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Annual Earnings

Median annual earnings were €41,823 in 2022

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CSO statistical publication, 10 October 2023, 11am

Impact of COVID-19 on Earnings Statistics

The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions applied in response to it had a significant impact on the labour market between 2020 and 2022. Earnings statistics for those years and comparisons with earlier years are impacted by changes in the composition of the labour market during this period and when compared with 2019 and earlier years. The level of earnings has also been impacted by the COVID-19 income support schemes in place since 2020.

Please note: Employees who worked for less than 50 weeks in the reference year are excluded from the calculations for annual earnings. This is done to improve comparability of the data over time. Typically, the proportion of employments retained for annual earnings analysis is relatively consistent at both the total economy and economic sector level. However due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market, the proportion of employments retained for annual earnings analysis differs from previous years, specifically for those sectors most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For further information on the impact of COVID-19 on the labour market and on earnings statistics please see: Change in Employment and Earnings Statistics.

Median Annual Earnings

Median annual earnings were highest in the Information & Communication sector at €71,494 in 2022, with median earnings for males in this sector at €76,775 and females at €61,884. The lowest median annual earnings were in the Accommodation & Food Services sector at €24,099 where median annual earnings were €27,161 for males and €21,446 for females.

Mean annual earnings were also highest in the Information & Communication sector in 2022 at €89,173, an increase of 4.5% from €85,336 in 2021 and an increase of 15.8% from €77,003 in 2020. The largest two-year decrease in mean annual earnings was in the Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Other Services sector, which saw a decrease of 7.1% between 2020 and 2022 from €35,496 to €32,990. The lowest mean annual earnings in 2022 were recorded in the Accommodation & Food Services sector at €26,276 (See Tables 8.1 to 8.7 and Figure 8.1).

X-axis label	Male	Female
2014	36999	29857
2015	37038	30272
2016	37328	30507
2017	37960	31153
2018	39279	32014
2019	40517	33056
2020	44105	37462
2021	44892	37894
2022	45537	37782

Table 8.1 Mean and median annual earnings by sex, 2017-2022

Table 8.2 Mean annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status and sex, 2020-2022

Table 8.2 Mean annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status and sex, 2020-2022
Economic sector		Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
Economic sector		2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2021	2022
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	%
B-E	Industry	58,297	59,574	61,062	49,884	51,395	52,611	55,955	57,299	58,663	2.4	2.4
F	Construction	49,142	49,684	48,306	33,282	33,592	32,832	46,904	47,504	46,252	1.3	-2.6
G	Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles	44,338	45,232	46,363	31,319	31,908	32,032	38,311	39,167	39,585	2.2	1.1
H	Transportation & storage	46,368	46,389	49,525	37,232	38,061	41,753	44,339	44,621	47,836	0.6	7.2
I	Accommodation & food services	29,647	29,420	29,474	24,369	24,036	23,161	27,235	26,872	26,276	-1.3	-2.2
J	Information & communication	81,532	90,488	94,802	68,370	75,596	78,996	77,003	85,336	89,173	10.8	4.5
K-L	Financial, insurance & real estate	78,591	82,193	87,072	54,180	56,284	58,645	66,217	69,000	72,528	4.2	5.1
M	Professional, scientific & technical activities	66,064	69,361	71,550	47,862	49,696	51,624	57,267	59,868	61,836	4.5	3.3
N	Administrative & support services	46,001	47,536	50,292	35,407	36,594	38,365	41,562	42,913	45,219	3.3	5.4
O	Public administration & defence	56,506	57,564	60,649	47,959	49,623	52,764	52,874	54,168	57,283	2.4	5.8
P	Education	58,348	58,860	61,725	49,139	49,487	51,855	51,644	52,028	54,572	0.7	4.9
Q	Human health & social work	49,790	49,066	51,831	40,754	41,011	42,957	42,881	42,915	45,042	0.1	5.0
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation & other service activities	40,425	41,383	40,171	31,039	31,161	28,052	35,496	35,915	32,990	1.2	-8.1
Total		56,171	57,348	58,612	43,693	44,433	45,151	50,076	51,068	52,053	2.0	1.9
Of which:
	Public sector¹	61,178	61,384	64,334	50,281	51,081	53,266	54,479	55,019	57,456	1.0	4.4
	Private sector	54,810	56,288	57,248	40,029	40,770	41,106	48,331	49,535	50,147	2.5	1.2
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹Public sector including semi-state companies. See Background Notes for further information.

