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Page last updated October 2024

Latest scales updated 

Public Service Agreement 2024 - 2026 

DCU Pay scales increased by 1% or €500, whichever is greater, with effect from 1st October 2024.

Increased rates from 1st October will be paid in the October payroll run.

  • Weekly payment date Friday, 11th October 
  • Monthly paid staff Friday, 25th October
  • Retirees\Survivor Pension\Children Pension paid staff Friday, 25th October 
  • Part Time Hourly paid staff Thursday, 31st October

 

Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0035 FULL PROFESSOR  1 140,067.00 
    2 148,055.00 
    3 156,042.00 
    4 164,028.00 
    5 172,016.00 
    6 177,059.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0021 PROFESSOR  1 101,452.00 
    2 108,270.00 
    3 115,111.00 
    4 121,934.00 
    5 128,771.00 
    6 135,601.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0030 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR  1 87,544.00 
    2 91,024.00 
    3 94,509.00 
    4 97,991.00 
    5 101,456.00 
    6 104,951.00 
    7 108,427.00 
    8 111,917.00 
    9 115,387.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0040 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR  1 62,070.00 
    2 73,095.00 
    3 77,011.00 
    4 79,697.00 
    5 83,632.00 
    6 87,597.00 
    7 91,555.00 
    8 95,515.00 
    9 99,472.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0050M LECTURER BELOW BAR 1 46,960.00 
    2 49,543.00 
    3 51,682.00 
    4 53,648.00 
    5 55,686.00 
    6 57,324.00 
    7 58,992.00 
    8 60,653.00 
    9 62,318.00 
    10 63,968.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0054 CLINICAL NURSE MANG.1 1 54,981.00 
    2 55,979.00 
    3 57,386.00 
    4 58,816.00 
    5 60,238.00 
    6 61,670.00 
    7 63,264.00 
    8 64,750.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
6092 CLINICAL NURSE/MIDWIFE MANAGER 3 1 68,652.00 
    2 70,010.00 
    3 73,444.00 
    4 74,795.00 
    5 76,154.00 
    6 77,529.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0056 INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE TUTOR 1 38,581.00 
    2 40,040.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0060M TEACHING ASSISTANT 1 34,281.00 
    2 37,728.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0451 P/T LECTURER 1 74.89 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0309 P/T TUTOR 1 33.15 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0450 P/T DEMONSTRATOR 1 23.04 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0452 P/T UNDERGRAD TUTOR 1 14.56 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0453 P/T POSTGRAD TUTOR 1 36.37 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0454 P/T UNDERGRAD STUDENT 1 14.56 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0455 P/T ACCESS LECTURER 1 60.63 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0456 P/T ACCESS TEACHER REVISION 1 60.63 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0457 P/T ACCESS WORKSHOP FACILIATOR 1 60.63 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0461 P/T SCHOOL PLACEMENT TUTOR PRIMARY 1 90.00 
0461 P/T SCHOOL PLACEMENT TUTOR POST PRIMARY 2 133.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0073 PROFESSIONAL 9  1 106,808.00 
    2 113,986.00 
    3 121,187.00 
    4 128,368.00 
    5 135,566.00 
    6 142,760.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0072 PROFESSIONAL 8  1 94,938.00 
    2 98,712.00 
    3 102,490.00 
    4 106,271.00 
    5 110,025.00 
    6 113,815.00 
    7 117,585.00 
    8 121,370.00 
    9 125,135.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0071 PROFESSIONAL 7  1 67,132.00 
    2 79,090.00 
    3 82,104.00 
    4 86,394.00 
    5 90,696.00 
    6 94,997.00 
    7 99,288.00 
    8 103,585.00 
    9 107,876.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0070 PROFESSIONAL 6  1 61,836.00 
    2 63,443.00 
    3 65,053.00 
    4 66,680.00 
    5 68,302.00 
    6 69,929.00 
    7 84,122.00 
    8 88,088.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0081 PROFESSIONAL 5A  1 57,645.00 
    2 60,887.00 
    3 64,139.00 
    4 66,827.00 
    5 69,511.00 
    6 72,315.00 
    7 75,190.00 
