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Annual Earnings

Median annual earnings were €46,305 in 2025, up 3.3% on 2024

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CSO statistical release, 06 October 2026, 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 3.3% from €44,816 in 2024 to €46,305 in 2025. The median annual earnings for employments among males (€50,520) were 21.0% higher than among females (€41,765). In contrast to previous years, males recorded a larger percentage change (14.5%) over the five-year period from 2020 to 2025 compared with their female counterparts (11.5%).

In a similar trend to 2024, median annual earnings were highest in the Information & Communication (€83,329), Financial, Insurance & Real Estate (€62,031), and Public Administration & Defence (€58,822) sectors in 2025, while the lowest median annual earnings were recorded among employments in Accommodation & Food Services (€27,235) and Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Other Services (€29,603).

Median annual earnings increased across all economic sectors since 2024. Employments in Financial, Insurance & Real Estate and Industry recorded the largest annual increases in 2025, at 5.1% and 4.9% respectively, while employments in Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities recorded an increase of 1.0% in median annual earnings.

X-axis label	Male	Female
2017	37960	31153
2018	39279	32014
2019	40517	33056
2020	44105	37462
2021	44892	37894
2022	45537	37782
2023	47187	39039
2024	48897	40424
2025	50520	41765

Table 7.1 Mean and median annual earnings by sex, 2020 - 2025

Table 7.2 Mean annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status, and sex, 2023 - 2025

Table 7.2 Mean annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status, and sex, 2023 - 2025
Economic sector		Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
		2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2024	2025
		€			€			€			%
B-E	Industry	62,134	65,077	68,017	54,191	57,291	60,627	59,839	62,791	65,808	4.9	4.8
F	Construction	50,694	53,651	55,867	34,167	36,521	38,129	48,357	51,065	53,086	5.6	4.0
G	Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles	48,031	49,607	50,627	33,186	34,746	36,031	40,945	42,454	43,598	3.7	2.7
H	Transportation & storage	50,126	53,027	55,378	41,353	44,040	46,416	48,105	50,909	53,260	5.8	4.6
I	Accommodation & food services	29,842	30,769	31,837	23,443	24,602	25,586	26,562	27,639	28,690	4.1	3.8
J	Information & communication	100,192	109,035	111,062	83,950	90,423	93,750	94,366	102,445	104,948	8.6	2.4
K-L	Financial, insurance & real estate	88,925	92,095	95,873	60,649	63,399	67,153	74,319	77,313	81,185	4.0	5.0
M	Professional, scientific & technical activities	74,607	78,153	79,647	54,220	57,001	57,575	64,694	67,848	68,932	4.9	1.6
N	Administrative & support services	52,841	55,213	56,801	39,498	41,013	42,007	47,054	48,931	50,236	4.0	2.7
O	Public administration & defence	63,810	66,481	68,457	55,113	57,413	59,602	60,045	62,620	64,676	4.3	3.3
P	Education	63,588	66,108	68,177	53,430	55,099	56,782	56,210	58,056	59,842	3.3	3.1
Q	Human health & social work	55,827	58,460	60,622	45,500	47,945	49,628	47,918	50,438	52,248	5.3	3.6
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation & other service activities	41,001	43,421	44,332	28,841	30,656	31,931	33,755	35,904	37,013	6.4	3.1
Total		60,816	63,520	65,342	46,915	49,022	50,742	53,995	56,356	58,127	4.4	3.1
Of which:
	Public sector¹	66,794	69,588	72,855	55,615	57,887	60,460	59,861	62,294	65,112	4.1	4.5
	Private sector	59,486	62,160	63,636	43,033	45,034	46,267	52,101	54,419	55,805	4.4	2.5
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, 2023 - 2025