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Table 8.3 Median annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status and sex, 2020-2022

Table 8.3 Median¹ annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status and sex, 2020-2022
Economic sector		Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
Economic sector		2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2021	2022
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	%
B-E	Industry	46,437	47,646	48,620	40,199	41,300	41,726	44,584	45,804	46,600	2.7	1.7
F	Construction	42,353	43,600	42,669	29,583	30,275	29,113	40,601	41,760	41,003	2.9	-1.8
G	Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles	33,632	34,804	35,635	24,702	25,385	25,256	29,539	30,476	30,660	3.2	0.6
H	Transportation & storage	41,597	41,666	42,780	32,045	33,383	37,000	39,548	39,972	41,451	1.1	3.7
I	Accommodation & food services	26,252	26,224	27,161	22,228	21,556	21,446	24,298	23,795	24,099	-2.1	1.3
J	Information & communication	66,436	71,271	76,775	52,725	56,012	61,884	61,632	66,082	71,494	7.2	8.2
K-L	Financial, insurance & real estate	59,941	63,000	66,572	43,833	45,420	47,001	50,305	52,350	54,999	4.1	5.1
M	Professional, scientific & technical activities	50,000	52,805	54,339	37,547	38,902	40,000	43,311	45,394	46,674	4.8	2.8
N	Administrative & support services	33,621	34,845	37,171	28,092	28,519	29,541	31,594	32,618	34,377	3.2	5.4
O	Public administration & defence	51,166	52,427	55,186	44,503	46,023	48,840	48,212	49,507	52,459	2.7	6.0
P	Education	56,278	56,517	59,294	45,963	46,304	48,555	48,664	48,791	51,692	0.3	5.9
Q	Human health & social work	39,885	40,003	42,322	37,730	38,087	39,829	38,213	38,517	40,285	0.8	4.6
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation & other service activities	30,808	31,596	30,893	26,444	26,041	23,174	28,493	28,568	25,915	0.3	-9.3
Total		44,105	44,892	45,537	37,462	37,894	37,782	40,579	41,222	41,823	1.6	1.5
Of which:
	Public sector²	53,835	54,363	57,069	46,576	47,263	49,509	49,285	49,931	52,288	1.3	4.7
	Private sector	40,698	41,670	42,200	31,292	31,452	31,259	36,276	37,010	37,286	2.0	0.7
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹Median annual earnings: Half of the employees earn more than this amount and half earn less.
²Public sector including semi-state companies. See Background Notes for further information.

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Table 8.4 Mean annual earnings by age group and sex, 2020-2022

