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Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources 2024

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Dublin recorded the highest median weekly earnings in 2024 at €821.42, while the largest annual increase was recorded in Donegal at 6.5%

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CSO statistical release, 29 July 2025, 11am

Earnings by County

Median weekly earnings were highest in Dublin at €821.42 in 2024, a 3.5% increase from €793.71 in 2023. Weekly earnings in Dublin were 12.4% higher than the State (€730.89), and 36.1% higher than Donegal which, at €603.67, had the lowest median weekly earnings of all counties.

The highest median weekly earnings for both males and females were recorded in counties Dublin (males: €904.71, females: €736.09) and Kildare (males: €900.35, females: €692.28). Employments in Cork recorded the third highest median weekly earnings among males (€871.35) in 2024, while employments in Galway recorded the third highest median weekly earnings among females (€670.20). The disparity in median weekly earnings recorded for employments among males and females varied by county. In 2024, employments among males (€735.82) in Sligo recorded weekly earnings 12.2% higher than those among females (€656.05), while in Cork median weekly earnings among males (€871.35) were 32.5% higher than their female counterparts (€657.75).

The largest increase in median weekly earnings was recorded in Donegal, where earnings rose by 6.5% from €567.04 in 2023 to €603.67 in 2024. There was also a notable annual increase in median weekly earnings in counties Monaghan (6.3%) and Sligo (6.2%). Annual increases in median weekly earnings were less pronounced in Wicklow and Meath, where weekly earnings rose by 3.3% and 3.0%, respectively.

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. Region of residence was determined through linkage with Irish Population Estimates from Administrative Data Sources (IPEADS) 2023 and Census of Population (COP) 2022.

Table 6.1 Mean weekly earnings by county and sex, 2022 - 2024

Table 6.1 Mean weekly 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	825.81	853.47	897.92	641.17	670.52	712.25	735.62	764.44	807.08	3.9	5.6
Cavan	814.28	847.24	896.50	641.69	675.57	712.05	727.56	761.70	804.18	4.7	5.6
Clare	903.90	947.09	992.71	698.10	726.87	770.57	798.16	834.04	879.04	4.5	5.4
Cork	1,005.63	1,051.85	1,111.56	726.94	762.37	811.87	866.79	906.77	961.45	4.6	6.0
Donegal	705.83	736.30	787.87	598.35	625.99	667.43	649.91	678.63	724.96	4.4	6.8
Dublin	1,152.86	1,207.18	1,268.01	871.38	919.67	968.53	1,013.76	1,063.96	1,119.48	5.0	5.2
Galway	897.88	939.86	1,002.13	726.75	756.85	814.97	810.07	845.81	905.97	4.4	7.1
Kerry	780.03	815.24	858.87	625.58	649.07	686.57	700.31	729.23	769.81	4.1	5.6
Kildare	1,065.10	1,111.21	1,178.27	775.37	812.22	858.65	923.41	964.28	1,021.74	4.4	6.0
Kilkenny	867.12	919.70	956.95	690.48	726.94	769.15	775.95	820.56	860.67	5.7	4.9
Laois	877.91	916.70	957.50	677.45	710.46	748.46	777.65	813.16	852.36	4.6	4.8
Leitrim	770.69	808.77	850.00	668.84	691.67	734.97	717.15	746.71	789.27	4.1	5.7
Limerick	930.82	971.03	1,027.23	716.26	746.05	797.14	824.79	859.84	914.06	4.2	6.3
Longford	762.81	809.00	843.10	632.77	672.50	707.48	697.84	740.67	775.31	6.1	4.7
Louth	864.08	901.56	946.50	671.96	704.51	742.52	769.31	804.16	845.93	4.5	5.2
Mayo	797.90	841.56	885.06	649.69	678.72	732.16	720.85	756.90	805.74	5.0	6.5
Meath	1,016.17	1,052.89	1,097.08	738.41	775.80	810.66	878.90	915.45	954.68	4.2	4.3
Monaghan	734.83	767.35	819.25	616.49	648.06	688.36	676.44	708.14	754.07	4.7	6.5
Offaly	829.91	866.26	916.08	652.06	686.60	726.12	741.78	776.94	821.52	4.7	5.7
Roscommon	811.84	848.58	904.34	680.82	707.38	750.66	744.86	776.45	825.59	4.2	6.3
Sligo	818.94	853.90	906.97	697.16	729.07	775.61	754.95	788.29	838.17	4.4	6.3
Tipperary	836.46	879.52	922.59	658.65	692.85	735.67	745.96	784.46	826.95	5.2	5.4
Waterford	875.62	916.80	962.14	662.26	701.31	742.43	768.69	808.40	851.94	5.2	5.4
Westmeath	876.52	919.68	975.44	688.97	719.49	764.28	782.60	819.45	870.07	4.7	6.2
Wexford	792.86	837.04	874.36	627.00	659.32	696.10	708.97	747.07	784.14	5.4	5.0
Wicklow	1,069.69	1,119.63	1,153.46	762.62	804.02	841.69	914.99	959.97	995.70	4.9	3.7
Total²	969.67	1,011.16	1,061.44	741.50	779.12	823.02	856.21	895.51	942.73	4.6	5.3
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 6.2 Median weekly earnings by county and sex, 2022 - 2024

