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Household Income

Median household income increased in SILC 2024

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CSO statistical release, 20 March 2025, 11am

The income reference period of SILC in year T is the calendar year T-1, i.e. for SILC 2024 the income relates to Jan-Dec 2023.

Real and Nominal Household Income

€58,922

Median household disposable income in 2024

Up 6.8%

Adjusting for inflation, income Up 0.5% in 2024

Source: CSO Ireland, Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2024

The median nominal household disposable income in SILC 2024 (calendar year 2023) was €58,922, an increase of €3,773 (+6.8%) from the previous year. Using a base income year of 2019 to adjust for inflation, the real median household disposable income was €50,406, an increase of €244 (0.5%) compared with the previous year.

Over the 5-year period 2020 to 2024 median nominal household disposable income increased by 27.0%, while after adjusting for inflation real median household disposable income increased by 8.6% over the period. See figure 2.1 and tables 2.1a & 2.1c.

Disposable household income is gross household income less total tax, social insurance contributions, pension contributions and inter-household transfers paid. The ‘nominal’ figures discussed here have not been adjusted for inflation.

Real income is income that has been adjusted for inflation using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. The current time-series begins with SILC 2020, where the income relates to the 2019 calendar year. As such, a base year of 2019 is used to adjust for inflation. Over the calendar year of 2023 (the income reference period for SILC 2024), the annual CPI varied from +3.9% in November to +8.5% in February 2023, see the CSO’s Consumer Price Index releases.

X-axis label	Real Median	Nominal Median	Real Mean	Nominal Mean
2020	46403	46403	54396	54396
2021	50074	49906	57502	57309
2022	51120	52144	59264	60451
2023	50162	55149	57210	62898
2024	50406	58922	58056	67864

Adults living alone have the lowest household income

Results from SILC 2024 show that factors such as age, employment status, education level, region, the number of people, and number of workers in the household are all correlated with household income. Households with three or more persons at work had the highest nominal median household disposable income at €103,842, compared with €30,685 for households with no one at work. See table 2.1a.

Households composed of one adult aged 65 or over had the lowest median household disposable income at €20,067, compared with €85,716 for households composed of three or more adults and no children. All household types have seen an increase in nominal median household disposable income in SILC 2024. Households composed of one adult aged under 65 had the largest increase in income, up 16.8% to €32,000, while two adult households with at least 1 aged 65 or over, had the smallest growth in income, increasing by 1.2% to €44,737. See figure 2.2 and table 2.1a.

X-axis label	2022	2023	2024
1 adult aged 65+	16826	19753	20067
1 adult aged <65	23994	27405	32000
2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	38796	44204	44737
2 adults, both aged <65	59060	61073	64403
3 or more adults	79419	79167	85716
1 adult with children aged under 18	35432	36973	38929
2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	62444	65877	70249
Other households with children aged under 18	75077	74577	84590

After adjusting for inflation, real median household disposable income fell in four of the eight household groups in SILC 2024. The real income of households composed of one adult less than 65 years increased by 9.8% in 2024. Households with two adults, with at least 1 aged 65 or over, saw their real income fall by 4.8% in the year. See figure 2.3 and table 2.1c.

X-axis label	2022	2023	2024
1 adult aged 65+	16496	17967	17167
1 adult aged <65	23523	24927	27375
2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	38034	40207	38271
2 adults, both aged <65	57900	55550	55095
3 or more adults	77859	72008	73327
1 adult with children aged under 18	34736	33630	33303
2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	61218	59920	60096
Other households with children aged under 18	73602	67833	72364

Home ownership is correlated with higher household income

SILC results show that those living in owner-occupied households have significantly higher household disposable income compared with people living in rented or rent-free households. The nominal median household disposable income for owner-occupied households was €66,805 in SILC 2024, an increase of €3,769 (+6.0%) from the previous year. The corresponding figure for rented and rent-free households increased by 6.6% to €46,291. See table 2.1a.