    8 77,954.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0080 PROFESSIONAL 5  1 56,368.00 
    2 58,032.00 
    3 59,673.00 
    4 61,301.00 
    5 62,924.00 
    6 64,587.00 
    7 66,257.00 
    8 67,912.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0090M PROFESSIONAL 4  1 42,732.00 
    2 44,914.00 
    3 46,970.00 
    4 49,397.00 
    5 51,839.00 
    6 53,927.00 
    7 56,046.00 
    8 58,276.00 
    9 60,576.00 
    10 62,788.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0100 PROFESSIONAL 3  1 40,552.00 
    2 41,585.00 
    3 42,623.00 
    4 43,648.00 
    5 45,250.00 
    6 47,095.00 
    7 48,936.00 
    8 50,782.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0110 PROFESSIONAL 2  1 33,631.00 
    2 34,835.00 
    3 36,059.00 
    4 37,277.00 
    5 38,153.00 
    6 39,020.00 
    7 40,070.00 
    8 40,755.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0120M PROFESSIONAL 1  1 27,712.00 
    2 28,781.00 
    3 29,891.00 
    4 30,669.00 
    5 31,472.00 
    6 32,305.00 
    7 32,719.00 
    8 33,439.00 
    9 34,163.00 
    10 34,887.00 
    11 35,625.00 
    12 36,362.00 
    13 37,048.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0306 MINIMUM WAGE/STUDENT HELPER (Hourly Rate) 1 12.7
  Full time 37 hour week per annum rate 2 24,528.78 
  Full time 39 hour week per annum rate 3 25,854.66 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0459 P/T STUDENT AMBASSADORS 1 & 2 12.7
    3 13.75 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0160 ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN 2 1 67,132.00 
    2 79,090.00 
    3 82,104.00 
    4 86,394.00 
    5 90,696.00 
    6 94,997.00 
    7 99,288.00 
    8 103,585.00 
    9 107,876.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0382 ASST LIBRARIAN 1 (A) 1 59,462.00 
    2 61,553.00 
    3 63,583.00 
    4 65,611.00 
    5 67,648.00 
    6 69,614.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0170M ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN 1 1 46,586.00 
    2 49,196.00 
    3 51,263.00 
    4 53,232.00 
    5 55,286.00 
    6 56,910.00 
    7 58,575.00 
    8 60,233.00 
    9 61,886.00 
    10 63,521.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0180 LIBRARY ASSISTANT  GR 2 1 40,552.00 
    2 41,577.00 
    3 42,608.00 
    4 43,615.00 
    5 45,213.00 
    6 47,042.00 
    7 48,874.00 
    8 50,702.00 
    9 53,373.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0190M LIBRARY ASSISTANT GR 1 1 31,657.00 
    2 32,891.00 
    3 33,631.00 
    4 34,821.00 
    5 36,034.00 
    6 37,232.00 
    7 38,098.00 
    8 38,946.00 
    9 39,978.00 
    10 41,282.00 
    11 42,632.00 
    12 43,970.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0193M LIBRARY SHELVER (39HRS PW) 1 32,009.00 
    2 32,686.00 
    3 34,607.00 
    4 34,944.00 
    5 35,372.00 
    6 35,732.00 
    7 36,046.00 
    8 36,385.00 
    9 36,857.00 
    10 15.72 
    11 16.06 
    12 17.00 
    13 17.16 
    14 17.37 
    15 17.55 
    16 17.71 
    17 17.87 
    18 18.10 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0200 ANALYST PROGRAMMER 111 1 67,132.00 
    2 79,088.00 
    3 82,103.00 
    4 86,390.00 
    5 90,697.00 
    6 95,004.00 
    7 99,296.00 
    8 103,582.00 
    9 107,874.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0210 ANALYST PROGRAMMER 11 1 55,209.00 
    2 56,884.00 
    3 58,564.00 
    4 60,207.00 
    5 61,878.00 
    6 63,525.00 
    7 66,259.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0220 ANALYST PROGRAMMER 1 1 47,407.00 
    2 48,910.00 
    3 50,445.00 
    4 51,993.00 
    5 53,591.00 
    6 55,206.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0230 TRAINEE ANALYST PROGRAMMER 1 42,518.00 
    2 44,797.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0240 SENIOR COMPUTER OPERATOR 1 43,332.00 
    2 44,988.00 
    3 46,683.00 
    4 48,021.00 
    5 49,355.00 
    6 50,696.00 
    7 52,067.00 
    8 53,423.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0250M COMPUTER OPERATOR 1 35,470.00 
    2 37,288.00 
    3 38,551.00 
    4 39,706.00 
    5 40,663.00 
    6 41,999.00 
    7 43,334.00 
    8 44,676.00 
    9 46,032.00 
    10 47,369.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0284 P/T STUDENT ADVISOR ISS 1 12.7
       
