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Annual Earnings

Median annual earnings were €44,816 in 2024, up 3.7% on 2023

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CSO statistical release, 29 July 2025, 11am

Please note: Employments active 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.

Median Annual Earnings

Median annual earnings rose by 3.7% from €43,221 in 2023 to €44,816 in 2024. The median annual earnings for employments among males (€48,897) were 21.0% higher than among females (€40,424). However, employments among females recorded a larger percentage change (22.3%) over the five-year period from 2019 to 2024 compared with their male counterparts (20.7%).

In a similar trend to 2023, median annual earnings were highest in the Information & Communication (€80,147), Financial, Insurance & Real Estate (€59,023), and Public Administration & Defence (€56,745) sectors in 2024, while the lowest median annual earnings were recorded among employments in Accommodation & Food Services (€26,000) and Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Other Services (€28,497).

Median annual earnings increased across all economic sectors since 2023. Economic sectors with the lowest median annual earnings recorded the largest percentage increase in the year to 2024; Accommodation & Food Services and Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Other Services, both 6.3%. In contrast, employments in the Education sector recorded an increase of 2.7% in median annual earnings.

X-axis label	Male	Female
2016	37328	30507
2017	37960	31153
2018	39279	32014
2019	40517	33056
2020	44105	37462
2021	44892	37894
2022	45537	37782
2023	47187	39039
2024	48897	40424

Table 7.1 Mean and median annual earnings by sex, 2019 - 2024

Table 7.2 Mean annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status, and sex, 2022 - 2024

Table 7.2 Mean annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status, and sex, 2022 - 2024
Economic sector		Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
		2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2023	2024
		€			€			€			%
B-E	Industry	61,062	62,134	65,077	52,611	54,191	57,291	58,663	59,839	62,791	2.0	4.9
F	Construction	48,306	50,694	53,651	32,832	34,167	36,521	46,252	48,357	51,065	4.6	5.6
G	Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles	46,363	48,031	49,607	32,032	33,186	34,746	39,585	40,945	42,454	3.4	3.7
H	Transportation & storage	49,525	50,126	53,027	41,753	41,353	44,040	47,836	48,105	50,909	0.6	5.8
I	Accommodation & food services	29,474	29,842	30,769	23,161	23,443	24,602	26,276	26,562	27,639	1.1	4.1
J	Information & communication	94,802	100,192	109,035	78,996	83,950	90,423	89,173	94,366	102,445	5.8	8.6
K-L	Financial, insurance & real estate	87,072	88,925	92,095	58,645	60,649	63,399	72,528	74,319	77,313	2.5	4.0
M	Professional, scientific & technical activities	71,550	74,607	78,153	51,624	54,220	57,001	61,836	64,694	67,848	4.6	4.9
N	Administrative & support services	50,292	52,841	55,213	38,365	39,498	41,013	45,219	47,054	48,931	4.1	4.0
O	Public administration & defence	60,649	63,810	66,481	52,764	55,113	57,413	57,283	60,045	62,620	4.8	4.3
P	Education	61,725	63,588	66,108	51,855	53,430	55,099	54,572	56,210	58,056	3.0	3.3
Q	Human health & social work	51,831	55,827	58,460	42,957	45,500	47,945	45,042	47,918	50,438	6.4	5.3
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation & other service activities	40,171	41,001	43,421	28,052	28,841	30,656	32,990	33,755	35,904	2.3	6.4
Total		58,612	60,816	63,520	45,151	46,915	49,022	52,053	53,995	56,356	3.7	4.4
Of which:
	Public sector¹	64,334	66,794	69,588	53,266	55,615	57,887	57,456	59,861	62,294	4.2	4.1
	Private sector	57,248	59,486	62,160	41,106	43,033	45,034	50,147	52,101	54,419	3.9	4.4
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 7.3 Median annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status, and sex, 2022 - 2024