Households in the Northern and Western region saw their nominal median household disposable income increase 11.7% in SILC 2024. When inflation is accounted for, real median household disposable income for households in this region rose by 5.1% in the year. Real median household disposable incomes fell for household in the Southern (down 1.0%) and Eastern and Midlands (down 0.5%) regions. See figure 2.4 and tables 2.1a & 2.1c.

X-axis label	Nominal - % change 2023 to 2024	Real - % change 2023 to 2024
Northern and Western	11.7	5.1
Southern	5.2	-1
Eastern and Midland	5.8	-0.5

Composition of Household Income

Households in the lower income deciles are most reliant on social transfer income

Gross income includes social transfers plus market income, such as employment, pension income, employer’s social insurance and pension contributions, and other income. Cost-of-living measures introduced in 2022, such as energy credits and increased or additional social welfare payments and allowances are included in social transfers for SILC 2024 estimates. See Background Notes for details.

In SILC 2024, the mean weekly household gross income was €1,891, representing an increase of €155 (8.9%) from the previous year. See table 2.2a.

On average, households received €1,664 (88.0% of gross weekly income) from market income sources, and €227 (12.0% of gross income) from social transfers per week. However, this varied considerably by decile.

Ranking households from lowest household disposable income to highest and splitting into ten groups allows us to split households into deciles.

Households in the first household disposable income decile had a mean weekly gross income of €325, with an average €64 (19.5% of gross income) from market income and €262 (80.5% of gross income) from social transfers. After deductions, these households had an average net disposable income of €309 per week.

For households in the fifth decile the mean weekly gross income was €1,352, composed of an average €1,090 (80.6%) market income and €262 (19.4%) in social transfers. After deductions, households in the fifth decile had an average of €1,043 in disposable income.

Households in the tenth decile had a mean weekly gross income of €5,557, composed of an average €5,416 (97.5%) market income and €141 (2.5%) in social transfers. After deductions households in the tenth decile had an average €3,257 in disposable income. See figure 2.5 and table 2.3a.

X-axis label	Total market income	Total social transfers	Total deductions	Net disposable income
1st decile	64	262	-16	309
2nd decile	275	313	-57	530
3rd decile	585	279	-146	718
4th decile	798	290	-216	872
5th decile	1090	262	-309	1043
6th decile	1399	222	-401	1220
7th decile	1797	192	-566	1424
8th decile	2253	174	-773	1654
9th decile	2953	139	-1117	1976
10th decile	5416	141	-2300	3257
State	1664	227	-590	1301

Households in the upper income deciles contribute most in tax and social insurance contributions

Disposable income is gross income less total tax, personal and employer’s social insurance contributions, personal and employer’s pension contributions, and inter-household transfers paid.

The mean weekly contribution in income tax and social insurance was €377 (19.9% of gross income). After total deductions of €590 (31.2% of gross income), the average household had €1,301 in weekly disposable income. See figure 2.5 and table 2.3a.

On average, households in the first household disposable income decile contributed €16 (5.0% of gross income) in tax, social insurance, inter-household transfers and pension deductions each week, containing an average €8 (2.3% of gross income) in tax and social insurance contributions. This left an average net disposable income of €309 per week.

For households in the fifth decile, an average of €309 (22.9% of gross income) was deducted each week leaving a disposable income of €1,043. On average, households in the fifth decile paid €188 a week (13.9% of gross income) in tax and social insurance contributions.

Households in the tenth decile had an average €2,300 (41.4% of gross income) deducted each week, resulting in a disposable income of €3,257. On average, households in the tenth decile paid €1,616 (29.1%) of gross income in weekly tax and social insurance contributions. See figure 2.5 and table 2.3a.