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0292 IT COMPUTER SUPPORT PERSONNEL 1 31,994.00 
    2 36,648.00 
    3 40,720.00 
    4 45,604.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0293 IT SUPPORT TRAINEE 1 30,748.00 
    2 33,212.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0260 CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER 1 64,842.00 
    2 67,537.00 
    3 70,202.00 
    4 72,949.00 
    5 75,821.00 
    6 78,620.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0270M TECH/SR. TECH OFFICER 1 39,828.00 
    2 41,605.00 
    3 43,745.00 
    4 45,032.00 
    5 46,408.00 
    6 49,324.00 
    7 51,247.00 
    8 53,226.00 
    9 55,378.00 
    10 57,457.00 
    11 60,652.00 
    12 62,798.00 
    13 65,106.00 
    14 67,469.00 
    15 69,827.00 
  Long Service Increment 3 yrs on max 16 71,291.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0191 SENIOR LAB ATTENDANT 1 35,586.00 
    2 36,192.00 
    3 36,807.00 
    4 37,076.00 
    5 37,680.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0282 LAB ATTENDANT 1 33,094.00 
    2 33,545.00 
    3 34,001.00 
    4 34,492.00 
    5 34,996.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0281M TRAINEE TECH (39WKS) 1 31,807.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0307M TRAINEE TECH (43WKS) 1 28,848.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0299 EI-TECH./RESEARCH ASST. 1 34,608.00 
    2 35,589.00 
    3 36,454.00 
    4 36,984.00 
    5 37,832.00 
    6 38,486.00 
    7 39,323.00 
    8 39,796.00 
    9 40,617.00 
    10 41,438.00 
    11 42,262.00 
    12 43,091.00 
    13 43,908.00 
    14 44,732.00 
    15 45,551.00 
    16 46,374.00 
    17 47,196.00 
    18 48,184.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0302 EI-RESEARCH OFFICER 1 41,401.00 
    2 42,709.00 
    3 44,014.00 
    4 45,327.00 
    5 46,636.00 
    6 47,940.00 
    7 49,256.00 
    8 50,564.00 
    9 51,886.00 
    10 53,231.00 
    11 54,610.00 
    12 55,991.00 
    13 57,381.00 
    14 58,781.00 
    15 60,180.00 
    16 61,580.00 
    17 62,978.00 
    18 64,378.00 
    19 65,780.00 
    20 66,175.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0303 EI-SENIOR RESEARCH OFFICER 1 66,170.00 
    2 67,176.00 
    3 68,573.00 
    4 69,979.00 
    5 71,376.00 
    6 72,697.00 
    7 74,176.00 
    8 75,572.00 
    9 76,979.00 
    10 78,375.00 
    11 79,774.00 
    12 80,320.00 
    13 81,351.00 
    14 82,672.00 
    15 84,034.00 
    16 85,401.00 
    17 86,762.00 
    18 88,014.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0380B RESEARCH ASSISTANT IUA LEVEL 1 1 31,962.00 
    2 32,782.00 
    3 33,203.00 
    4 34,062.00 
    5 34,945.00 
    6 35,856.00 
    7 36,796.00 
    8 37,419.00 
    9 38,379.00 
    10 39,188.00 
    11 39,847.00 
    12 40,880.00 
    13 41,943.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0338A POST DOC RESEARCHER IUA LEVEL 2 1 44,847.00 
    2 45,441.00 
    3 47,412.00 
    4 48,671.00 
    5 49,968.00 
    6 51,313.00 
    7 52,715.00 
    8 54,198.00 
    9 55,740.00 
    10 57,332.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0390A RESEARCH FELLOW IUA LEVEL 3 1 63,958.00 
    2 65,813.00 
    3 67,724.00 
    4 69,692.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0401 SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW IUA LEVEL 4 1 77,800.00 
    2 80,070.00 
    3 81,148.00 
    4 83,492.00 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0290 BUILDINGS .MAINTENANCE OFFICER 1 835.82 
    2 845.09 
    3 849.68 
    4 854.67 
    5 859.24 
    6 861.77 
    7 864.08 
    8 866.55 
    9 868.96 
    10 872.79 
    11 875.75 
    12 882.92 
       