Table 7.3 Median¹ annual earnings by economic sector, public/private sector status, and sex, 2023 - 2025
Economic sector		Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
		2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2024	2025
		€			€			€			%
B-E	Industry	49,814	52,005	54,468	43,066	44,996	47,786	47,808	50,000	52,462	4.6	4.9
F	Construction	44,500	46,693	48,700	30,347	32,045	33,633	42,643	44,676	46,507	4.8	4.1
G	Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles	37,058	38,240	39,248	26,336	27,720	28,992	31,752	32,902	34,004	3.6	3.3
H	Transportation & storage	43,159	45,540	47,629	36,640	38,225	40,473	41,609	43,823	45,831	5.3	4.6
I	Accommodation & food services	27,497	28,822	30,066	21,701	23,045	24,113	24,464	26,000	27,235	6.3	4.8
J	Information & communication	81,891	86,388	89,196	65,443	69,156	72,271	76,002	80,147	83,329	5.5	4.0
K-L	Financial, insurance & real estate	68,563	71,278	74,496	48,423	50,521	53,478	56,582	59,023	62,031	4.3	5.1
M	Professional, scientific & technical activities	57,800	60,383	61,134	42,283	44,584	45,000	49,533	51,750	52,260	4.5	1.0
N	Administrative & support services	38,848	40,442	42,319	30,390	31,688	32,854	35,666	37,125	38,674	4.1	4.2
O	Public administration & defence	57,937	60,010	61,745	50,872	52,467	54,440	54,760	56,745	58,822	3.6	3.7
P	Education	61,163	63,705	65,699	49,835	50,745	51,929	53,005	54,413	55,693	2.7	2.4
Q	Human health & social work	45,131	46,965	48,338	41,927	44,001	45,400	42,599	44,622	46,029	4.7	3.2
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation & other service activities	32,322	33,400	34,296	23,873	25,693	26,736	26,811	28,497	29,603	6.3	3.9
Total		47,187	48,897	50,520	39,039	40,424	41,765	43,221	44,816	46,305	3.7	3.3
Of which:
	Public sector²	59,388	61,484	64,005	51,699	53,471	55,832	54,513	56,501	58,962	3.6	4.4
	Private sector	43,938	45,392	46,772	32,891	34,195	35,228	38,866	40,200	41,469	3.4	3.2
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, 2023 - 2025

Table 7.5 Median annual earnings by age group and sex, 2023 - 2025

Table 7.6 Mean annual earnings by county and sex, 2023 - 2025

Table 7.6 Mean annual earnings by county and sex, 2023 - 2025
County¹	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2024	2025
	€			€			€			%
Carlow	49,696	52,848	55,198	40,242	42,393	43,920	45,276	47,834	49,729	5.7	4.0
Cavan	49,426	52,345	53,457	40,150	41,882	42,608	44,893	47,173	48,434	5.1	2.7
Clare	56,334	59,411	61,320	43,903	46,474	48,324	50,089	52,879	54,789	5.6	3.6
Cork	62,451	65,902	68,454	45,657	48,295	50,414	54,266	57,273	59,577	5.5	4.0
Donegal	43,501	46,326	48,533	38,276	40,773	42,313	40,803	43,445	45,309	6.5	4.3
Dublin	71,440	74,687	76,150	54,281	56,584	58,119	63,048	65,822	67,241	4.4	2.2
Galway	56,102	59,233	61,480	45,456	47,906	49,977	50,739	53,497	55,666	5.4	4.1
Kerry	48,788	51,251	53,181	39,404	41,316	43,089	44,024	46,139	47,963	4.8	4.0
Kildare	66,119	69,086	71,076	48,415	50,509	52,400	57,652	60,121	61,943	4.3	3.0
Kilkenny	54,151	56,522	58,566	43,048	45,518	47,944	48,497	50,886	53,129	4.9	4.4
Laois	54,041	56,272	58,338	42,520	44,331	46,696	48,368	50,339	52,543	4.1	4.4
Leitrim	48,285	50,483	52,493	41,776	44,285	45,416	44,897	47,235	48,827	5.2	3.4
Limerick	57,471	60,561	63,061	44,579	47,131	49,098	51,258	54,051	56,239	5.4	4.0
Longford	47,014	48,522	50,786	39,693	41,604	43,532	43,377	45,056	47,151	3.9	4.6
Louth	53,111	55,443	57,055	41,661	43,547	44,424	47,528	49,652	51,074	4.5	2.9
Mayo	49,308	52,260	54,592	40,871	43,111	44,735	45,033	47,575	49,547	5.6	4.1
Meath	62,287	64,924	67,062	46,383	48,113	49,949	54,573	56,669	58,754	3.8	3.7
Monaghan	44,726	47,550	49,638	38,364	40,498	40,729	41,582	44,045	45,423	5.9	3.1
Offaly	50,624	52,877	55,571	41,175	43,219	44,954	46,018	48,121	50,340	4.6	4.6
Roscommon	50,260	53,048	55,284	42,317	44,722	46,822	46,283	48,826	51,017	5.5	4.5
Sligo	51,007	53,785	56,425	43,773	46,220	48,623	47,265	49,875	52,380	5.5	5.0
Tipperary	51,797	54,604	56,884	41,482	43,816	45,881	46,603	49,115	51,279	5.4	4.4
Waterford	54,117	56,665	59,210	41,917	44,093	46,255	48,114	50,441	52,783	4.8	4.6
Westmeath	53,834	56,571	59,233	43,202	45,177	46,875	48,687	50,960	53,133	4.7	4.3
Wexford	49,374	51,735	54,115	39,708	41,749	43,374	44,582	46,746	48,683	4.9	4.1
Wicklow	66,674	68,941	71,417	48,175	50,602	52,123	57,540	59,827	61,755	4.0	3.2
Total²	60,816	63,520	65,342	46,915	49,022	50,742	53,995	56,356	58,127	4.4	3.1
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) and Census of Population (COP).
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, 2023 - 2025