Table 2.1a Median nominal household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1a Median nominal household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year
All households
		Median nominal household disposable income (€)				% change
		2021	2022	2023	2024	2022-2023	2023-2024
State		49,906	52,144	55,149	58,922	5.8	6.8
Sex (head of household)
	Male	53,666	55,663	57,572	62,420	3.4	8.4
	Female	47,988	48,790	53,103	56,732	8.8	6.8
Age group (head of household)
	18-34	52,457	58,998	58,747	60,701	-0.4	3.3
	35-49	57,313	59,307	62,913	68,270	6.1	8.5
	50-64	53,970	59,767	58,944	65,484	-1.4	11.1
	65+	33,300	31,631	37,491	38,338	18.5	2.3
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	Employed	62,293	62,971	66,315	70,014	5.3	5.6
	Unemployed	34,925	33,871	30,940	44,546	-8.7	44.0
	Retired	33,202	33,185	38,532	38,842	16.1	0.8
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	22,572	28,303	29,036	33,353	2.6	14.9
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	41,715	43,343	46,779	45,778	7.9	-2.1
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	26,604	26,340	29,030	30,073	10.2	3.6
	Lower secondary	34,925	33,871	38,158	41,691	12.7	9.3
	Higher secondary	49,060	49,645	55,070	53,761	10.9	-2.4
	Post leaving cert	44,607	44,573	48,971	52,545	9.9	7.3
	Third level non degree	54,730	48,790	52,770	61,693	8.2	16.9
	Third level degree or above	65,148	67,698	69,171	76,145	2.2	10.1
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	17,690	16,826	19,753	20,067	17.4	1.6
	1 adult aged <65	24,136	23,994	27,405	32,000	14.2	16.8
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	38,929	38,796	44,204	44,737	13.9	1.2
	2 adults, both aged <65	52,760	59,060	61,073	64,403	3.4	5.5
	3 or more adults	73,553	79,419	79,167	85,716	-0.3	8.3
	1 adult with children aged under 18	33,421	35,432	36,973	38,929	4.3	5.3
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	62,428	62,444	65,877	70,249	5.5	6.6
	Other households with children aged under 18	70,183	75,077	74,577	84,590	-0.7	13.4
Household type
	One person household	20,436	20,412	23,405	25,081	14.7	7.2
	Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 25	38,715	38,435	41,229	46,182	7.3	12.0
	Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more	39,283	47,013	47,422	46,291	0.9	-2.4
	Couple without any child(ren)	49,972	52,641	56,227	60,536	6.8	7.7
	Couple with at least one child aged less than 25	68,207	70,918	72,364	78,338	2.0	8.3
	Couple with all children aged 25 or more	75,317	79,549	80,939	85,788	1.7	6.0
	Other type of household	60,800	66,051	69,250	82,166	4.8	18.7
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	27,360	26,627	29,293	30,685	10.0	4.8
	1	43,592	43,186	45,735	48,360	5.9	5.7
	2	69,337	71,880	73,814	78,500	2.7	6.3
	3+	91,702	96,123	91,217	103,842	-5.1	13.8
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	57,152	60,953	63,036	66,805	3.4	6.0
	Rented or rent free	39,352	40,369	43,433	46,291	7.6	6.6
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	51,289	53,101	55,803	61,173	5.1	9.6
	Rural areas	47,876	49,366	52,684	54,571	6.7	3.6
Region
	Northern and Western	41,545	43,186	44,118	49,285	2.2	11.7
	Southern	46,442	48,253	51,533	54,233	6.8	5.2
	Eastern and Midland	56,139	59,694	62,722	66,365	5.1	5.8

Open in Excel: Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2024 Table 2.1a (XLS 39KB)

