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Household Income

Median household income increased in SILC 2025

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CSO statistical release, 11 March 2026, 11am

The income reference period of SILC in year T is the calendar year T-1, i.e. for SILC 2025 the income relates to Jan-Dec 2024.

Real and Nominal Household Income

€61,666

Median household disposable income in 2025

Up 4.7%

Adjusting for inflation, income Up 2.4% in 2025

Source: CSO Ireland, Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2025

The median nominal household disposable income in SILC 2025 (calendar year 2024) was €61,666, an increase of €2,744 (+4.7%) from the previous year. Using a base income year of 2019 to adjust for inflation, the real median household disposable income was €51,624, an increase of €1,218 (2.4%) compared with the previous year.

In the five years since SILC 2020, median nominal household disposable income increased by 32.9%. However, after adjusting for inflation, real median household disposable income increased by 11.3% over the same period. From SILC 2022 to 2025, real median household disposable income increased by 1.0%. 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 2024 (the income reference period for SILC 2025), the annual CPI varied from +3.4% in February to +1.0% in November 2024, see the CSO’s Consumer Price Index December 2024 release.

See Survey on Income and Living Conditions Fact Sheet.

Adults living alone have the lowest household income

Results from SILC 2025 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 €106,524 compared with €33,105 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 €22,237 compared with €89,132 for households composed of three or more adults and no children. All household compositions have seen an increase in nominal median household disposable income in SILC 2025. Households composed of one adult aged over 65 had the largest increase in income, up 10.8% to €22,237, while households with one adult aged under 65, and one adult with children under 18 had the smallest growth in income, increasing by 0.6% to €32,199 and €39,146 respectively. See figure 2.2 and table 2.1a.

After adjusting for inflation, real median household disposable income fell in two of the eight household groups in SILC 2025. The real income of households composed of one adult older than 65 years increased by 8.4% in 2025, while in the 5-years since SILC 2020 it increased 8.5% from €17,150 to €18,616 in SILC 2025. Households with one adult, with at least one child under 18 years, saw their real income fall by 1.6% in the year, while in the 5-years since SILC 2020 it increased 11.7% from €29,724 to €32,771 in SILC 2025. See figure 2.3 and table 2.1c.

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 €71,338 in SILC 2025, an increase of €4,533 (+6.8%) from the previous year. The corresponding figure for rented and rent-free households increased by €1,308 (2.8%) to €47,599. See table 2.1a.

Households in both the Northern and Western region and the Southern region saw their nominal median household disposable income rise by 4.1% in SILC 2025. When inflation is accounted for, real median household disposable income for households in these regions rose by 1.9% in the year. Real median household disposable incomes rose for households in the Eastern and Midlands region by 0.6%. See figure 2.4 and tables 2.1a & 2.1c.

X-axis label	Nominal - % change 2024 to 2025	Real - % change 2024 to 2025
Northern and Western	4.1	1.9
Southern	4.1	1.9
Eastern and Midland	2.8	0.6

Composition of Household 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 2025 estimates. See Background Notes for details.

In SILC 2025, the mean weekly household gross income was €1,980, representing an increase of €89 (4.7%) from the previous year. See table 2.2a.

On average, households received €1,736 (87.7% of gross weekly income) from market income sources, and €244 (12.3% of gross income) from social transfers per week. However, this varied considerably by decile.

After adjusting for inflation, mean real weekly gross income increased 13.9% in five years, from €1,455 in SILC 2020 to €1,657 in SILC 2025. In the five years since SILC 2020, mean real weekly market income increased 15.8%, from €1,254 to €1,453 in SILC 2025. Mean real weekly income from social transfers increased 1.7%, from €201 in SILC 2020 to €204 in 2025.

In the five years since SILC 2020, mean real tax and social contribution deductions increased 22.9%, leading to a 10.3% increase in mean real weekly net disposable income, from €1,042 in SILC 2020 to €1,150 in SILC 2025.

