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Quantity Surveyor Wage

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    #32
    kkelliher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭kkelliher


    IrishLad2012 wrote: »
    I know lads who graduated last May. Just give you a rough idea of what they started on.

    1)Dublin wage is €30k a year,top 5 contractor
    2)Galway wage is €28k a year,top 5 contractor
    3)London wage is £30k a year

    This is what the 3 lads I know are getting now, they all went different routes.Sisk does a graduate program in the UK and the starting wage is £30k sterling.

    These are pretty good starting points given €45k appears to be the salary on offer to most intermediate and senior surveyors in the market at present with very few positions on offer in excess of this.


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    #33
    gtrizy
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭gtrizy


    IrishLad2012 wrote: »
    I know lads who graduated last May. Just give you a rough idea of what they started on.

    1)Dublin wage is €30k a year,top 5 contractor
    2)Galway wage is €28k a year,top 5 contractor
    3)London wage is £30k a year

    This is what the 3 lads I know are getting now, they all went different routes.Sisk does a graduate program in the UK and the starting wage is £30k sterling.


    Forgive my lack of knowledge on taxes but are those figures before or after tax? If before tax, how much will be left after the deduction?


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    #34
    IrishLad2012
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishLad2012


    gtrizy wrote: »
    Forgive my lack of knowledge on taxes but are those figures before or after tax? If before tax, how much will be left after the deduction?

    That is before tax, not sure what they would end up with after tax.


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    #35
    IrishLad2012
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishLad2012


    kkelliher wrote: »
    These are pretty good starting points given €45k appears to be the salary on offer to most intermediate and senior surveyors in the market at present with very few positions on offer in excess of this.
    Yes the wages for graduates is improving, at the moment there is a serious shortage of QS's studying. I have seen a few senior positions advertised for €50-€60k. The next thing that will have to improve is the rates :)


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    #36
    galwaytt
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    gtrizy wrote: »
    Forgive my lack of knowledge on taxes but are those figures before or after tax? If before tax, how much will be left after the deduction?

    That's down to your personal tax circumstances, but if you want a rule of thumb, you lose about 30% of gross salary in taxes.

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    #37
    kkelliher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭kkelliher


    IrishLad2012 wrote: »
    Yes the wages for graduates is improving, at the moment there is a serious shortage of QS's studying. I have seen a few senior positions advertised for €50-€60k. The next thing that will have to improve is the rates :)

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    #38
    kieran.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,174 ✭✭✭kieran.


    gtrizy wrote: »
    Forgive my lack of knowledge on taxes but are those figures before or after tax? If before tax, how much will be left after the deduction?

    Approx €2,100 net per month !


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    #39
    Golf4GolfGti
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭Golf4GolfGti


    Bump!

    How are graduate salaries looking today for QS's? Also can anyone clarify the difference between a graduate QS role and a Junior QS role and the differences in salary expectations today. I have seen these roles advertised interchangeably and with matching job descriptions. Attending the Grads summer fair in RDS. What other industries can a graduate QS typically apply for?

    Thanks in advance.


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    #40
    IrishLad2012
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishLad2012


    Golf4GolfGti wrote: »
    Bump!

    How are graduate salaries looking today for QS's? Also can anyone clarify the difference between a graduate QS role and a Junior QS role and the differences in salary expectations today. I have seen these roles advertised interchangeably and with matching job descriptions. Attending the Grads summer fair in RDS. What other industries can a graduate QS typically apply for?

    Thanks in advance.
    Its all depends on a few things, firstly from PQS's are getting paid better this year. You can expect to get between €28-30k, a contractors QS is more likely to get between €26-28k. It should probably be more than this but this is what I have being seeing the last few weeks.

    Very little difference between a Graduate and Junior, a Graduate is usually someone straight out of college where as a for the first 2 year of your career you would be considered a Junior QS.


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    #41
    Tefral
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    IrishLad2012 wrote: »
    Its all depends on a few things, firstly from PQS's are getting paid better this year. You can expect to get between €28-30k, a contractors QS is more likely to get between €26-28k. It should probably be more than this but this is what I have being seeing the last few weeks.

    Very little difference between a Graduate and Junior, a Graduate is usually someone straight out of college where as a for the first 2 year of your career you would be considered a Junior QS.

    I would say its the exact opposite. You're far more likely to get a higher wage from a contractor than a PQS office. The Fees still arent there for PQS offices yet. There appears to be a chronic shortage of Mech, Elec surveyors and also lads with 5-10 years experience. So if you are in the bracket expect more.


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    #42
    briman1983
    Registered Users Posts: 292 ✭✭briman1983


    Just giving this tread a bump...