Table 2.1b Mean nominal household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1b Mean nominal household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year
All households
		Mean nominal household disposable income (€)				% change
		2021	2022	2023	2024	2022-2023	2023-2024
State		57,309	60,451	62,898	67,864	4.0	7.9
Sex (head of household)
	Male	60,584	64,802	66,109	71,558	2.0	8.2
	Female	54,401	56,510	60,009	64,694	6.2	7.8
Age group (head of household)
	18-34	55,880	61,392	60,430	64,184	-1.6	6.2
	35-49	61,840	65,669	69,027	73,600	5.1	6.6
	50-64	64,830	69,176	70,039	78,630	1.2	12.3
	65+	42,403	41,564	47,400	49,175	14.0	3.7
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	Employed	69,146	71,246	73,508	78,334	3.2	6.6
	Unemployed	41,026	40,077	34,150	49,331	-14.8	44.5
	Retired	42,991	44,523	48,439	52,245	8.8	7.9
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	30,596	37,834	34,254	39,053	-9.5	14.0
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	49,229	49,145	56,133	59,995	14.2	6.9
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	31,133	32,512	35,581	34,180	9.4	-3.9
	Lower secondary	41,533	42,753	43,904	49,327	2.7	12.4
	Higher secondary	54,942	55,095	59,159	59,918	7.4	1.3
	Post leaving cert	49,559	53,337	56,721	61,557	6.3	8.5
	Third level non degree	58,885	57,875	62,970	66,961	8.8	6.3
	Third level degree or above	73,685	78,784	79,900	86,108	1.4	7.8
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	23,577	23,675	26,487	27,079	11.9	2.2
	1 adult aged <65	28,527	30,651	30,578	35,515	-0.2	16.1
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	45,926	47,607	53,844	54,740	13.1	1.7
	2 adults, both aged <65	57,233	62,766	69,583	71,915	10.9	3.4
	3 or more adults	84,628	88,856	89,045	99,916	0.2	12.2
	1 adult with children aged under 18	34,298	35,799	39,832	39,256	11.3	-1.4
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	68,957	70,687	73,841	77,170	4.5	4.5
	Other households with children aged under 18	78,238	85,139	82,939	95,009	-2.6	14.6
Household type
	One person household	26,256	27,602	28,748	31,715	4.2	10.3
	Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 25	43,848	42,286	48,808	48,433	15.4	-0.8
	Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more	45,245	51,401	54,125	51,073	5.3	-5.6
	Couple without any child(ren)	55,760	59,109	66,469	68,942	12.5	3.7
	Couple with at least one child aged less than 25	78,000	81,977	81,042	89,252	-1.1	10.1
	Couple with all children aged 25 or more	85,056	85,051	89,558	93,775	5.3	4.7
	Other type of household	69,343	74,381	78,194	87,006	5.1	11.3
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	31,348	32,274	35,016	37,319	8.5	6.6
	1	52,846	52,465	54,336	57,333	3.6	5.5
	2	76,272	79,653	82,151	87,462	3.1	6.5
	3+	104,284	102,756	102,656	110,634	-0.1	7.8
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	63,834	67,676	70,687	75,283	4.4	6.5
	Rented or rent free	43,247	44,895	46,336	51,967	3.2	12.2
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	58,497	62,224	64,574	70,649	3.8	9.4
	Rural areas	54,973	56,678	59,453	62,118	4.9	4.5
Region
	Northern and Western	51,696	51,788	51,631	57,472	-0.3	11.3
	Southern	51,314	54,813	59,004	63,502	7.6	7.6
	Eastern and Midland	63,582	67,596	69,825	74,752	3.3	7.1

Open in Excel: Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2024 Table 2.1b (XLS 39KB)

