Working as a plumber in Ireland
What official sources say about working as a plumber in Ireland: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Ireland, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes plumbers, earns ≈ 4,153 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Plumber is a regulated profession in Ireland. Foreign qualifications go through: Gas installers must enter the RGI scheme for regulated gas installation work; the checked source does not state a profession-wide registration process for ordinary plumbing. In Ireland, plumbers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers"
- ≈ 4,153 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Gas installers must enter the RGI scheme for regulated gas installation work; the checked source does not state a profession-wide registration process for ordinary plumbing.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers" in Ireland: ≈ 4,153 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 plumbers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Plumber is a regulated profession in Ireland.
- Recognition route
- Gas installers must enter the RGI scheme for regulated gas installation work; the checked source does not state a profession-wide registration process for ordinary plumbing.
- Recognition authority
- Register of Gas Installers of Ireland (RGI) for gas installation work; no universal plumber recognition authority is stated on the checked leaf.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for plumber in Ireland: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Plumber in Ireland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 2e0426f614b7f2908378beb969738b36]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/ireland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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