Table 8.5 Median annual earnings by age group and sex, 2020-2022

Table 8.6 Mean annual earnings by county and sex, 2020-2022

Table 8.6 Mean annual earnings by county and sex, 2020-2022
County¹	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
County¹	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2021	2022
	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	%
Carlow	45,932	46,986	48,548	38,366	38,224	38,901	42,260	42,861	44,000	1.4	2.7
Cavan	46,413	46,876	47,515	38,554	38,755	38,613	42,562	42,942	43,183	0.9	0.6
Clare	52,904	53,429	54,410	41,048	41,824	42,665	46,904	47,600	48,576	1.5	2.1
Cork	57,602	58,776	60,075	42,717	43,163	43,951	50,519	51,316	52,284	1.6	1.9
Donegal	42,025	41,299	41,474	37,385	37,363	36,931	39,573	39,288	39,156	-0.7	-0.3
Dublin	64,734	67,406	68,913	49,461	51,151	52,185	57,366	59,548	60,804	3.8	2.1
Galway	51,388	52,473	53,684	42,392	42,847	43,868	46,842	47,618	48,765	1.7	2.4
Kerry	46,924	47,030	47,226	37,972	38,226	38,244	42,368	42,572	42,674	0.5	0.2
Kildare	59,620	61,528	63,990	44,555	45,437	46,811	52,499	53,924	55,861	2.7	3.6
Kilkenny	49,689	51,080	51,663	40,998	41,433	41,541	45,222	46,180	46,510	2.1	0.7
Laois	50,268	50,884	51,801	40,488	40,593	40,977	45,476	45,882	46,563	0.9	1.5
Leitrim	45,520	45,362	45,628	39,114	39,447	40,357	42,145	42,322	42,924	0.4	1.4
Limerick	53,103	53,999	55,317	41,265	41,715	42,759	47,457	48,158	49,272	1.5	2.3
Longford	42,553	43,593	44,757	36,398	37,990	37,920	39,493	40,884	41,418	3.5	1.3
Louth	49,391	49,875	50,945	39,633	39,772	40,447	44,714	45,057	45,905	0.8	1.9
Mayo	46,114	46,540	47,428	39,230	39,424	39,571	42,619	42,954	43,480	0.8	1.2
Meath	57,711	58,831	60,747	42,783	43,854	44,586	50,452	51,615	53,018	2.3	2.7
Monaghan	40,923	42,404	42,953	37,041	37,286	36,939	39,005	39,904	40,024	2.3	0.3
Offaly	47,051	47,473	48,442	39,185	39,260	39,376	43,238	43,564	44,108	0.8	1.2
Roscommon	46,967	47,494	48,550	39,815	40,280	41,124	43,315	43,858	44,833	1.3	2.2
Sligo	48,161	48,011	49,222	41,586	41,621	42,206	44,725	44,756	45,599	0.1	1.9
Tipperary	48,465	48,511	49,534	39,491	39,339	39,821	43,891	43,952	44,678	0.1	1.7
Waterford	50,272	50,806	52,197	39,515	39,683	40,126	45,019	45,460	46,308	1.0	1.9
Westmeath	49,901	50,403	51,630	40,506	41,113	41,641	45,330	45,969	46,782	1.4	1.8
Wexford	45,342	46,234	47,315	37,763	38,062	38,338	41,519	42,173	42,906	1.6	1.7
Wicklow	59,704	60,972	64,176	43,984	44,864	46,203	52,025	53,046	55,361	2.0	4.4
Total²	56,171	57,348	58,612	43,693	44,433	45,151	50,076	51,068	52,053	2.0	1.9
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹County of residence is based on CSO's frontier series 'Irish Population Estimates from Administrative Data Sources'.
²Total includes Northern Ireland counties not listed above and employments where a county of residence could not be determined.

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Table 8.7 Median annual earnings by county and sex, 2020-2022

Table 8.7 Median¹ annual earnings by county and sex, 2020-2022
County²	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
County²	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2021	2022
	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	%
Carlow	38,787	40,133	40,750	34,040	33,534	33,336	36,636	37,552	37,802	2.5	0.7
Cavan	39,038	39,788	40,121	34,748	34,739	33,883	37,001	37,497	37,224	1.3	-0.7
Clare	42,775	43,474	43,734	36,509	37,083	37,210	39,692	40,299	40,654	1.5	0.9
Cork	46,287	47,102	48,135	36,812	37,133	37,269	41,442	42,000	42,763	1.3	1.8
Donegal	35,480	34,947	34,688	34,300	33,790	32,059	34,895	34,359	33,523	-1.5	-2.4
Dublin	48,599	49,966	50,782	40,055	40,943	41,585	44,327	45,386	46,136	2.4	1.7
Galway	41,766	42,644	43,349	37,877	38,115	38,362	39,769	40,365	40,973	1.5	1.5
Kerry	39,560	40,055	39,590	33,488	33,717	32,880	36,569	37,053	36,305	1.3	-2.0
Kildare	47,420	49,093	50,625	38,360	39,016	39,666	42,724	43,971	45,173	2.9	2.7
Kilkenny	41,288	42,598	42,794	37,298	37,746	36,942	39,212	40,083	40,015	2.2	-0.2
Laois	41,752	42,775	43,467	37,004	36,898	36,000	39,544	40,022	40,294	1.2	0.7
Leitrim	39,274	39,143	38,841	36,498	36,674	36,332	37,956	37,866	37,704	-0.2	-0.4
Limerick	43,381	43,859	44,308	36,403	36,617	36,876	39,811	40,307	40,719	1.2	1.0
Longford	35,674	36,999	38,036	32,356	33,971	33,493	34,325	35,626	36,178	3.8	1.5
Louth	40,977	41,472	41,925	35,027	35,004	34,918	38,121	38,571	38,682	1.2	0.3
Mayo	39,425	40,010	40,142	35,858	35,895	35,141	37,625	38,051	37,748	1.1	-0.8
Meath	46,563	47,577	48,942	37,033	37,930	38,001	41,636	42,635	43,557	2.4	2.2
Monaghan	34,532	36,332	36,401	32,734	33,203	32,083	33,800	35,171	34,707	4.1	-1.3
Offaly	39,633	40,417	41,083	35,106	35,000	34,473	37,664	38,155	38,234	1.3	0.2
Roscommon	40,123	40,632	40,939	36,372	37,017	36,447	38,352	38,948	39,048	1.6	0.3
Sligo	40,273	39,864	40,800	38,262	37,706	37,909	39,043	38,856	39,443	-0.5	1.5
Tipperary	40,134	40,309	40,720	35,078	35,000	34,630	37,620	37,851	37,960	0.6	0.3
Waterford	41,362	42,605	43,740	35,000	35,056	34,704	38,280	39,103	39,437	2.1	0.9
Westmeath	41,527	41,809	43,052	36,096	36,439	36,235	39,010	39,567	40,076	1.4	1.3
Wexford	37,643	39,014	39,302	33,326	33,752	32,922	35,585	36,536	36,467	2.7	-0.2
Wicklow	46,200	47,174	48,696	37,500	37,949	37,958	41,423	42,191	43,140	1.9	2.2
Total³	44,105	44,892	45,537	37,462	37,894	37,782	40,579	41,222	41,823	1.6	1.5
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹Median annual earnings: Half of the employees earn more than this amount and half earn less.
²County of residence is based on CSO's frontier series 'Irish Population Estimates from Administrative Data Sources'.
³Total includes Northern Ireland counties not listed above and employments where a county of residence could not be determined.

