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.
Median weekly earnings for Dublin were €757.03 in 2022. This was 12.8% higher than the median weekly earnings for the State, at €670.90, and 40.2% higher than Donegal which, at €540.00, had the lowest median weekly earnings.
Dublin recorded the highest median weekly earnings for males in 2022, at €835.05, followed by Kildare, at €832.29. The lowest median weekly earnings for males were recorded in Donegal, at €587.02, which was 29.7% lower than the corresponding Dublin figure.
The highest median weekly earnings for females were in Dublin at €672.22, followed by Kildare at €627.24. Donegal had the lowest median weekly earnings for females at €488.46, which was 27.3% lower than the Dublin figure (See Table 7.2 and Figure 7.1).
Please note: Analysis by region (county, province, NUTS classification) presented in this chapter is based on the region of residence of the employees, not their place of work. County data is based on the CSO's frontier series Irish Population Estimates from Administrative Data Sources (IPEADS).
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