Table 2.1c Median real household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1c Median real household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year¹
All households
		Median real household disposable income (€)				% change
		2021	2022	2023	2024	2022-2023	2023-2024
State		50,074	51,120	50,162	50,406	-1.9	0.5
Sex (head of household)
	Male	53,846	54,570	52,366	53,398	-4.0	2.0
	Female	48,149	47,832	48,301	48,533	1.0	0.5
Age group (head of household)
	18-34	52,633	57,839	53,435	51,928	-7.6	-2.8
	35-49	57,506	58,142	57,224	58,403	-1.6	2.1
	50-64	54,151	58,593	53,614	56,020	-8.5	4.5
	65+	33,412	31,010	34,101	32,797	10.0	-3.8
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	Employed	62,502	61,734	60,318	59,895	-2.3	-0.7
	Unemployed	35,042	33,206	28,142	38,108	-15.3	35.4
	Retired	33,314	32,533	35,048	33,228	7.7	-5.2
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	22,648	27,747	26,410	28,532	-4.8	8.0
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	41,855	42,492	42,549	39,162	0.1	-8.0
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	26,693	25,823	26,405	25,727	2.3	-2.6
	Lower secondary	35,042	33,206	34,707	35,665	4.5	2.8
	Higher secondary	49,225	48,670	50,090	45,991	2.9	-8.2
	Post leaving cert	44,757	43,698	44,543	44,951	1.9	0.9
	Third level non degree	54,914	47,832	47,998	52,777	0.3	10.0
	Third level degree or above	65,367	66,368	62,916	65,140	-5.2	3.5
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	17,749	16,496	17,967	17,167	8.9	-4.5
	1 adult aged <65	24,217	23,523	24,927	27,375	6.0	9.8
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	39,060	38,034	40,207	38,271	5.7	-4.8
	2 adults, both aged <65	52,937	57,900	55,550	55,095	-4.1	-0.8
	3 or more adults	73,800	77,859	72,008	73,327	-7.5	1.8
	1 adult with children aged under 18	33,533	34,736	33,630	33,303	-3.2	-1.0
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	62,638	61,218	59,920	60,096	-2.1	0.3
	Other households with children aged under 18	70,419	73,602	67,833	72,364	-7.8	6.7
Household type
	One person household	20,505	20,011	21,288	21,456	6.4	0.8
	Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 25	38,845	37,680	37,501	39,507	-0.5	5.3
	Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more	39,415	46,090	43,134	39,601	-6.4	-8.2
	Couple without any child(ren)	50,140	51,607	51,142	51,787	-0.9	1.3
	Couple with at least one child aged less than 25	68,436	69,525	65,820	67,016	-5.3	1.8
	Couple with all children aged 25 or more	75,570	77,987	73,620	73,389	-5.6	-0.3
	Other type of household	61,004	64,754	62,988	70,291	-2.7	11.6
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	27,452	26,104	26,644	26,250	2.1	-1.5
	1	43,738	42,338	41,599	41,371	-1.7	-0.5
	2	69,570	70,468	67,139	67,154	-4.7	0.0
	3+	92,010	94,235	82,968	88,834	-12.0	7.1
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	57,344	59,756	57,336	57,150	-4.0	-0.3
	Rented or rent free	39,484	39,576	39,505	39,601	-0.2	0.2
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	51,461	52,058	50,757	52,332	-2.5	3.1
	Rural areas	48,037	48,396	47,920	46,684	-1.0	-2.6
Region
	Northern and Western	41,685	42,338	40,128	42,162	-5.2	5.1
	Southern	46,598	47,305	46,873	46,395	-0.9	-1.0
	Eastern and Midland	56,328	58,522	57,050	56,773	-2.5	-0.5
¹Deflator base year 2019, corresponding with the T-1 income reference period of SILC 2020.

Open in Excel: Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2024 Table 2.1c (XLS 40KB)