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

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 €363, with an average €102 (28.2% of gross income) from market income and €261 (71.8% of gross income) from social transfers. After deductions, these households had an average net disposable income of €329 per week.

For households in the fifth decile the mean weekly gross income was €1,372, composed of an average €1,081 (78.8%) market income and €292 (21.2%) in social transfers. After deductions, households in the fifth decile had an average of €1,080 in disposable income.

Households in the tenth decile had a mean weekly gross income of €5,787, composed of an average €5,556 (97.9%) market income and €122 (2.1%) in social transfers. After deductions, households in the tenth decile had an average €3,495 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	102	261	-34	329
2nd decile	311	320	-67	564
3rd decile	548	330	-134	743
4th decile	823	304	-227	901
5th decile	1081	292	-292	1080
6th decile	1493	236	-452	1277
7th decile	1920	211	-620	1512
8th decile	2328	209	-786	1751
9th decile	3084	156	-1155	2085
10th decile	5665	122	-2292	3495
State	1736	244	-606	1374

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 €388 (19.6% of gross income). After total deductions of €606 (30.6% of gross income), the average household had €1,374 in weekly disposable income. See figure 2.5 and table 2.3a.

On average, households in the first household disposable income decile contributed €34 (9.4% of gross income) in tax, social insurance, inter-household transfers and pension deductions each week, containing an average €16 (4.4% of gross income) in tax and social insurance contributions. This left an average net disposable income of €329 per week.

For households in the fifth decile, an average of €292 (21.3% of gross income) was deducted each week leaving a disposable income of €1,080. On average, households in the fifth decile paid €173 a week (12.5% of gross income) in tax and social insurance contributions.

Households in the tenth decile had an average €2,292 (39.6% of gross income) deducted each week, resulting in a disposable income of €3,495. On average, households in the tenth decile paid €1,631 (28.2%) 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
		2022	2023	2024	2025	2023-2024	2024-2025
State		52,144	55,149	58,922	61,666	6.8	4.7
Sex (head of household)
	Male	55,663	57,572	62,420	63,327	8.4	1.5
	Female	48,790	53,103	56,732	59,177	6.8	4.3
Age group (head of household)
	18-34	58,998	58,747	60,701	63,163	3.3	4.1
	35-49	59,307	62,913	68,270	69,107	8.5	1.2
	50-64	59,767	58,944	65,484	72,912	11.1	11.3
	65+	31,631	37,491	38,338	41,376	2.3	7.9
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	Employed	62,971	66,315	70,014	74,922	5.6	7.0
	Unemployed	33,871	30,940	44,546	39,814	44.0	-10.6
	Retired	33,185	38,532	38,842	42,087	0.8	8.4
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	28,303	29,036	33,353	34,851	14.9	4.5
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	43,343	46,779	45,778	45,115	-2.1	-1.4
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	26,340	29,030	30,073	32,675	3.6	8.7
	Lower secondary	33,871	38,158	41,691	44,356	9.3	6.4
	Higher secondary	49,645	55,070	53,761	56,673	-2.4	5.4
	Post leaving cert	44,573	48,971	52,545	54,657	7.3	4.0
	Third level non degree	48,790	52,770	61,693	64,330	16.9	4.3
	Third level degree or above	67,698	69,171	76,145	78,963	10.1	3.7
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	16,826	19,753	20,067	22,237	1.6	10.8
	1 adult aged <65	23,994	27,405	32,000	32,199	16.8	0.6
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	38,796	44,204	44,737	47,972	1.2	7.2
	2 adults, both aged <65	59,060	61,073	64,403	66,828	5.5	3.8
	3 or more adults	79,419	79,167	85,716	89,132	8.3	4.0
	1 adult with children aged under 18	35,432	36,973	38,929	39,146	5.3	0.6
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	62,444	65,877	70,249	76,516	6.6	8.9
	Other households with children aged under 18	75,077	74,577	84,590	89,532	13.4	5.8
Household type
	One person household	20,412	23,405	25,081	26,854	7.2	7.1
	Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 25	38,435	41,229	46,182	46,732	12.0	1.2
	Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more	47,013	47,422	46,291	44,861	-2.4	-3.1
	Couple without any child(ren)	52,641	56,227	60,536	62,088	7.7	2.6
	Couple with at least one child aged less than 25	70,918	72,364	78,338	83,363	8.3	6.4
	Couple with all children aged 25 or more	79,549	80,939	85,788	88,749	6.0	3.5
	Other type of household	66,051	69,250	82,166	85,760	18.7	4.4
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	26,627	29,293	30,685	33,105	4.8	7.9
	1	43,186	45,735	48,360	51,706	5.7	6.9
	2	71,880	73,814	78,500	83,346	6.3	6.2
	3+	96,123	91,217	103,842	106,524	13.8	2.6
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	60,953	63,036	66,805	71,338	6.0	6.8
	Rented or rent free	40,369	43,433	46,291	47,599	6.6	2.8
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	53,101	55,803	61,173	62,143	9.6	1.6
	Rural areas	49,366	52,684	54,571	59,805	3.6	9.6
Region
	Northern and Western	43,186	44,118	49,285	51,324	11.7	4.1
	Southern	48,253	51,533	54,233	56,459	5.2	4.1
	Eastern and Midland	59,694	62,722	66,365	68,208	5.8	2.8