Table 6.2 Median¹ weekly 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	701.65	719.95	750.07	529.73	557.37	590.29	625.00	646.79	677.77	3.5	4.8
Cavan	686.84	714.86	750.92	544.38	574.54	607.59	620.97	647.57	682.62	4.3	5.4
Clare	725.42	761.00	794.79	593.50	612.76	644.46	659.86	687.03	718.22	4.1	4.5
Cork	795.88	830.85	871.35	593.38	624.49	657.75	694.96	726.74	765.64	4.6	5.4
Donegal	587.02	608.36	648.91	488.46	520.03	555.30	540.00	567.04	603.67	5.0	6.5
Dublin	835.05	874.52	904.71	672.22	709.75	736.09	757.03	793.71	821.42	4.8	3.5
Galway	719.58	746.40	783.21	610.35	633.52	670.20	666.29	690.97	728.49	3.7	5.4
Kerry	651.13	677.04	707.00	515.09	537.95	565.39	583.61	604.57	634.62	3.6	5.0
Kildare	832.29	865.83	900.35	627.24	660.92	692.28	733.52	766.19	797.73	4.5	4.1
Kilkenny	713.88	749.81	777.49	587.70	618.98	648.95	655.13	687.47	716.28	4.9	4.2
Laois	736.28	767.78	794.89	572.63	605.62	634.77	659.00	688.67	720.02	4.5	4.6
Leitrim	656.03	682.66	715.46	578.27	592.49	621.68	615.08	632.68	668.41	2.9	5.6
Limerick	739.05	771.90	811.03	599.43	625.35	661.57	672.34	700.00	740.95	4.1	5.9
Longford	653.96	688.15	716.23	541.75	571.94	608.27	602.02	634.62	663.86	5.4	4.6
Louth	703.50	732.01	766.03	558.85	583.44	615.24	636.07	664.49	696.63	4.5	4.8
Mayo	668.45	695.19	727.90	546.15	568.71	603.52	608.35	632.98	668.01	4.0	5.5
Meath	810.21	844.96	864.62	606.00	638.19	663.44	710.75	743.15	765.61	4.6	3.0
Monaghan	631.24	655.73	699.17	524.04	548.84	585.01	582.72	608.21	646.50	4.4	6.3
Offaly	702.39	735.40	767.33	550.44	580.68	611.58	635.83	663.70	694.55	4.4	4.6
Roscommon	680.72	712.64	750.81	576.92	599.63	637.31	630.70	658.04	697.12	4.3	5.9
Sligo	666.56	693.87	735.82	596.83	617.03	656.05	634.09	657.63	698.12	3.7	6.2
Tipperary	688.14	721.09	757.66	551.81	579.90	617.56	624.20	654.71	692.47	4.9	5.8
Waterford	714.49	746.72	781.01	541.63	576.92	609.85	632.42	661.96	697.34	4.7	5.3
Westmeath	726.71	760.00	793.01	576.14	602.39	636.92	654.69	682.46	720.84	4.2	5.6
Wexford	660.26	692.31	720.41	519.21	550.38	578.55	592.89	624.18	653.41	5.3	4.7
Wicklow	794.72	831.99	854.50	602.70	631.14	659.38	696.59	730.77	755.06	4.9	3.3
Total³	741.86	770.52	802.14	592.92	623.22	654.07	670.90	699.28	730.89	4.2	4.5
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources
¹Median weekly 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.