Table 7.3 Median¹ annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status, and sex, 2022 - 2024
Economic sector		Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
		2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2023	2024
		€			€			€			%
B-E	Industry	48,620	49,814	52,005	41,726	43,066	44,996	46,600	47,808	50,000	2.6	4.6
F	Construction	42,669	44,500	46,693	29,112	30,347	32,045	41,003	42,643	44,676	4.0	4.8
G	Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles	35,635	37,058	38,240	25,256	26,336	27,720	30,660	31,752	32,902	3.6	3.6
H	Transportation & storage	42,780	43,159	45,540	37,000	36,640	38,225	41,451	41,609	43,823	0.4	5.3
I	Accommodation & food services	27,161	27,497	28,822	21,446	21,701	23,045	24,099	24,464	26,000	1.5	6.3
J	Information & communication	76,775	81,891	86,388	61,884	65,443	69,156	71,494	76,002	80,147	6.3	5.5
K-L	Financial, insurance & real estate	66,572	68,563	71,278	47,001	48,423	50,521	54,999	56,582	59,023	2.9	4.3
M	Professional, scientific & technical activities	54,339	57,800	60,383	40,000	42,283	44,584	46,674	49,533	51,750	6.1	4.5
N	Administrative & support services	37,171	38,848	40,442	29,541	30,390	31,688	34,377	35,666	37,125	3.7	4.1
O	Public administration & defence	55,186	57,937	60,010	48,840	50,872	52,467	52,459	54,760	56,745	4.4	3.6
P	Education	59,294	61,163	63,705	48,555	49,835	50,745	51,692	53,005	54,413	2.5	2.7
Q	Human health & social work	42,322	45,131	46,965	39,829	41,927	44,001	40,285	42,599	44,622	5.7	4.7
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation & other service activities	30,893	32,322	33,400	23,174	23,873	25,693	25,915	26,811	28,497	3.5	6.3
Total		45,537	47,187	48,897	37,782	39,039	40,424	41,823	43,221	44,816	3.3	3.7
Of which:
	Public sector²	57,069	59,388	61,484	49,509	51,699	53,471	52,288	54,513	56,501	4.3	3.6
	Private sector	42,200	43,938	45,392	31,259	32,891	34,195	37,286	38,866	40,200	4.2	3.4
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹Median annual earnings: Half of the employments 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 7.4 Mean annual earnings by age group and sex, 2022 - 2024

Table 7.5 Median annual earnings by age group and sex, 2022 - 2024

Table 7.6 Mean annual earnings by county and sex, 2022 - 2024

Table 7.6 Mean annual earnings by county and sex, 2022 - 2024
County¹	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
	2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2023	2024
	€			€			€			%
Carlow	48,548	49,696	52,848	38,901	40,242	42,393	44,000	45,276	47,834	2.9	5.7
Cavan	47,515	49,426	52,345	38,613	40,150	41,882	43,183	44,893	47,173	4.0	5.1
Clare	54,410	56,334	59,411	42,665	43,903	46,474	48,576	50,089	52,879	3.1	5.6
Cork	60,075	62,451	65,902	43,951	45,657	48,295	52,284	54,266	57,273	3.8	5.5
Donegal	41,474	43,501	46,326	36,931	38,276	40,773	39,156	40,803	43,445	4.2	6.5
Dublin	68,913	71,440	74,687	52,185	54,281	56,584	60,804	63,048	65,822	3.7	4.4
Galway	53,684	56,102	59,233	43,868	45,456	47,906	48,765	50,739	53,497	4.0	5.4
Kerry	47,226	48,788	51,251	38,244	39,404	41,316	42,674	44,024	46,139	3.2	4.8
Kildare	63,990	66,119	69,086	46,811	48,415	50,509	55,861	57,652	60,121	3.2	4.3
Kilkenny	51,663	54,151	56,522	41,541	43,048	45,518	46,510	48,497	50,886	4.3	4.9
Laois	51,801	54,041	56,272	40,977	42,520	44,331	46,563	48,368	50,339	3.9	4.1
Leitrim	45,628	48,285	50,483	40,357	41,776	44,285	42,924	44,897	47,235	4.6	5.2
Limerick	55,317	57,471	60,561	42,759	44,579	47,131	49,272	51,258	54,051	4.0	5.4
Longford	44,757	47,014	48,522	37,920	39,693	41,604	41,418	43,377	45,056	4.7	3.9
Louth	50,945	53,111	55,443	40,447	41,661	43,547	45,905	47,528	49,652	3.5	4.5
Mayo	47,428	49,308	52,260	39,571	40,871	43,111	43,480	45,033	47,575	3.6	5.6
Meath	60,747	62,287	64,924	44,586	46,383	48,113	53,018	54,573	56,669	2.9	3.8
Monaghan	42,953	44,726	47,550	36,939	38,364	40,498	40,024	41,582	44,045	3.9	5.9
Offaly	48,442	50,624	52,877	39,376	41,175	43,219	44,108	46,018	48,121	4.3	4.6
Roscommon	48,550	50,260	53,048	41,124	42,317	44,722	44,833	46,283	48,826	3.2	5.5
Sligo	49,222	51,007	53,785	42,206	43,773	46,220	45,599	47,265	49,875	3.7	5.5
Tipperary	49,534	51,797	54,604	39,821	41,482	43,816	44,678	46,603	49,115	4.3	5.4
Waterford	52,197	54,117	56,665	40,126	41,917	44,093	46,308	48,114	50,441	3.9	4.8
Westmeath	51,630	53,834	56,571	41,641	43,202	45,177	46,782	48,687	50,960	4.1	4.7
Wexford	47,315	49,374	51,735	38,338	39,708	41,749	42,906	44,582	46,746	3.9	4.9
Wicklow	64,176	66,674	68,941	46,203	48,175	50,602	55,361	57,540	59,827	3.9	4.0
Total²	58,612	60,816	63,520	45,151	46,915	49,022	52,053	53,995	56,356	3.7	4.4
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹County of residence is based primarily on CSO's frontier series 'Irish Population Estimates from Administrative Data Sources' (IPEADS 2023) and Census of Population (COP 2022).
²Total includes Northern Ireland counties not listed above and employments where a county of residence could not be determined.

