take home pay on 500 weekly in public sector

primary 2

hi all,i am just wondering what would your take home pay be in the public sector if you were getting 500 weekly? have you to contribute to a pension scheme?

gerrybbadd

primary 2 wrote: »

hi all,i am just wondering what would your take home pay be in the public sector if you were getting 500 weekly? have you to contribute to a pension scheme?

It depends on your personal circumstances. Are you married? Single? Have kids? It's almost impossible to know.

And yes, you do have to contribute to the pension scheme. You can't elect not to be, the deductions are automatically taken

noodler

If your gross is 26k (I. E. The 500 per week you mentioned) than you would take home. 408 as week according to the phone tax.eu app.

Geuze

noodler wrote: »

If your gross is 26k (I. E. The 500 per week you mentioned) than you would take home. 408 as week according to the phone tax.eu app.

Does this app take account of PS pension conts?

primary 2

thanks for the replys,after how many years working in the public sector does it take to move onto the next pay scale?

Geuze

Your question is too vague.

For example, you may have to apply via competition or interview to move up to the next grade.

It is rarely automatic.

noodler

Geuze wrote: »

Does this app take account of PS pension conts?

Does yeah.

noodler

Next point in your scale is virtually automatic in fairness.

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forget about PS and don't waste your life, it's screwed.

Geuze

noodler wrote: »

Next point in your scale is virtually automatic in fairness.

The question was about asking to move to the next scale, rather than the next point/increment?

primary 2

the job is a general operative on a county council,so i am just wondering would you also qualify for meal allowances or other exspenses? i hope i am not annoying people here its just i cant seem to get an answear what would your take home pay be into the hand at the end of the week,hopefully some one will be able to give me a clearer picture here

Kevwoody

primary 2 wrote: »

the job is a general operative on a county council,so i am just wondering would you also qualify for meal allowances or other exspenses? i hope i am not annoying people here its just i cant seem to get an answear what would your take home pay be into the hand at the end of the week,hopefully some one will be able to give me a clearer picture here

Ring the council regarding the meal expenses and pay increments, and ring revenue to find out your take home pay.

noodler

Geuze wrote: »

The question was about asking to move to the next scale, rather than the next point/increment?

The next scale?

That would be a promotion, I. E. A differ position.

primary 2

would an accountant be able to answear this question do you think or citzens information?

Kevwoody

primary 2 wrote: »

would an accountant be able to answear this question do you think or citzens information?

Revenue!!

noodler

primary 2 wrote: »

would an accountant be able to answear this question do you think or citzens information?

408 euro.

If you earn 500 gross, then 408 euro.

Kevwoody

noodler wrote: »

408 euro.

If you earn 500 gross, then 408 euro.

It's not as clear cut as that. He could be married, single, and judging from past posts, has some income from farm land all of which will determine take home pay.
A 5 minute phone call to revenue will give an exact figure.

noodler

Kevwoody wrote: »

It's not as clear cut as that. He could be married, single, and judging from past posts, has some income from farm land all of which will determine take home pay.
A 5 minute phone call to revenue will give an exact figure.

My God, we're drawing this out unnecessarily.

OK that's the net for a single person.

Use anyone of the many tax calculators online if you have other criteria such as a spousal pension contribution or anything that might give you additional tax credits.

Kevwoody

noodler wrote: »

My God, we're drawing this out unnecessarily.

OK that's the net for a single person.

Use anyone of the many tax calculators online if you have other criteria such as a spousal pension contribution or anything that might give you additional tax credits.

Yes you are right, we are drawing this out unnecessarily!

A simple phone call to Revenue will give the op an exact figure.

What good is a figure of €408 if he's married with a spouse who is working and farm income on top of that?

Geuze

Why don't you calculate the net pay yourself? It takes maybe 5-10 mins.

Geuze

Do the Revenue give gross to net calculations over the phone?

I doubt it.

barneystinson

Geuze wrote: »

Do the Revenue give gross to net calculations over the phone?

I doubt it.

Absolutely not.

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noodler wrote: »

My God, we're drawing this out unnecessarily

Well they are in training for the Irish public sector, so they better get used to it.

Kevwoody

barneystinson wrote: »

Absolutely not.

They did for me prior to starting a new job, as my situation wasn't clear cut enough for an online calculator.

august12

No, you are not annoying people, this is the reason we have a boards forum, to help others with queries. Generally speaking, in the public service, you would get an increment every 12 months, there maybe 12 increments but there maybe more or less at which point, once you reach the top of the scale, there are no more increments. If you log onto impact.ie, there is an updated list of incomes for all grades in the PS including the increments, i am not sure of the additional allowances, if you have been offered this job and it means progression for you from where you are currently in your career, then i would suggest giving it a chance if it is permanent.

Just checked impact site, there are 15 points on the GO scale from 514 euro to 592 euro, that means, it will take 15 years to reach the top of the scale.

noodler

noodler wrote: »

Does yeah.

And the pension levy?

From my experience its almost impossible to find an accurate calculation of take home pay in public service positions without putting in ground work and figuring out your pension rate, you pension levy rate etc and then calculating yourself.

noodler

Fernanda Incalculable Logo wrote: »

And the pension levy?