Table 2.1d Mean real household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 2.1d Mean real household disposable income by demographic characteristics and year¹
All households
		Mean real household disposable income (€)				% change
		2021	2022	2023	2024	2022-2023	2023-2024
State		57,502	59,264	57,210	58,056	-3.5	1.5
Sex (head of household)
	Male	60,788	63,529	60,131	61,216	-5.3	1.8
	Female	54,584	55,400	54,582	55,344	-1.5	1.4
Age group (head of household)
	18-34	56,068	60,186	54,965	54,907	-8.7	-0.1
	35-49	62,048	64,379	62,785	62,963	-2.5	0.3
	50-64	65,048	67,817	63,705	67,266	-6.1	5.6
	65+	42,545	40,748	43,114	42,068	5.8	-2.4
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	Employed	69,378	69,847	66,861	67,012	-4.3	0.2
	Unemployed	41,164	39,290	31,062	42,201	-20.9	35.9
	Retired	43,135	43,649	44,059	44,694	0.9	1.4
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	30,699	37,091	31,156	33,409	-16	7.2
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	49,394	48,180	51,057	51,324	6	0.5
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	31,238	31,873	32,363	29,240	1.5	-9.6
	Lower secondary	41,673	41,913	39,934	42,198	-4.7	5.7
	Higher secondary	55,127	54,013	53,809	51,258	-0.4	-4.7
	Post leaving cert	49,726	52,289	51,592	52,660	-1.3	2.1
	Third level non degree	59,083	56,738	57,276	57,283	0.9	0
	Third level degree or above	73,933	77,237	72,675	73,663	-5.9	1.4
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	23,656	23,210	24,092	23,165	3.8	-3.8
	1 adult aged <65	28,623	30,049	27,813	30,382	-7.4	9.2
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	46,080	46,672	48,975	46,828	4.9	-4.4
	2 adults, both aged <65	57,425	61,533	63,291	61,521	2.9	-2.8
	3 or more adults	84,912	87,111	80,993	85,475	-7	5.5
	1 adult with children aged under 18	34,413	35,096	36,230	33,582	3.2	-7.3
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	69,189	69,299	67,164	66,017	-3.1	-1.7
	Other households with children aged under 18	78,501	83,467	75,439	81,277	-9.6	7.7
Household type
	One person household	26,344	27,060	26,148	27,131	-3.4	3.8
	Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 25	43,995	41,456	44,394	41,433	7.1	-6.7
	Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more	45,397	50,391	49,230	43,691	-2.3	-11.3
	Couple without any child(ren)	55,947	57,948	60,458	58,978	4.3	-2.4
	Couple with at least one child aged less than 25	78,262	80,367	73,713	76,352	-8.3	3.6
	Couple with all children aged 25 or more	85,342	83,381	81,459	80,222	-2.3	-1.5
	Other type of household	69,576	72,920	71,123	74,431	-2.5	4.7
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	31,453	31,640	31,850	31,925	0.7	0.2
	1	53,024	51,435	49,422	49,047	-3.9	-0.8
	2	76,528	78,089	74,722	74,821	-4.3	0.1
	3+	104,634	100,738	93,373	94,644	-7.3	1.4
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	64,048	66,347	64,295	64,402	-3.1	0.2
	Rented or rent free	43,392	44,013	42,146	44,456	-4.2	5.5
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	58,694	61,002	58,735	60,438	-3.7	2.9
	Rural areas	55,158	55,565	54,077	53,140	-2.7	-1.7
Region
	Northern and Western	51,870	50,771	46,962	49,166	-7.5	4.7
	Southern	51,486	53,736	53,668	54,324	-0.1	1.2
	Eastern and Midland	63,796	66,268	63,511	63,948	-4.2	0.7
¹Deflator base year 2019, corresponding with the T-1 income reference period of SILC 2020.

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Table 2.2a Composition of nominal household income by year (€)

Table 2.2b Composition of real household income by year (€)

Table 2.3a Average weekly nominal household income by net disposable household income deciles and composition of net household disposable income, 2024