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Table 8.4 Mean annual earnings by age group and sex, 2020-2022
Age group	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
Age group	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2021	2022
	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	%
15-24	24,629	24,971	24,643	22,133	22,207	21,441	23,414	23,645	23,062	1.0	-2.5
25-29	40,670	42,370	43,491	37,720	38,810	39,551	39,233	40,638	41,587	3.6	2.3
30-39	54,121	55,941	57,733	45,889	46,848	47,979	50,195	51,634	53,106	2.9	2.9
40-49	64,724	65,647	67,175	49,055	49,806	51,089	57,059	57,901	59,271	1.5	2.4
50-59	64,662	65,283	67,392	45,057	45,794	47,102	54,786	55,550	57,286	1.4	3.1
60 and over	50,443	50,005	51,044	34,943	34,958	35,304	42,888	42,711	43,454	-0.4	1.7
Total	56,171	57,348	58,612	43,693	44,433	45,151	50,076	51,068	52,053	2.0	1.9
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources

Table 8.5 Median¹ annual earnings by age group and sex, 2020-2022
Age group	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
Age group	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2021	2022
	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	%
15-24	23,300	23,532	22,845	20,665	20,657	19,737	22,009	22,130	21,248	0.5	-4.0
25-29	36,160	37,756	38,620	35,221	36,317	36,747	35,743	37,108	37,800	3.8	1.9
30-39	45,018	46,036	47,603	41,081	41,529	42,350	43,227	44,015	45,227	1.8	2.8
40-49	51,233	51,596	52,362	41,084	41,512	42,297	46,070	46,573	47,296	1.1	1.6
50-59	49,310	49,582	50,286	37,651	38,049	38,351	42,528	42,985	43,668	1.1	1.6
60 and over	39,805	39,414	39,813	29,875	29,954	29,459	34,724	34,651	34,894	-0.2	0.7
Total	44,105	44,892	45,537	37,462	37,894	37,782	40,579	41,222	41,823	1.6	1.5
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹Median annual earnings: Half of the employees earn more than this amount and half earn less.

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Table 8.1 Mean and median¹ annual earnings by sex, 2017-2022
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Annual Change (2021-2022)	Five Year Change (2017-2022)
		€	€	€	€	€	€	%	%
Male	Mean	48,214	49,931	51,630	56,171	57,348	58,612	2.2	21.6
	Median	37,960	39,279	40,517	44,105	44,892	45,537	1.4	20.0

Female	Mean	36,288	37,520	38,862	43,693	44,433	45,151	1.6	24.4
	Median	31,153	32,014	33,056	37,462	37,894	37,782	-0.3	21.3

Total	Mean	42,330	43,830	45,375	50,076	51,068	52,053	1.9	23.0
	Median	34,658	35,786	37,001	40,579	41,222	41,823	1.5	20.7
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹Median annual earnings: Half of the employees earn more than this amount and half earn less.