 891.14 – after 6 years 908.18 – after 7 years 925.07 – after 8 years 942.00 – after 9 years 958.84
Part-time fire service personal
Part-time firefighter
0 – 2 years 8,696
2 – 5 years 9,664
5 – 10 years 10,834
10+ years 11,907
Station officer
0 – 5 years 17,755
5 – 10 years 19,913
10+ years 21,882
Sub officer/driver mechanic
0 – 5 years 13,441
5 – 10 years 15,075
10+ years 16,565
Attendance rates
Drill rate 22.71
Day
1st hour 45.42
Subsequent hours 22.71
Night/weekend
1st hour 90.84
Subsequent hours 45.42
LSI 1 after 3 years satisfactory service at the maximum.
LSI 2 after 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum.