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Civil/Structural Engineering Salaries in Ireland?

  • 05-02-2013 12:23am
    #1
    VonLuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭


    Hi. I am just wondering what sort of salaries are being offered these days in the civil and structural end of engineering in Ireland. I know they've been hit very hard and I am newly qualified and I am wondering what to expect in the future.

    Any jobs I've seen advertise always state "salary unspecified", which is quite infuriating as they could be offering €20k or €30k and I'd have no idea if it's even worth applying for.

    Is there a general salary scale that I should expect? Say with 0 years experience, 1 year experience, 2 years experience etc.

    I am weighing up my options if it's worth taking a lower paid job in Ireland or go abroad (which I don't want to do) but earn a respectable wage. Is there any comparison?

    Thank you.


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  • #2
    A fella called fish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 188 ✭✭A fella called fish


    It's depressing. I'm a Chartered Structural Engineer with 8 years experience. I have my CEng, MIEI and MIStructE...and last year I earned €33k before tax....why do I bother?! Isn't the average industrial wage €41k?!

    Contract rates are obviously better, but perhaps some of the others can share their experiences.

    That said, I firmly believe things are starting to improve from an Engineering perspective, so salaries might pick up towards the end of this year.

    I'm looking to change jobs myself if my pay doesn't increase over the next 6 months.


  • #3
    A fella called fish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 188 ✭✭A fella called fish


    P.S the results of the Eng.Ireland salary survey are due out at the end of February - so that should be interesting.


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    A fella called fish wrote: »
    It's depressing. I'm a Chartered Structural Engineer with 8 years experience. I have my CEng, MIEI and MIStructE...and last year I earned €33k before tax....why do I bother?! Isn't the average industrial wage €41k?!

    The term "average industrial wage" is no longer used by the Central Statistics Office due to the fact that more workers are now employed in services than manufacturing. But its most-up-to date figure for "average annual earnings" is €33,327 per year. This is slightly lower than the €37,609 earned per year by workers in the manufacturing (July 2012). Link


  • #5
    annfield1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 571 ✭✭✭annfield1978


    11 yrs exp working in Civil Engineering Consultancy Environment

    €50,000k plus Health Insurance/ Life Assurance and Pension (7% Contribution)

    Peak of €65k back in 2007 :-(


  • #6
    con1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭con1982


    I'd be very surprised if anyone with less than two years experience is earning more than 25k in a private civil/structural consultancy.

    A friend of mine graduated two years ago, but has no experience. She just got a job on 21k.

    If you go abroad it's better to have a year or two experience.


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