Table 2.3a Average weekly nominal household income by net disposable household income deciles and composition of net household disposable income, 2024												€
Decile		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	State
Weekly threshold (€)		<409.73	<626.74	<798.98	<955.34	<1129.21	<1314.52	<1534.16	<1793.76	<2193.07	≥2193.07
Average Weekly nominal household Income
Market Income
	Employee income	27.82	151.90	386.13	579.66	777.29	1,059.61	1,295.96	1,704.94	2,202.02	3,493.58	1,168.27
	Employer's social insurance contributions	2.85	17.32	44.95	72.07	90.20	129.60	161.55	219.12	286.64	462.21	148.70
	Self-employment income	17.09	36.91	59.79	32.96	92.09	101.37	167.27	165.86	241.82	860.01	177.71
	Private or occupational pension	7.66	48.77	72.24	93.49	101.91	84.16	133.40	112.87	138.99	196.98	99.06
	Other market income	8.10	20.07	21.88	19.79	28.11	24.20	38.74	50.45	83.64	403.38	69.93
	Total Market Income	63.52	274.98	584.99	797.98	1,089.60	1,398.93	1,796.93	2,253.24	2,953.11	5,416.16	1,663.66
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related benefits	22.12	39.61	26.53	40.92	25.04	18.45	12.64	8.91	8.51	7.89	21.05
	Old-age related payments	133.79	147.42	123.84	98.51	75.30	58.86	48.95	43.77	40.76	50.69	82.19
	Family/children related allowances	8.34	41.40	53.41	66.54	84.83	63.58	73.45	70.33	49.48	47.92	55.92
	Housing allowances	51.00	44.13	27.34	42.20	38.82	22.41	18.68	17.15	13.77	14.25	28.98
	Other social transfers	46.27	40.39	47.87	41.92	38.32	58.73	38.60	33.35	26.70	19.94	39.20
	Total Social Transfers	261.52	312.94	279.00	290.09	262.31	222.03	192.32	173.51	139.22	140.68	227.34
Gross Income		325.04	587.91	863.98	1,088.07	1,351.91	1,620.97	1,989.25	2,426.75	3,092.32	5,556.84	1,891.01
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	7.50	31.96	82.33	122.86	187.52	231.47	335.00	457.49	690.72	1,616.23	376.59
	Employer's social insurance contributions	2.85	17.32	44.95	72.07	90.20	129.60	161.55	219.12	286.64	462.21	148.70
	Pension Contributions	2.83	3.14	15.61	18.11	29.20	36.81	67.77	90.96	136.13	213.20	61.40
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	2.95	5.04	2.95	2.69	2.28	3.35	1.36	5.49	3.19	7.97	3.73
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	16.12	57.47	145.83	215.73	309.20	401.23	565.67	773.06	1,116.68	2,299.62	590.43
Net Disposable Income		308.92	530.45	718.15	872.34	1,042.71	1,219.74	1,423.57	1,653.68	1,975.65	3,257.23	1,300.58

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Table 2.3b Average weekly real household income by net disposable household income deciles and composition of net household disposable income, 2024

Table 2.3b Average weekly real household income by net disposable household income deciles and composition of net household disposable income, 2024												€
Decile		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	State
Weekly threshold (€)		<350.51	<536.16	<683.50	<817.27	<966.01	<1124.53	<1312.42	<1534.51	<1876.10	≥1876.10
Average Weekly real household Income
Market Income
	Employee income	23.80	129.95	330.32	495.88	664.95	906.46	1,108.65	1,458.52	1,883.76	2,988.65	999.42
	Employer's social insurance contributions	2.43	14.82	38.45	61.65	77.16	110.87	138.20	187.45	245.22	395.40	127.21
	Self-employment income	14.62	31.58	51.14	28.20	78.78	86.72	143.09	141.89	206.87	735.72	152.02
	Private or occupational pension	6.55	41.72	61.80	79.98	87.18	72.00	114.12	96.56	118.90	168.51	84.74
	Other market income	6.93	17.17	18.72	16.93	24.05	20.71	33.14	43.16	71.55	345.08	59.82
	Total Market Income	54.34	235.23	500.44	682.65	932.12	1,196.75	1,537.22	1,927.58	2,526.29	4,633.36	1,423.21
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related benefits	18.92	33.88	22.70	35.01	21.42	15.78	10.81	7.62	7.28	6.75	18.01
	Old-age related payments	114.45	126.11	105.94	84.27	64.41	50.35	41.88	37.44	34.87	43.36	70.31
	Family/children related allowances	7.13	35.42	45.69	56.93	72.57	54.39	62.83	60.17	42.33	40.99	47.84
	Housing allowances	43.63	37.75	23.39	36.10	33.21	19.17	15.98	14.67	11.78	12.19	24.79
	Other social transfers	39.58	34.55	40.95	35.86	32.78	50.24	33.02	28.53	22.84	17.06	33.54
	Total Social Transfers	223.72	267.71	238.67	248.16	224.40	189.94	164.52	148.43	119.10	120.35	194.49
Gross Income		278.06	502.94	739.11	930.81	1,156.51	1,386.69	1,701.74	2,076.01	2,645.39	4,753.71	1,617.70
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	6.42	27.34	70.43	105.10	160.42	198.02	286.58	391.37	590.89	1,382.64	322.17
	Employer's social insurance contributions	2.43	14.82	38.45	61.65	77.16	110.87	138.20	187.45	245.22	395.40	127.21
	Pension Contributions	2.42	2.69	13.35	15.49	24.98	31.49	57.97	77.81	116.45	182.39	52.53
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	2.52	4.31	2.52	2.30	1.95	2.87	1.16	4.69	2.73	6.82	3.19
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	13.79	49.16	124.76	184.55	264.51	343.24	483.92	661.33	955.28	1,967.25	505.09
Net Disposable Income		264.27	453.78	614.36	746.26	892.01	1,043.45	1,217.82	1,414.68	1,690.11	2,786.46	1,112.61

