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# Working as an accountant in Ireland

In Ireland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes accountants, earns ≈ 6,785 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Accountant is a regulated profession in Ireland. Foreign qualifications go through: Use the competent professional body for the specific chartered/certified/audit activity; recognition is body- and qualification-specific, with a distinct MNC audit case.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 6,785 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Use the competent professional body for the specific chartered/certified/audit activity; recognition is body- and qualification-specific, with a distinct MNC audit case.; General system of recognition - primary application
- Recognition authority: The relevant recognised accountancy body; DETE lists several bodies and a separate MNC global-audit pathway.

## Sources

Schedule 2 registration bodies, employment-permit conditions; lines 68-142 — https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/employment-permit-eligibility/registration-bodies-for-certain-employments/
JSON list[].id=660731; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=7&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
ILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) — https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator?id=EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_accountant-in-ireland-salary-and-recognition_8eea3121f595,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Accountant in Ireland: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {e108b4c5716a7b79ef8a50d1f3110208},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/ireland/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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