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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
		2022	2023	2024	2025	2023-2024	2024-2025
State		60,451	62,898	67,864	71,680	7.9	5.6
Sex (head of household)
	Male	64,802	66,109	71,558	74,767	8.2	4.5
	Female	56,510	60,009	64,694	68,950	7.8	6.6
Age group (head of household)
	18-34	61,392	60,430	64,184	69,540	6.2	8.3
	35-49	65,669	69,027	73,600	76,047	6.6	3.3
	50-64	69,176	70,039	78,630	83,887	12.3	6.7
	65+	41,564	47,400	49,175	53,027	3.7	7.8
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	Employed	71,246	73,508	78,334	83,064	6.6	6.0
	Unemployed	40,077	34,150	49,331	51,103	44.5	3.6
	Retired	44,523	48,439	52,245	55,006	7.9	5.3
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	37,834	34,254	39,053	41,711	14.0	6.8
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	49,145	56,133	59,995	62,815	6.9	4.7
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	32,512	35,581	34,180	38,042	-3.9	11.3
	Lower secondary	42,753	43,904	49,327	54,598	12.4	10.7
	Higher secondary	55,095	59,159	59,918	63,927	1.3	6.7
	Post leaving cert	53,337	56,721	61,557	64,274	8.5	4.4
	Third level non degree	57,875	62,970	66,961	71,878	6.3	7.3
	Third level degree or above	78,784	79,900	86,108	89,262	7.8	3.7
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	23,675	26,487	27,079	29,528	2.2	9.0
	1 adult aged <65	30,651	30,578	35,515	36,680	16.1	3.3
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	47,607	53,844	54,740	60,306	1.7	10.2
	2 adults, both aged <65	62,766	69,583	71,915	75,220	3.4	4.6
	3 or more adults	88,856	89,045	99,916	100,700	12.2	0.8
	1 adult with children aged under 18	35,799	39,832	39,256	42,188	-1.4	7.5
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	70,687	73,841	77,170	85,015	4.5	10.2
	Other households with children aged under 18	85,139	82,939	95,009	99,414	14.6	4.6
Household type
	One person household	27,602	28,748	31,715	33,324	10.3	5.1
	Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 25	42,286	48,808	48,433	51,785	-0.8	6.9
	Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more	51,401	54,125	51,073	52,653	-5.6	3.1
	Couple without any child(ren)	59,109	66,469	68,942	73,232	3.7	6.2
	Couple with at least one child aged less than 25	81,977	81,042	89,252	93,987	10.1	5.3
	Couple with all children aged 25 or more	85,051	89,558	93,775	96,411	4.7	2.8
	Other type of household	74,381	78,194	87,006	90,852	11.3	4.4
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	32,274	35,016	37,319	40,963	6.6	9.8
	1	52,465	54,336	57,333	62,375	5.5	8.8
	2	79,653	82,151	87,462	92,048	6.5	5.2
	3+	102,756	102,656	110,634	116,234	7.8	5.1
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	67,676	70,687	75,283	79,943	6.5	6.2
	Rented or rent free	44,895	46,336	51,967	54,054	12.2	4.0
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	62,224	64,574	70,649	72,685	9.4	2.9
	Rural areas	56,678	59,453	62,118	69,459	4.5	11.8
Region
	Northern and Western	51,788	51,631	57,472	61,836	11.3	7.6
	Southern	54,813	59,004	63,502	68,126	7.6	7.3
	Eastern and Midland	67,596	69,825	74,752	77,772	7.1	4.0

