Local Government Salary Scales

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

Local authority operative scales

Director of service/executive manager DCC
107,582 – 112,471 – 117,362 – 122,249 – 127,142

Senior executive officer/county & city librarian/head of information systems/financial accountant/management accountant/financial & management accountant
77,045 – 77,732 – 80,754 – 83,797 – 86,845 – 89,860 – 92,895 – LSI 1 96,337 – LSI 2 101,822

Grade 7 – Administrative officer/senior executive librarian
57,104 – 58,501 – 60,133 – 61,769 – 63,406 – 64,868 – 66,366 – 67,816 – 69,263 – LSI 1 71,743 – LSI 2 74,236

Grade 6 – Senior staff officer/executive librarian/senior legal assistant/clerk of works/building inspector
54,545 – 55,847 – 57,432 – 60,415 – 62,197 – LSI 1 64,411 – LSI 2 66,638

Grade 5 – Staff officer/librarian/legal assistant
49,214 – 50,686 – 52,187 – 53,719 – 55,263 – LSI 157,062 – LSI 2 58,867

Grade 4 – Assistant staff officer/senior library assistant
33,426 – 35,511 – 38,470 – 40,414 – 42,114 – 43,758 – 45,978 – 47,584 – 49,214 – LSI 1 50,714 – LSI 2 52,250

Grade 3 – Clerical officer/library assistant/branch librarian*
29,021 – 30,736 – 31,160 – 32,016 – 33,268 – 34,522 – 35,776 – 36,686 – 37,719 – 38,914 – 39,763 – 40,950 – 42,144 – 44,390 – LSI 1 45,985

*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)
15.89 – 16.83 – 17.06 – 17.53 – 18.22 – 18.90 – 19.59 – 20.09 – 20.65 – 21.31 – 21.77 – 22.42 – 23.08 – 24.31 – LSI 1 25.18

County engineer
93,761 – 97,242 – 100,717 – 104,195 – 107,670 – LSI 1 111,329 – LSI 2 114,982

Senior engineer
87,402 – 89,546 – 91,680 – 93,824 – 95,962 – 98,110 – LSI 1101,341 – LSI 2104,574

Senior executive engineer
75,259 – 77,566 – 78,670 – 80,994 – 83,336 – 85,672 – 88,024 – LSI 1 90,979 – LSI 2 93,927

Executive engineer
56,768 – 58,835 – 60,900 – 62,969 – 65,038 – 67,105 – 69,174 – 71,232 – 73,311 – 75,372 – LSI 1 77,749 – LSI 2 78,912

Assistant engineer
44,853 – 47,469 – 49,390 – 51,336 – 53,325 – 55,349 – 57,390 – 59,433 – 61,474 – 63,519 – 65,576 – LSI 1 67,677 LSI 2 69,782

Graduate engineer
37,085 – 39,867 – 43,848 – 47,477

Project resident engineer
106,529

Senior resident engineer
95,873
Resident engineer
From: 72,170 To: 80,984

Assistant resident engineer
From: 51,866 To: 71,701

Graduate resident engineer
From: 40,109 To: 51,866

Site technician Level 1
From: 58,451 To: 63,469

Site technician Level 2
From: 49,844 To: 58,451

Chief technician
54,127 – 55,414 – 56,939 – 58,472 – 60,012 – 61,383 – 62,783 – 64,137 – 65,480 – LSI 1 67,823 – LSI 2 70,177

Senior executive technician
52,404 – 53,462 – 54,924 – 57,410 – 58,915 – LSI 1 61,014 – LSI 263,117

Executive technician

49,405 – 50,569 – 51,776 – 53,006 – 54,252 – 55,493 – LSI 1 57,302 – LSI 259,110

Technician grade I
46,314 – 47,038 – 47,983 – 48,932 – 49,860 – 50,804 – 51,676 – LSI 1 53,322 – LSI 2 54,991

Technician grade II
32,547 – 34,147 – 35,716 – 36,567 – 37,553 – 38,701 – 39,477 – 40,624 – 41,747 – 42,897 – 44,037 – 45,117 – 46,314 – LSI 1 47,725 – LSI 2 49,122

Senior social worker
77,171 – 79,396 – 82,751 – 86,105 – 89,464 – 92,823

Social worker
40,382 – 43,293 – 44,419 – 46,548 – 48,757 – 50,965 – 53,214 – 55,560 – 57,884 – 59,674 – 61,465 – LSI 1 62,655

Professionally qualified housing welfare officer
52,534 – 55,009 – 57,505 – 60,020 – 62,524 – 65,031 – 67,541 – LSI 1 68,852

Housing welfare officer
41,898 – 44,751 – 46,105 – 48,187 – 50,363 – 52,561 – 54,791 – 57,060 – 59,346 – 61,048 – 62,775 – LSI 1 63,987

 

General operatives and related grades (outside the Dublin area)