Table 7.7 Median¹ annual earnings by county and sex, 2023 - 2025
County²	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2024	2025
	€			€			€			%
Carlow	41,855	44,142	46,228	34,055	35,626	37,206	38,556	40,363	42,000	4.7	4.1
Cavan	41,265	43,939	45,612	34,857	36,400	36,260	38,514	40,596	41,660	5.4	2.6
Clare	45,769	47,880	49,571	37,917	39,809	41,250	41,942	44,081	45,661	5.1	3.6
Cork	50,143	52,359	54,509	38,696	40,427	42,199	44,348	46,416	48,328	4.7	4.1
Donegal	36,400	38,425	40,374	33,370	35,363	36,675	35,010	36,967	38,739	5.6	4.8
Dublin	52,683	54,238	55,625	43,225	44,327	45,696	47,873	49,224	50,474	2.8	2.5
Galway	44,986	46,676	48,787	39,433	41,083	43,062	42,279	43,995	46,000	4.1	4.6
Kerry	40,625	42,550	44,143	33,469	35,235	36,710	37,151	38,906	40,440	4.7	3.9
Kildare	52,822	54,689	56,564	40,793	42,203	43,581	46,819	48,431	50,043	3.4	3.3
Kilkenny	44,313	46,316	48,355	38,071	40,000	42,045	41,392	43,132	45,401	4.2	5.3
Laois	45,353	47,198	49,442	37,237	38,679	40,796	41,687	43,230	45,409	3.7	5.0
Leitrim	40,642	42,767	44,973	37,228	39,159	39,712	39,000	41,162	42,348	5.5	2.9
Limerick	46,215	48,349	50,434	38,498	40,221	42,010	42,445	44,498	46,426	4.8	4.3
Longford	39,772	41,008	42,774	34,797	36,229	37,424	37,611	38,857	40,481	3.3	4.2
Louth	43,618	45,237	46,717	35,834	37,028	36,885	40,038	41,449	42,148	3.5	1.7
Mayo	41,206	43,414	45,447	35,725	37,520	39,029	38,625	40,657	42,503	5.3	4.5
Meath	50,310	51,676	53,952	39,390	40,485	41,502	44,902	46,272	48,011	3.1	3.8
Monaghan	37,983	40,089	41,553	33,167	34,814	34,538	35,894	37,867	38,517	5.5	1.7
Offaly	42,933	44,563	46,753	35,792	37,451	38,836	40,000	41,464	43,334	3.7	4.5
Roscommon	41,972	44,209	46,137	37,133	39,339	41,087	40,034	42,150	43,846	5.3	4.0
Sligo	41,864	44,065	46,154	39,150	40,911	42,525	40,557	42,468	44,400	4.7	4.5
Tipperary	42,236	44,473	46,722	35,677	37,760	39,846	39,275	41,338	43,525	5.3	5.3
Waterford	44,967	46,934	49,181	35,725	37,560	39,440	40,680	42,460	44,681	4.4	5.2
Westmeath	44,833	46,708	48,759	37,125	38,823	40,246	41,659	43,072	44,757	3.4	3.9
Wexford	40,632	42,414	44,569	34,104	35,592	36,907	37,769	39,409	41,064	4.3	4.2
Wicklow	50,466	51,896	53,946	39,558	41,329	42,179	44,750	46,527	48,000	4.0	3.2
Total³	47,187	48,897	50,520	39,039	40,424	41,765	43,221	44,816	46,305	3.7	3.3
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) and Census of Population (COP).
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, 2023 - 2025
Age group	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2024	2025
	€			€			€			%
15-24	25,372	26,281	27,587	22,081	23,041	23,781	23,718	24,626	25,645	3.8	4.1
25-29	45,316	46,310	47,213	41,032	41,769	42,716	43,250	44,106	45,038	2.0	2.1
30-39	60,648	63,590	65,077	50,254	52,548	54,158	55,688	58,300	59,856	4.7	2.7
40-49	69,793	73,034	75,136	52,978	55,666	57,789	61,428	64,341	66,422	4.7	3.2
50-59	70,036	73,312	76,048	49,535	52,240	54,652	59,786	62,707	65,289	4.9	4.1
60 and over	53,437	55,985	58,135	36,869	38,669	40,187	45,438	47,534	49,380	4.6	3.9
Total	60,816	63,520	65,342	46,915	49,022	50,742	53,995	56,356	58,127	4.4	3.1
Source: CSO Ireland, Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources