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0300 GENERAL OPERATIVE\MAINTENANCE MAN 1 696.26 
    2 699.96 
    3 703.37 
    4 705.36 
    5 707.45 
    6 709.31 
    7 711.34 
    8 713.43 
    9 709.06 
    10 711.19 
    11 713.31 
    12 715.36 
    13 717.74 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0330 SENIOR GROUNDSMAN 1 750.79 
    2 754.35 
    3 758.10 
    4 760.04 
    5 762.15 
    6 764.14 
    7 766.13 
    8 768.22 
    9 768.22 
    10 768.22 
    11 768.22 
    12 770.13 
    13 772.20 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0340 GROUNDSMAN 1 709.53 
    2 713.27 
    3 710.22 
    4 712.19 
    5 714.17 
    6 716.10 
    7 718.09 
    8 720.08 
    9 722.20 
    10 724.31 
    11 726.38 
    12 728.58 
    13 730.76 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0320M GENERAL SERVICES 1 665.34 
  OPERATIVE 1 2 671.37 
    3 722.91 
    4 726.64 
    5 730.01 
    6 732.00 
    7 734.13 
    8 736.08 
    9 738.11 
    10 736.89 
    11 738.95 
    12 741.13 
    13 743.34 
    14 745.53 
    15 747.78 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0361M GENERAL SERVICES 1 798.41 
  OPERATIVE 2 2 805.64 
    3 867.49 
    4 871.96 
    5 876.01 
    6 878.40 
    7 880.96 
    8 883.30 
    9 885.73 
    10 884.26 
    11 886.74 
    12 889.35 
    13 892.01 
    14 894.64 
    15 897.34 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0360M GENERAL SERVICES 1 864.94 
  OPERATIVE 3 2 872.78 
    3 939.78 
    4 944.63 
    5 949.01 
    6 951.60 
    7 954.37 
    8 956.90 
    9 959.54 
    10 957.95 
    11 960.64 
    12 963.46 
    13 966.34 
    14 969.20 
    15 972.12 
       
Grade Code Grade Name Point Current Scale
0362M ESTATES GENSERV 1 1,009.98 
  DUTY SUPERVISOR 2 1,019.14 
    3 1,097.37 
    4 1,103.03 
    5 1,108.15 
    6 1,111.17 
    7 1,114.41 
    8 1,117.37 
    9 1,120.45 
    10 1,118.59 
    11 1,121.73 
    12 1,125.03 
    13 1,128.39 
    14 1,131.72 
    15 1,135.13 

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