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Table 7.7 Median annual earnings by county and sex, 2022 - 2024

Table 7.7 Median¹ annual earnings by county and sex, 2022 - 2024
County²	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
	2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2023	2024
	€			€			€			%
Carlow	40,750	41,855	44,142	33,336	34,055	35,626	37,802	38,556	40,363	2.0	4.7
Cavan	40,121	41,265	43,939	33,883	34,857	36,400	37,224	38,514	40,596	3.5	5.4
Clare	43,734	45,769	47,880	37,210	37,917	39,809	40,654	41,942	44,081	3.2	5.1
Cork	48,135	50,143	52,359	37,269	38,696	40,427	42,763	44,348	46,416	3.7	4.7
Donegal	34,688	36,400	38,425	32,059	33,370	35,363	33,523	35,010	36,967	4.4	5.6
Dublin	50,782	52,683	54,238	41,585	43,225	44,327	46,136	47,873	49,224	3.8	2.8
Galway	43,349	44,986	46,676	38,362	39,433	41,083	40,973	42,279	43,995	3.2	4.1
Kerry	39,590	40,625	42,550	32,880	33,469	35,235	36,305	37,151	38,906	2.3	4.7
Kildare	50,625	52,822	54,689	39,666	40,793	42,203	45,173	46,819	48,431	3.6	3.4
Kilkenny	42,794	44,313	46,316	36,942	38,071	40,000	40,015	41,392	43,132	3.4	4.2
Laois	43,467	45,353	47,198	36,000	37,237	38,679	40,294	41,687	43,230	3.5	3.7
Leitrim	38,841	40,642	42,767	36,332	37,228	39,159	37,704	39,000	41,162	3.4	5.5
Limerick	44,308	46,215	48,349	36,876	38,498	40,221	40,719	42,445	44,498	4.2	4.8
Longford	38,036	39,772	41,008	33,493	34,797	36,229	36,178	37,611	38,857	4.0	3.3
Louth	41,925	43,618	45,237	34,918	35,834	37,028	38,682	40,038	41,449	3.5	3.5
Mayo	40,142	41,206	43,414	35,141	35,725	37,520	37,748	38,625	40,657	2.3	5.3
Meath	48,942	50,310	51,676	38,001	39,390	40,485	43,557	44,902	46,272	3.1	3.1
Monaghan	36,401	37,983	40,089	32,083	33,167	34,814	34,707	35,894	37,867	3.4	5.5
Offaly	41,083	42,933	44,563	34,473	35,792	37,451	38,234	40,000	41,464	4.6	3.7
Roscommon	40,939	41,972	44,209	36,447	37,133	39,339	39,048	40,034	42,150	2.5	5.3
Sligo	40,800	41,864	44,065	37,909	39,150	40,911	39,443	40,557	42,468	2.8	4.7
Tipperary	40,720	42,236	44,473	34,630	35,677	37,760	37,960	39,275	41,338	3.5	5.3
Waterford	43,740	44,967	46,934	34,704	35,725	37,560	39,437	40,680	42,460	3.2	4.4
Westmeath	43,052	44,833	46,708	36,235	37,125	38,823	40,076	41,659	43,072	4.0	3.4
Wexford	39,302	40,632	42,414	32,922	34,104	35,592	36,467	37,769	39,409	3.6	4.3
Wicklow	48,696	50,466	51,896	37,958	39,558	41,329	43,140	44,750	46,527	3.7	4.0
Total³	45,537	47,187	48,897	37,782	39,039	40,424	41,823	43,221	44,816	3.3	3.7
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹Median annual earnings: Half of the employments earn more than this amount and half earn less.
²County of residence is based primarily on CSO's frontier series 'Irish Population Estimates from Administrative Data Sources' (IPEADS 2023) and Census of Population (COP 2022).
³Total includes Northern Ireland counties not listed above and employments where a county of residence could not be determined.