Table 7.5 Median¹ annual earnings by age group and sex, 2023 - 2025
Age group	Male			Female			Total			Annual Change
	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2023	2024	2025	2024	2025
	€			€			€			%
15-24	23,658	25,313	26,659	20,382	21,502	22,100	22,154	23,425	24,296	5.7	3.7
25-29	39,852	40,739	41,890	37,771	38,441	39,477	38,910	39,707	40,750	2.0	2.6
30-39	49,908	51,818	53,571	44,133	45,911	47,500	47,259	49,165	50,770	4.0	3.3
40-49	54,464	56,446	58,425	43,792	45,551	47,127	49,035	50,854	52,692	3.7	3.6
50-59	52,300	54,633	56,890	40,075	42,003	43,910	45,564	47,793	49,950	4.9	4.5
60 and over	41,252	42,726	44,498	30,645	31,895	32,794	36,239	37,607	38,972	3.8	3.6
Total	47,187	48,897	50,520	39,039	40,424	41,765	43,221	44,816	46,305	3.7	3.3
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, 2020 - 2025
		2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Annual Change (2024 - 2025)	Five Year Change (2020 - 2025)
		€						%
Male	Mean	56,171	57,348	58,612	60,816	63,520	65,342	2.9	16.3
	Median	44,105	44,892	45,537	47,187	48,897	50,520	3.3	14.5

Female	Mean	43,693	44,433	45,151	46,915	49,022	50,742	3.5	16.1
	Median	37,462	37,894	37,782	39,039	40,424	41,765	3.3	11.5

Total	Mean	50,076	51,068	52,053	53,995	56,356	58,127	3.1	16.1
	Median	40,579	41,222	41,823	43,221	44,816	46,305	3.3	14.1
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.