From my experience its almost impossible to find an accurate calculation of take home pay in public service positions without putting in ground work and figuring out your pension rate, you pension levy rate etc and then calculating yourself.

I've already liked to the app.

Yeah, and the pension levy.

august12

Grayson Flabby Wafer wrote:

From my experience its almost impossible to find an accurate calculation of take home pay in public service positions without putting in ground work and figuring out your pension rate, you pension levy rate etc and then calculating yourself.

No pension levy on annual income of approx. 28000 euro.

barneystinson

Kevwoody wrote: »

They did for me prior to starting a new job, as my situation wasn't clear cut enough for an online calculator.

Well whoever did that shouldn't have, and wouldn't be thanked for it by their managers, that's not what their 1890 service is for.

And out of interest did they give you right figures? Because they don't have a magical piece of software to do that calculation either.

primary 2

its good to see so many people are interested in helping me,as i can see things were even starting to get heated a bit yesterday!

primary 2

august12 wrote: »

No pension levy on annual income of approx. 28000 euro.

so i went on an online tax calculator and put in 26000 as an yearly salary and it done the calculations and said i would get 432 weekly,so you reckon i would get that weekly with no deductions for a pension levy? because one poster here said i would get 408 after pension deductions

noodler

primary 2 wrote: »

so i went on an online tax calculator and put in 26000 as an yearly salary and it done the calculations and said i would get 432 weekly,so you reckon i would get that weekly with no deductions for a pension levy? because one poster here said i would get 408 after pension deductions

The app is accurate.

408 per week if you are single.

primary 2

august12 wrote: »

No, you are not annoying people, this is the reason we have a boards forum, to help others with queries. Generally speaking, in the public service, you would get an increment every 12 months, there maybe 12 increments but there maybe more or less at which point, once you reach the top of the scale, there are no more increments. If you log onto impact.ie, there is an updated list of incomes for all grades in the PS including the increments, i am not sure of the additional allowances, if you have been offered this job and it means progression for you from where you are currently in your career, then i would suggest giving it a chance if it is permanent.

Just checked impact site, there are 15 points on the GO scale from 514 euro to 592 euro, that means, it will take 15 years to reach the top of the scale.

thanks for the advice,so you reckon i would get a increase every year untill i reach the top of the scale? i think you are right about giving it a go and see how it goes if i am lucky enough to be offered it

primary 2

noodler wrote: »

The app is accurate.

408 per week if you are single.

right thanks for that,and yes i am single,would you know about any allowances that you could also qualify for,some one told me there is ment to be a meal allowance,not to sure as i cant get any information on this

noodler

primary 2 wrote: »

thanks for the advice,so you reckon i would get a increase every year untill i reach the top of the scale? i think you are right about giving it a go and see how it goes if i am lucky enough to be offered it

Do you know the grade, the scale etc?

These are all things you should know if you are this far in the process.

I would take it as a near certainty you'd go up each point on the scale each year.

primary 2

noodler wrote: »

Do you know the grade, the scale etc?

These are all things you should know if you are this far in the process.

I would take it as a near certainty you'd go up each point on the scale each year.

sorry i am not to sure what you mean? the only information i got was a starting wage of 500 weekly

Kevwoody

primary 2 wrote: »

sorry i am not to sure what you mean? the only information i got was a starting wage of 500 weekly

Have you actually applied for the job yet?

august12

primary 2 wrote:

so i went on an online tax calculator and put in 26000 as an yearly salary and it done the calculations and said i would get 432 weekly,so you reckon i would get that weekly with no deductions for a pension levy? because one poster here said i would get 408 after pension deductions

There would be no Pension levy deduction but you would pay superannuation which is a public sector pension deduction plus prsi plus USC and income tax, i think the 408 would be more accurate but not sure what % superannuation you pay under the new Pension legislation for public sector.

august12

primary 2 wrote:

thanks for the advice,so you reckon i would get a increase every year untill i reach the top of the scale? i think you are right about giving it a go and see how it goes if i am lucky enough to be offered it

Yes, you would be entitled to a yearly increment, usually after two years service, you can apply for promotion.

noodler

august12 wrote: »

Yes, you would be entitled to a yearly increment, usually after two years service, you can apply for promotion.

Theres no two year wait.

OP, we will need to know the grade you are applying for.

august12

noodler wrote:

Theres no two year wait.

Some promotions are open to local authority serving members, in this case, one usually needs to have two years service completed.

noodler

august12 wrote: »

Some promotions are open to local authority serving members, in this case, one usually needs to have two years service completed.

Wasn't aware.

Still, about 95% of public sector positions don't require a two year wait for an increment.

august12

noodler wrote:

Still, about 95% of public sector positions don't require a two year wait for an increment.

I may have confused some people with my comments, to clarify, increments are yearly. In some cases, the last two increments might be every three years but this does not apply to General Operatives. With regard to promotion i.e. a position is advertised and open to serving members of the LA who in this case usually require two years service. The normal interview process takes place or the post is advertised publicly i.e open to anyone who has the required qualifications.

primary 2

Kevwoody wrote: »

Have you actually applied for the job yet?

yes i have applied