    Whats everyone making

    Grads, Junior's, anyone who gained jobs 3 years ago care to give feedback on where they are at now.


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    #43
    jonerkinsella
    Registered Users Posts: 1,965 ✭✭✭jonerkinsella


    I'm considering doing the QS degree in WIT this year .

    I have asked people I know related to the construction industry and I have been told that QS' are very hard to get at the mo .

    Hows the wages at this time for a graduate ?

    Thanks for your time .


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    #44
    Dudda
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    jonerkinsella wrote: »
    I'm considering doing the QS degree in WIT this year .

    I have asked people I know related to the construction industry and I have been told that QS' are very hard to get at the mo .

    Hows the wages at this time for a graduate ?

    Thanks for your time .

    If you plan on studying something I'd be thinking far more about the course, career and long term rather than what I'll make the first year out of college. Things could be vastly different by the time you graduate so you have to ask questions about the career and if it's for you regardless of the money.


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    #45
    jonerkinsella
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    Dudda wrote: »
    If you plan on studying something I'd be thinking far more about the course, career and long term rather than what I'll make the first year out of college. Things could be vastly different by the time you graduate so you have to ask questions about the career and if it's for you regardless of the money.

    I did .
    I am asking what the wage expectations are .


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    #46
    gtrizy
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭gtrizy


    jonerkinsella wrote: »
    I'm considering doing the QS degree in WIT this year .

    I have asked people I know related to the construction industry and I have been told that QS' are very hard to get at the mo .

    Hows the wages at this time for a graduate ?

    Thanks for your time .

    Average starting off about 26-28k throughout the country. 30-32k in Dublin if you're lucky.


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    #47
    Tefral
    Registered Users Posts: 4,350 ✭✭✭Tefral


    Most QS' start off at 25k now, after a year of good work under your belt you'll jump to 30k.

    Average around the country is €50k in dublin you can add €10k for senior level (8-10+ years)


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    #48
    kkelliher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭kkelliher


    I'd strongly advise anyone going down this route to look at the part time option in DIT or elsewhere. More and more clients and QS practices need QS's ready to go with the qualifications and experience. Doing a course part time gives you a lot of experience whilst also getting the qualification. It is a hard slog but its worthwhile and you will come out the other end in a far greater place than those straight out of the full time course. It also gets you in the door of a workplace today and earning as who knows what way the industry will be in 3-5 years. You could very easily come out of college in 4 years time in a recession or at least very close to the next one.


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    #49
    Tefral
    Registered Users Posts: 4,350 ✭✭✭Tefral


    kkelliher wrote: »
    I'd strongly advise anyone going down this route to look at the part time option in DIT or elsewhere. More and more clients and QS practices need QS's ready to go with the qualifications and experience. Doing a course part time gives you a lot of experience whilst also getting the qualification. It is a hard slog but its worthwhile and you will come out the other end in a far greater place than those straight out of the full time course. It also gets you in the door of a workplace today and earning as who knows what way the industry will be in 3-5 years. You could very easily come out of college in 4 years time in a recession or at least very close to the next one.

    Might I even go one further and say, get in with a Mechanical or Electrical company and then do this course. M&E QS's get much more and there are so few of us you make yourself more recession proof.


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    #50
    Kevhog1988
    Registered Users Posts: 4,000 ✭✭✭Kevhog1988


    Qs wage seem to be rising massively in the past few months?


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    #51
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,140 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    theemigrant wrote: »
    Qs wage seem to be rising massively in the past few months?
    What is this question based on?


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    #52
    Kevhog1988
    Registered Users Posts: 4,000 ✭✭✭Kevhog1988


    BryanF wrote: »
    theemigrant wrote: »
    Qs wage seem to be rising massively in the past few months?
    What is this question based on?
    Apologies, I took a job a few months ago and now as i pass the 6 month stage i have noticed that others seem  to be commanding a better wage. Should an intermediate qs with 8 years experience be earning around 50k?.


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    #53
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,140 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    (Caveat: I’m not an accountant)

    50k / 1900hrs (48weeks) : ~ €26/hr before tax

    https://www.revenue.ie/en/personal-tax-credits-reliefs-and-exemptions/tax-relief-charts/index.aspx

    ~34k @ 20% = ~27k net
    ~34k- 50k = ~16k @ 40% = ~8k net + ~27k net = ~35k net (excluding USC, personal tax deviations etc)

    35k / 52 weeks = ~ €670 net per week or ~€17 per hour after tax

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    #54
    Quadrivium
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭Quadrivium


    Bumping this thread, rather than start a new one as here's a good record of going rates over the past few years.

    What are the Grad wages and bonus now in the different sectors, Civils, Residential, PQS, Contractor?

    What are the rates for chartered surveyors?



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