Salaries in Ireland
€3,680a month
Median monthly salary, 2022.
- Yearly
- €44,160
- Equals
- $4,109
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor€95,590
- CEO€89,020
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€87,240
- Senior government officials€86,490
- IT project manager€85,750
- Finance manager€83,980
- Insurance agent€83,290
- Operations manager€82,990
- Social media manager€82,670
- Head of marketing€82,130
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker€19,100
- Shelf stacker€24,620
- Kitchen assistant€24,640
- Cleaner€24,690
- Housekeeper€25,010
- Garment presser€25,500
- Fiacre driver€25,750
- Picker and packer€25,980
- Car cleaner€26,480
- Farm hands€26,920
By major occupation group
| Managers | €6,220 a month |
| Armed forces | €4,979 a month |
| Professionals | €4,913 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | €4,164 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | €3,606 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | €3,060 a month |
| Service and sales workers | €2,902 a month |
| Clerical support workers | €2,863 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | €2,779 a month |
| Elementary occupations | €2,355 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant€56,090
- Accounts assistant€35,020
- Accounts clerk€44,520
- Actor€39,270
- Actuary€61,000
- Agricultural technician€45,310
- Aid worker€42,170
- Air traffic controller€74,520
- Air traffic safety technician€53,080
- Aircraft technician€52,260
- Airline pilot€76,090
- Animal carer€31,840
- Announcer€51,590
- Anthropologist€51,280
- Apiarists and sericulturists€36,520
- Aquaculture support worker€36,520
- Architect€54,450
- Art director€55,440
- Artist€51,510
- Astrologer€35,400
- Astrophysicist€67,280
- Athlete€48,980
- Audio-visual technician€46,300
- Audiology technician€42,210
- Audit clerk€37,720
- Auto mechanic€41,020
- Avionics mechanic€48,950
- Ballet dancer€46,020
- Bartender€30,410
- Basketmaker€35,080
- Beautician€29,980
- Benefits officer€48,630
- Bicycle mechanic€39,760
- Bike assembler€31,730
- Bindery worker€34,460
- Blacksmith€41,570
- Blaster€49,330
- Boiler operator€47,530
- Bricklayer€44,350
- Broadcast engineer€65,010
- Builder€44,850
- Bus driver€37,130
- Butcher€35,920
- Buyer€48,160
- Cabinetmaker€38,780
- Call centre agent€35,770
- Candle factory worker€39,360
- Car assembler€36,240
- Car cleaner€26,480
- Car electrician€49,490
- Car painter€41,100
- Career coach€52,520
- Caretaker€36,070
- Carpenter€42,600
- Carpet worker€35,680
- Cashier€28,470
- CEO€89,020
- Cheese maker€45,850
- Chef€41,000
- Chemical engineer€62,670
- Chemical engineering technician€55,340
- Chemical operator€56,630
- Chemical products plant and machine operators€41,070
- Chemist€56,600
- Chief engineer€59,500
- Childcare centre manager€54,420
- Civil engineer€60,860
- Civils worker€35,750
- Cleaner€24,690
- Cleaners€28,820
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified€32,960
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified€31,700
- Clinical research assistant€39,550
- Cnc operator€43,900
- Coffee taster€39,140
- Commodity trader€56,020
- Community health worker€47,310
- Companion€33,800
- Concrete finisher€45,320
- Construction foreman€58,270
- Construction manager€65,590
- Construction worker€31,120
- Cook€32,010
- Corporate trainer€53,090
- Correctional officer€44,650
- Corrugator operator€36,150
- Courier€28,040
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified€34,790
- Crane operators€43,350
- Crop producer€33,510
- Crop team leader€33,590
- Croupier€29,850
- Cure operator€34,900
- Customer service clerk€31,850
- Customs agent€44,940
- Customs officer€50,010
- Dance teacher€29,310
- Data administrator€60,020
- Data centre operator€56,600
- Data entry clerk€31,120
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified€62,280
- Day care worker€32,640
- Debt collector€36,870
- Deep-sea fisherman€34,620
- Dental hygienist€41,970
- Dentist€66,340
- Dietitian€49,140
- Doctor€79,340
- Door to door seller€34,990
- Draughtsperson€50,210
- Driving instructor€41,160
- Earthmoving and related plant operators€40,500
- Economist€63,620
- Education officer€52,700
- Electric powerline worker€54,830
- Electrical assembler€32,130
- Electrical engineer€66,450
