Aircraft Leasing in Ireland 2025

Employment and Earnings

Persons employed in the industry have increased by 6.2% between 2019 and 2025, while total earnings have increased by 44.6%. While total earnings generally increased during the period, a drop in earnings took place in 2022 and 2023 – with an annual change of -3.3% and -2.5% respectively – while persons employed increased by 4.6% in 2022 and 2.2% in 2023. This was driven by a number of high-income earners leaving the industry and a larger number of lower-income earners joining.

Full-time equivalent employees¹ have increased from 2,468 in 2019 to 2,704 in 2025. The mean annual earnings per person engaged in the industry has gone from €183k in 2019 to €249k in 2025. Meanwhile, the median weekly pay has increased from €1,745 in 2019 to €2,434 in 2025. 

Employment and Earnings (by Gender)

Female participation in the industry has averaged 39% since 2019. The average age attained (at year end) for females has risen from 38 in 2019 to 40 in 2025. Similarly, the average age attained of males has risen from 39 to 42 over the period. Mean annual earnings per female employed in the industry has increased 38.8% since 2019, growing from €107k to €148k. During the same period, mean annual earnings per male employed in the industry has risen 35.8% from €231k to €313k.

Footnotes

¹Not all surveyed employees had completed 52 weeks work for a particular year. Due to the inability to distinguish between salary, overtime and bonus, it was deemed inaccurate to annualise these salaries. Instead, the number of full-time equivalents was calculated for the year. See Background Notes for more.