Pay and Allowances

Nursing/Midwifery Salary Scales​ 

Download Public Sector Salary Scales February 2026

Nursing/Midwifery Salary Scales​  
 (Application of 1% on 1st February 2026) 
Student Nurse/Midwife (Degree Students 36 weeks Rostered Placement)
21399
Staff Nurse/Midwife, (Post Qual, Pre-Registration)
33040
Staff Nurse/Midwife (including Registered Midwife, Registered Sick Children's Nurse, Registered Intellectual Disability Nurse​)
37788
39760
40767
42098
43775
45452
47120
48563
50009
51458
52937
54412
 
LSI after 3 years on max 56032
Senior Staff Nurse/Midwife
58691
Enhanced Nurse/Midwife Dual Qualified Nurse/Midwife
 
44811
47319
48658
49688
50825
52357
53889
56200
LSI after 3 years on max 57846
Senior Enhanced Nurse/Midwife
Dual Qualified Nurse Midwife
60615
 
Clinical Nurse/Midwife Manager 1
57208
58246
59709
61198
62678
64167
65826
67372
 
Clinical Nurse/Midwife Manager 2/ Clinical Nurse/Midwife Specialist
62078
63106
63975
65394
66963
68504
70045
71779
73389
76159
 LSI after 3 years on max  78443 
(plus allowance of €995 pa payable on a red-circle basis to Theatr/Night Sisters who were in posts on 5/11/99)
Clinical Instructor
64771
65820
66596
68036
69487
71055
72628
74201
75770
 
Clinical Nurse/Midwife Manager 3

71432

72845

76419

77825

79239

80671

 
Nurse/Midwife Tutor

73062

74054

75044

76038

77030

78024

79010

80005

80998

81989

Principal Nurse/Midwife Tutor  

76626

78071

79390

83516

84958

85011

86697

88998

 

Specialist Co-Ordinator
Nursing/Midwifery

73062

74054

75044

76038

77030

78024

79010

80005

80998

81989

Public Health Nurse

62078

63106

63975

65394

66963

68504

70045

71779

73389

76159

LSI after 3 years on max  78443 
(plus allowance of €1991 pa payable on a red-circle basis to staff who were in posts on 5/11/99)
Asst. Dir. of Public Health Nursing 

71437

75362

76974

78461

79962

82016

 
 
 
 
Dir. of Public Health Nursing 

93784

96626

99479

102449

105178

108029

 

 

 

 
Advanced Nurse/Midwife Practitioner 

72122

73520

74866

79003

80306

81819

83234

84639

89004

 
Advanced Nurse/Midwife Practitioner Candidate

71432

72845

76419

77825

79239

80671

 

 

 

 
Asst. Director of Nursing/Midwifery (Band 1 Hospitals) 

72122

73520

74866

79003

80306

81819

83234

84639

89004

 
Asst. Director of Nursing/Midwifery (Non Band 1 Hospitals)

68493

69954

71437

75362

76974

78461

79962

82015

 

 
Area Director- Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Dev Unit 

101210

104337

107429

110081

113040

116058

119034

 
 
 
Director - Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Dev 

91912

94484

97320

100433

103846

107354

 

 
 
 
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 1 
 

95664

98325

100988

103641

106299

108967

111623

     
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 2 

89121

91630

94146

96651

99172

101685

104199

     
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 2A 
 

88408

89986

91568

93142

94725

96299

97879

 
 
 
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 3

83459

83986

85776

87621

89456

91306

93142

 
 
 
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 4  

77982

80343

82695

85056

86099

88480

90855

 
 
 
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 5

72952

74532

76109

77683

79259

80841

82422

 
 
 
Director, Centre of Nurse/Midwife Education 

83881

85187

87807

90452

93092

95734

98375

101129

 
 
Hospital Group Director of Nursing & Midwifery

124199

129717

135237

140755

146278

151795

 

 

   
*Long Service Increments (LSI) are payable after 3 years spent on the maximum point of the salary scale.
** Clarification is currently being sought re student PHN scale

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Catherine Hopkins

Information Officer

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Catherine O'Connor

Information Officer

INMO HQ, Dublin

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