- Electrical technician€54,580
- Electrician€46,570
- Electronic engineer€64,420
- Electronics engineering technician€50,900
- Elementary school teacher€52,940
- Embalmer€37,420
- Embroiderer€35,800
- Employment agent€48,910
- Energy manager€76,870
- Environment engineer€58,170
- Environmental protection professionals€53,210
- Esol teacher€45,320
- Event coordinator€44,870
- Executive assistant€47,470
- Fabric cutter€33,540
- Fabric dyer€32,440
- Façade cleaner€33,300
- Facility manager€76,780
- Factory labourer€29,530
- Farm equipment operator€35,640
- Farm hand€28,470
- Farm hands€26,920
- Fast food worker€19,100
- Fiacre driver€25,750
- File clerk€34,840
- Fill operator€29,550
- Finance adviser€61,320
- Finance manager€83,980
- Financial analyst€61,460
- Financier€61,570
- Fire alarm technician€47,500
- Firefighter€49,360
- Fisheries boatman€34,620
- Fishery production manager€56,780
- Fitness club manager€57,480
- Flight attendant€38,410
- Food and related products machine operators€32,910
- Food service worker€28,140
- Food stall holder€31,430
- Forest ranger€34,980
- Forest worker€30,500
- Forester€61,760
- Forestry advisor€56,100
- Forestry technician€46,290
- Forklift operator€34,050
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers€37,300
- Fur animal rearer€37,120
- Garage manager€66,010
- Gardener€28,430
- Garment presser€25,500
- Gas station salesperson€28,390
- General manager€72,190
- Geologist€62,750
- Glassblower€37,200
- Glassmaker€36,090
- Glazier€41,320
- Gluing operator€30,010
- Grader€40,430
- Grinder€40,390
- Guide€33,810
- Gym worker€27,170
- Hairdresser€29,940
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers€27,650
- Head of marketing€82,130
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified€48,790
- Health records clerk€46,240
- Health screener€43,310
- Heat treat operator€36,720
- Hide machine operator€32,650
- High school teacher€56,220
- Historian€53,630
- Horticulturist€32,670
- Hotel manager€57,010
- Hotel receptionist€28,580
- House manager€35,700
- Household manager€34,640
- Housekeeper€25,010
- HR manager€76,590
- Hunter€34,940
- Hvac mechanic€46,820
- Industrial engineer€62,770
- Industrial painter€39,410
- Information clerk€32,940
- Insulator€43,070
- Insurance agent€83,290
- Insurance seller€51,450
- IT presales technician€61,510
- IT project manager€85,750
- IT technician€49,290
- IT trainer€51,530
- Jeweller€37,270
- Journalist€52,170
- Judge€74,290
- Kitchen assistant€24,640
- Laboratory technologist€46,280
- Landscape architect€54,840
- Laser technician€55,120
- Laundry worker€28,080
- Lawyer€69,480
- Legal aide€47,940
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified€59,850
- Legal secretary€41,740
- Legislators€35,130
- Librarian€51,880
- Library assistant€32,170
- Livestock and dairy producers€34,890
- Livestock farm labourers€27,510
- Loan officer€50,790
- Logistics manager€69,490
- Loss adjuster€52,900
- Machine oiler€49,030
- Mail carrier€34,430
- Management consultant€61,770
- Manufacturing director€74,210
- Market trader€35,140
- Marketing specialist€55,570
- Mechanical engineer€63,890
- Mechanical engineering technician€56,210
- Medical assistant€38,210
- Medical herbalist€44,150
- Medical laboratory technician€46,110
- Medical transcriber€41,970
- Medical writer€49,900
- Metal caster€39,120
- Metal filer€35,890
- Metal furnace operator€52,180
- Metal molder€40,840
- Metal worker€42,330
- Metallurgist€52,790
- Metalworker€44,310
- Meteorologist€62,000
- Meter reader€28,880
- Midwife€57,200
- Midwife assistant€48,940
- Military officer€64,580
- Mine engineer€67,400
- Mine supervisor€59,110
- Miners€44,450
- Mining assistant€36,050
- Mixed farmer€34,280
- Motorcyle courier€32,510
- Museum curator€50,260
- Museum technician€42,450
- Music teacher€46,830
- Musician€46,550
- Network engineer€52,080
- Networks engineer€62,120
- Nursing assistant€35,250
- Nursing associate professionals€45,850
- Nursing home manager€68,400
- Odd job persons€29,950
- Office clerk€34,340
- Office manager€50,560
- Operations manager€82,990
- Optician€40,570
- Optometrist€54,570
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals€47,450
- Paper maker€37,330
- Paramedic€53,370
- Paramedical practitioners€62,130
- Passport officer€49,470
- Pastry cook€34,320
- Patent agent€56,900
