Majority special needs teachers covered by collective agreement

19 Apr 2024 - Special needs teachers who have 20 years of experience in their job, will earn between €5,272 and €8,196 per month. Based on the survey results, most employees are female. This is made clear in research by Mywage.org/Ireland, conducted in 2024.

Inexperienced special needs teachers earn hourly wage between €17 and €30

Workers with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between €5,452 and €8,418 per month. Workers earn between €17 and €30 per hour at the start of the career, having 1 year of work experience.

Special needs teachers mostly female

The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 49 and 70 years of age. 73% of the respondents are female, 27% are male.

On average, workers in this occupation work 36 hours per week.

32% of special needs teachers 10-20 years of work experience

In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are female. Workers who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 97% of respondents. 3% of workers in this occupation state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. Employees mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Of the participating people in this job, 1% work in a multinational organisation. 32% of people in this job have worked 10-20 years since their first job.

Among the workers, 26% reported they are satisfied with their wage. Generally, 30% of the workers in this occupation report they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their salary.

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