Working as an engineer in Ireland
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Ireland: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Ireland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 6,785 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Engineer is a regulated profession in Ireland. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application. In Ireland, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 6,785 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Ireland: ≈ 6,785 EUR/month (gross, 2024), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of engineers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Ireland.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application. For a professional designation, apply to Engineers Ireland under the relevant title/experience assessment; the permit schedule does not publish one route for all generic engineering jobs.
- Recognition authority
- Engineers Ireland for the Chartered Engineer, Associate Engineer and Engineering Technician designations; no single authority is established here for generic engineering work.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for engineer in Ireland: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Engineer in Ireland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b07c4e5d20ab7a0add8d773473cd704c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/ireland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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