Foreman
740.56 – after 0.5 years 744.37 – after 1.5 years 747.87 – after 2.5 years 749.86 – after 3.5 years 749.86 – after 4.5 years 749.86 – after 5.5 years 749.86 – after 6.5 years 751.15 – after 7.5 years 753.14 – after 8.5 years 755.26 – after 9.5 years 757.54 – after 10.5 years 759.60 – after 11.5 years 761.70

Driver plant operator A

740.56 – after 0.5 years 730.53 – after 1.5 years 733.77 – after 2.5 years 735.72 – after 3.5 years 737.67 – after 4.5 years 739.66 – after 5.5 years 741.44 – after 6.5 years 743.52 – after 7.5 years 745.47 – after 8.5 years 747.53 – after 9.5 years 749.64 – after 10.5 years 749.64 – after 11.5 years 749.64

Light equipment operator
710.15 – after 0.5 years 713.67 – after 1.5 years 717.02 – after 2.5 years 718.85 – after 3.5 years 720.75 – after 4.5 years 722.63 – after 5.5 years 722.63 – after 6.5 years 723.06 – after 7.5 years 725.03 – after 8.5 years 727.02 – after 9.5 years 729.17 – after 10.5 years 731.23 – after 11.5 years 733.18

Refuse collector

715.37 – after 0.5 years 718.85 – after 1.5 years 722.25 – after 2.5 years 722.25 – after 3.5 years 722.54 – after 4.5 years 724.41 – after 5.5 years 726.28 – after 6.5 years 728.24 – after 7.5 years 730.18 – after 8.5 years 732.14 – after 9.5 years 734.26 – after 10.5 years 736.32 – after 11.5 years 738.29

Ganger
720.81 – after 0.5 years 721.19 – after 1.5 years 724.49 – after 2.5 years 726.57 – after 3.5 years 728.41 – after 4.5 years 730.33 – after 5.5 years 732.37 – after 6.5 years 734.26 – after 7.5 years 736.31 – after 8.5 years 738.55 – after 9.5 years 740.48 – after 10.5 years 742.67 – after 11.5 years 744.73

Driver plant operator B
741.99 – after 0.5 years 745.62 – after 1.5 years 749.24 – after 2.5 years 751.23 – after 3.5 years 751.23 – after 4.5 years 751.23 – after 5.5 years 751.23 – after 6.5 years 752.41 – after 7.5 years 754.49 – after 8.5 years 756.64 – after 9.5 years 758.79 – after 10.5 years 760.94 – after 11.5 years 763.12

Mobile library driver/assistant
749.40 – after 0.5 years 752.94 – after 1.5 years 756.49 – after 2.5 years 758.46 – after 3.5 years 760.42 – after 4.5 years 762.36 – after 5.5 years 764.31 – after 6.5 years 766.37 – after 7.5 years 768.41 – after 8.5 years 770.48 – after 9.5 years 772.58 – after 10.5 years 774.82 – after 11.5 years 776.86

Water & sewerage caretaker grade 3
740.56 – after 0.5 years 744.37 – after 1.5 years 747.87 – after 2.5 years 749.86 – after 3.5 years 749.86 – after 4.5 years 749.86 – after 5.5 years 749.86 – after 6.5 years 751.15 – after 7.5 years 753.14 – after 8.5 years 755.26 – after 9.5 years 757.54 – after 10.5 years 759.60 – after 11.5 years 761.70

General operative/labourer
642.32 – after 0.5 years 656.29 – after 1.5 years 698.61 – after 2.5 years 702.08 – after 3.5 years 705.41 – after 4.5 years 707.28 – after 5.5 years 709.20 – after 6.5 years 711.08 – after 7.5 years 712.94 – after 8.5 years 714.92 – after 9.5 years 716.88 – after 10.5 years 718.94 – after 11.5 years 720.98 – after 12.5 years 720.98 – after 13.5 years 721.75

Water & sewerage caretaker grade 5
789.99 – after 1 year 797.37 – after 2 years 804.60 – after 3 years 812.45 – after 4 years 820.29 – after 5 years 828.26 – after 6 years 836.06 – after 7 years 843.39 – after 8 years 850.71 – after 9 years 855.58

General services supervisor
858.95 – after 1 year 875.90 – after 2 years 892.82 -after 3 years 910.26 – after 4 years 927.58 – after 5 years 944.89 – after 6 years 962.27 – after 7 years 979.50 – after 8 years 997.19 – after 9 years 1,015.03

 

Part-time fire service personal

Part-time firefighter
0 – 2 years 12,034
2 – 4 years 13,038
5 – 7 years 14,277
8+ years 15,406

Station officer
0 – 3 Years 21,447
4 – 7 Years 23,726
8+ 25,798

Sub officer/driver mechanic
0 – 3 Years 16,964
4 – 7Years 18,688
8+ 20,257

Attendance rates
Drill rate 48.56

Day
1st hour 48.56
Subsequent hours 24.28

Night/weekend
1st hour 97.12
Subsequent hours 48.56

 

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