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Table 2.2a Composition of nominal household income by year (€)
		Nominal household income
		2021	2022	2023	2024
Average Weekly Income
Market Income
	Employee income	923.67	1,032.65	1,059.22	1,168.27
	Employer's social insurance contributions	113.18	132.63	134.99	148.70
	Self-employment income	107.68	122.36	154.17	177.71
	Private or occupational pension	81.55	84.59	90.62	99.06
	Other market income	60.50	54.66	69.94	69.93
	Total market income	1,286.58	1,426.88	1,508.94	1,663.66
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related benefits	64.35	47.89	24.20	21.05
	Old-age related payments	73.37	75.80	78.15	82.19
	Family/children related allowances	49.95	52.44	54.47	55.92
	Housing allowances	14.43	15.45	27.28	28.98
	Other social transfers	40.92	42.75	42.68	39.20
	Total social transfers	243.03	234.32	226.79	227.34
Gross Income		1,529.61	1,661.20	1,735.73	1,891.01
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	267.19	312.80	336.76	376.59
	Employer's social insurance contributions	113.18	132.63	134.99	148.70
	Pension contributions	47.79	53.90	55.08	61.40
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	3.15	3.36	3.50	3.73
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	431.32	502.68	530.33	590.43
Net Disposable Income		1,098.30	1,158.52	1,205.40	1,300.58

Table 2.2b Composition of real household incomeby year (€)
		Real household income¹
		2021	2022	2023	2024
Average Weekly Income
Market Income
	Employee income	926.77	1,012.37	963.43	999.42
	Employer's social insurance contributions	113.56	130.03	122.78	127.21
	Self-employment income	108.04	119.96	140.23	152.03
	Private or occupational pension	81.82	82.93	82.43	84.74
	Other market income	60.70	53.59	63.62	59.82
	Total market income	1,290.90	1,398.86	1,372.49	1,423.21
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related benefits	64.57	46.95	22.01	18.01
	Old-age related payments	73.62	74.31	71.08	70.31
	Family/children related allowances	50.12	51.41	49.54	47.84
	Housing allowances	14.48	15.15	24.81	24.79
	Other social transfers	41.06	41.91	38.82	33.53
	Total social transfers	243.85	229.72	206.28	194.48
Gross Income		1,534.75	1,628.57	1,578.77	1,617.70
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	268.09	306.66	306.31	322.16
	Employer's social insurance contributions	113.56	130.03	122.78	127.21
	Pension contributions	47.95	52.84	50.10	52.53
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	3.16	3.29	3.18	3.19
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	432.77	492.81	482.37	505.10
Net Disposable Income		1,101.99	1,135.77	1,096.40	1,112.61
¹Deflator base year 2019, corresponding with the T-1 income reference period of SILC 2020.

Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2024

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Median household income increased in SILC 2024

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Adults living alone have the lowest household income

Home ownership is correlated with higher household income

Composition of Household Income

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Households in the upper income deciles contribute most in tax and social insurance contributions

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