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Table 7.4 Mean annual earnings by age group and sex, 2022 - 2024
Age group	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
	2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2023	2024
	€			€			€			%
15-24	24,643	25,372	26,281	21,441	22,081	23,041	23,062	23,718	24,626	2.8	3.8
25-29	43,491	45,316	46,310	39,551	41,032	41,769	41,587	43,250	44,106	4.0	2.0
30-39	57,733	60,648	63,590	47,979	50,254	52,548	53,106	55,688	58,300	4.9	4.7
40-49	67,175	69,793	73,034	51,089	52,978	55,666	59,271	61,428	64,341	3.6	4.7
50-59	67,392	70,036	73,312	47,102	49,535	52,240	57,286	59,786	62,707	4.4	4.9
60 and over	51,044	53,437	55,985	35,304	36,869	38,669	43,454	45,438	47,534	4.6	4.6
Total	58,612	60,816	63,520	45,151	46,915	49,022	52,053	53,995	56,356	3.7	4.4
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources

Table 7.5 Median¹ annual earnings by age group and sex, 2022 - 2024
Age group	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
	2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2022	2023	2024	2023	2024
	€			€			€			%
15-24	22,845	23,658	25,313	19,737	20,382	21,502	21,248	22,154	23,425	4.3	5.7
25-29	38,620	39,852	40,739	36,747	37,771	38,441	37,800	38,910	39,707	2.9	2.0
30-39	47,603	49,908	51,818	42,350	44,133	45,911	45,227	47,259	49,165	4.5	4.0
40-49	52,362	54,464	56,446	42,297	43,792	45,551	47,296	49,035	50,854	3.7	3.7
50-59	50,286	52,300	54,633	38,351	40,075	42,003	43,668	45,564	47,793	4.3	4.9
60 and over	39,813	41,252	42,726	29,459	30,645	31,895	34,894	36,239	37,607	3.9	3.8
Total	45,537	47,187	48,897	37,782	39,039	40,424	41,823	43,221	44,816	3.3	3.7
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹Median annual earnings: Half of the employments earn more than this amount and half earn less.

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Table 7.1 Mean and median¹ annual earnings by sex, 2019 - 2024
		2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Annual Change (2023 - 2024)	Five Year Change (2019 - 2024)
		€						%
Male	Mean	51,630	56,171	57,348	58,612	60,816	63,520	4.4	23.0
	Median	40,517	44,105	44,892	45,537	47,187	48,897	3.6	20.7

Female	Mean	38,862	43,693	44,433	45,151	46,915	49,022	4.5	26.1
	Median	33,056	37,462	37,894	37,782	39,039	40,424	3.5	22.3

Total	Mean	45,375	50,076	51,068	52,053	53,995	56,356	4.4	24.2
	Median	37,001	40,579	41,222	41,823	43,221	44,816	3.7	21.1
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹Median annual earnings: Half of the employments earn more than this amount and half earn less.