- Pawnbroker€28,060
- Payroll clerk€38,000
- Performer€36,840
- Personal care attendant€34,360
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified€35,190
- Personnel clerks€36,400
- Pest control technician€38,430
- Petty officer€53,450
- Pharmacist€60,450
- Photo retoucher€31,140
- Photographer€41,930
- Physical therapist€49,670
- Piano tuner€43,220
- Picker and packer€25,980
- Plasterer€40,820
- Plumber€45,670
- Police detective€65,740
- Police officer€50,140
- Policy analyst€55,350
- Potter€38,110
- Poultry sexer€32,140
- Power plant operator€58,290
- Prepress technician€39,360
- Preschool teacher€44,640
- Preschool teaching assistant€32,790
- Primary school manager€75,070
- Print operator€38,300
- Prison teacher€47,950
- Process operator€64,180
- Product designer€51,410
- Product manager€81,610
- Production line coordinator€38,730
- Production supervisor€55,290
- Professor€57,440
- Project manager€74,820
- Promotions demonstrator€30,110
- Proofreader€36,470
- Psychologist€57,010
- Public health inspector€56,240
- Public relations professionals€52,020
- Pulp control worker€44,920
- Quality inspector€52,210
- Radiologic technologist€54,210
- Rail conductor€36,060
- Real estate agent€49,910
- Receptionist€28,620
- Registered nurse€57,740
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified€47,030
- Religious professionals€45,280
- Religious worker€42,130
- Rental sales worker€34,660
- Restaurant manager€49,890
- Retail sales associate€34,100
- Retail store supervisor€38,730
- Riding instructor€36,420
- Rig driller€44,560
- Rigger€48,600
- Roofer€34,380
- Runway model€30,750
- Sales engineer€59,840
- Sales representative€52,430
- Sawmill operator€34,870
- Scribes and related workers€35,160
- Secretary€35,300
- Security guard€37,300
- Senior government officials€86,490
- Set designer€42,670
- Sewing machine operator€28,250
- Sex worker€30,820
- Shelf stacker€24,620
- Ship pilot€55,830
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers€38,370
- Shoemaker€34,990
- Shop keeper€46,460
- Sign installer€39,040
- Signalman€44,810
- Slitter operator€34,630
- Social care worker€44,280
- Social media manager€82,670
- Social services manager€66,380
- Social worker€50,760
- Software developer€64,130
- Software programmer€59,210
- Software tester€61,200
- Soldier€57,360
- Sorter€30,430
- Special needs teacher€53,490
- Specialist doctor€95,590
- Speech therapist€51,230
- Sport coach€35,460
- Statistician€54,620
- Steel erector€45,940
- Stock coordinator€33,430
- Stone fabricator€36,830
- Stone planer€37,110
- Stonemason€43,380
- Store manager€62,570
- Street and related service workers€28,820
- Street sweeper€29,840
- Street vendor€28,740
- Subsistence crop farmers€29,950
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers€33,250
- Subsistence livestock farmers€30,290
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers€29,990
- Survey enumerator€32,700
- Surveyor€56,620
- Switchboard operator€35,320
- Systems administrator€59,820
- Systems analyst€65,020
- Tailor€31,000
- Tanner€37,590
- Tax officer€52,250
- Taxi driver€31,030
- Technical aide€52,090
- Telecom administrator€54,690
- Teller€36,360
- Tent builder€43,520
- Test engineer€62,910
- Textile braider€31,370
- Textile machine operator€30,480
- Therapy assistant€36,280
- Tile installer€40,800
- Tobacco dryer€38,620
- Trades union official€78,110
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€87,240
- Traditional therapist€43,620
- Train driver€51,340
- Translator€48,070
- Transport clerks€38,340
- Travel agent€32,460
- Tree doctor€31,670
- Truck driver€37,790
- Typist€32,770
- Underwater welder€47,300
- Upholsterer€36,080
- Urban planner€57,720
- UX designer€47,980
- Vet technician€37,630
- Veterinarian€58,930
- Vocational teacher€52,050
- Waiter€29,040
- Warehouse worker€30,460
- Waste collector€30,350
- Watch maker€42,410
- Water and firewood collectors€28,420
- Water plant operator€50,090
- Water-based fisheries worker€27,280
- Web developer€59,270
- Web technician€56,630
- Welder€43,150
- Wind technician€45,590
- Winder operator€30,770
- Window washer€28,410
- Wood treater€39,780
- Woodworker€37,430
- Zoologist€57,930
Source: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, gross pay by major occupation group. How we calculate