Salary survey

A Chartered Engineer with 16-20 years' experience typically receives: €75,000 salary, €6,000 annual bonus and a 5% pension contribution.

A graduate engineer can expect to earn €33,000, rising to approximately €50,000 with 6-10 years of experience. Remuneration levels rise more-or-less consistently with experience and most engineers with more than 30 years of experience can expect to earn more than €93,000. Achieving promotion to a more senior position, entering management and supervising more staff all typically result in a higher salary.

Most engineers have their Engineers Ireland subscription fee paid by their employer.

The vast majority of engineers receive contributions from their employer to their pension, typically 5% of salary and rising with experience. Two-in-five engineers with more than 30 years of experience receive pension contributions of more than 10% of salary.

The value of the professional titles of Chartered Engineer and Fellow is recognised through increased remuneration. A Chartered Engineer can expect to earn approximately €5,000 per year more than an untitled engineer with the same number of years of experience.