Pay and Allowances

Nursing/Midwifery Salary Scales​ 

Download Public Sector Salary Scales 1st June 2026

Nursing/Midwifery Salary Scales​  
 (Application of 1% on 1st June 2026)  
Student Nurse/Midwife (Degree Students 36 weeks Rostered Placement)
21612
Staff Nurse/Midwife, (Post Qual, Pre-Registration)
33370
Staff Nurse/Midwife (including Registered Midwife, Registered Sick Children's Nurse, Registered Intellectual Disability Nurse​)
38166
40158
41175
42519
44213
45907
47591
49049
50509
51973
53466
54956
56592 LSI*
Senior Staff Nurse/Midwife
59278
Enhanced Nurse/Midwife Dual Qualified Nurse/Midwife
45259
47792
49145
50185
51333
52881
54428
56762
58424 LSI*
Senior Enhanced Nurse/Midwife
Dual Qualified Nurse Midwife
61221
 
Clinical Nurse/Midwife Manager 1
57780
58828
60306
61810
63305
64809
66484
68046
 
Clinical Nurse/Midwife Manager 2/ Clinical Nurse/Midwife Specialist
62699
63737
64615
66048
67633
69189
70745
72497
74123
76921
79227 LSI*
 
(plus allowance of €1005 pa payable on a red-circle basis to Theatre/Night Sisters who were in posts on 5/11/99)
Clinical Instructor
65419
66478
67262
68716
70182
71766
73354
74943
76528
 
Clinical Nurse/Midwife Manager 3
72146
73573
77183
78603
80031
81478
 
Nurse/Midwife Tutor
73793
74795
75794
76798
77800
78804
79800
80805
81808
82809
Principal Nurse/Midwife Tutor  
77392
78852
80184
84351
85808
85861
87564
89888
 
Specialist Co-Ordinator
Nursing/Midwifery
73793
74795
75794
76798
77800
78804
79800
80805
81808
82809
     
Public Health Nurse
 
62699
63737
64615
66048
67633
69189
70745
72497
74123
76921
79227 LSI*
(plus allowance of €2011 pa payable on a red-circle basis to staff who were in posts on 5/11/99)
Asst. Dir. of Public Health Nursing 
72151
76116
77744
79246
80762
82836
 
 
 
 
Dir. of Public Health Nursing 
94722
97592
100474
103473
106230
109109
 
 
 
 
Advanced Nurse/Midwife Practitioner 
72843
74255
75615
79793
81109
82637
84066
85485
89894
 
Advanced Nurse/Midwife Practitioner Candidate
72146
73573
77183
78603
80031
81478
 
 
 
 
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)
72843
74255
75615
79793
81109
82637
84066
85485
89894
 
Area Director- Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Dev Unit 
102222
105380
108503
111182
114170
117219
120224
 
 
 
Director - Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Dev Unit 
92831
95429
98293
101437
104884
108428
 
 
 
 
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 1 
 
96621
99308
101998
104677
107362
110057
112739
     
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 2 
90012
92546
95087
97618
100164
102702
105241
     
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 2A 
89292
90886
92484
94073
95672
97262
98858
 
 
 
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 3
84294
84826
86634
88497
90351
92219
94073
 
 
 
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 4  
78762
81146
83522
85907
86960
89365
91764
 
 
 
Director of Nursing/Midwifery Band 5
73682
75277
76870
78460
80052
81649
83246
 
 
 
Director, Centre of Nurse/Midwife Education 
84720
86039
88685
91357
94023
96691
99359
102140
 
 
Hospital Group Director of Nursing & Midwifery
125441
131014
136589
142163
147741
153313
 
 
   
*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 salary scale

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