Working as a teacher in Ireland
What official sources say about working as a teacher 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 teachers, earns ≈ 6,785 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Teacher is a regulated profession in Ireland. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - secondary application. In Ireland, teachers 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 - secondary 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 teachers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Ireland.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - secondary application. General system of recognition - primary application. Apply under the Teaching Council route for the relevant level. Foreign-qualified primary and post-primary teachers are assessed separately; post-primary applicants must meet subject requirements and may receive conditions.
- Recognition authority
- The Teaching Council.
- Language requirement
- Language conditions depend on school stage and subject: foreign-qualified primary teachers have an Irish-language condition; post-primary conditions include the history/structure of Irish education and Irish-language/IEE requirements for relevant subjects.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher in Ireland: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Teacher in Ireland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 34bd7fddf2cb4b2949df9a17ca532136]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/ireland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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