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Table 2.1c Median Real Household Disposable Income by Demographic Characteristics and Year¹

Table 2.1c Median Real Household Disposable Income by Demographic Characteristics and Year¹
All households
		Median real household disposable income (€)				% change
		2022	2023	2024	2025	2023-2024	2024-2025
State		51,120	50,162	50,406	51,624	0.5	2.4
Sex (head of household)
	Male	54,570	52,366	53,398	53,015	2.0	-0.7
	Female	47,832	48,301	48,533	49,541	0.5	2.1
Age group (head of household)
	18-34	57,839	53,435	51,928	52,878	-2.8	1.8
	35-49	58,142	57,224	58,403	57,854	2.1	-0.9
	50-64	58,593	53,614	56,020	61,039	4.5	9.0
	65+	31,010	34,101	32,797	34,638	-3.8	5.6
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	Employed	62,502	61,734	60,318	59,895	-0.7	4.7
	Unemployed	35,042	33,206	28,142	38,108	35.4	-12.5
	Retired	33,314	32,533	35,048	33,228	-5.2	6.0
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	22,648	27,747	26,410	28,532	8.0	2.3
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	41,855	42,492	42,549	39,162	-8.0	-3.6
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	25,823	26,405	25,727	27,354	-2.6	6.3
	Lower secondary	33,206	34,707	35,665	37,133	2.8	4.1
	Higher secondary	48,670	50,090	45,991	47,444	-8.2	3.2
	Post leaving cert	43,698	44,543	44,951	45,757	0.9	1.8
	Third level non degree	47,832	47,998	52,777	53,855	10.0	2.0
	Third level degree or above	66,368	62,916	65,140	66,105	3.5	1.5
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	16,496	17,967	17,167	18,616	-4.5	8.4
	1 adult aged <65	23,523	24,927	27,375	26,956	9.8	-1.5
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	38,034	40,207	38,271	40,160	-4.8	4.9
	2 adults, both aged <65	57,900	55,550	55,095	55,946	-0.8	1.5
	3 or more adults	77,859	72,008	73,327	74,618	1.8	1.8
	1 adult with children aged under 18	34,736	33,630	33,303	32,771	-1.0	-1.6
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	61,218	59,920	60,096	64,056	0.3	6.6
	Other households with children aged under 18	73,602	67,833	72,364	74,953	6.7	3.6
Household type
	One person household	20,011	21,288	21,456	22,481	0.8	4.8
	Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 25	37,680	37,501	39,507	39,122	5.3	-1.0
	Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more	46,090	43,134	39,601	37,556	-8.2	-5.2
	Couple without any child(ren)	51,607	51,142	51,787	51,978	1.3	0.4
	Couple with at least one child aged less than 25	69,525	65,820	67,016	69,788	1.8	4.1
	Couple with all children aged 25 or more	77,987	73,620	73,389	74,297	-0.3	1.2
	Other type of household	64,754	62,988	70,291	71,795	11.6	2.1
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	26,104	26,644	26,250	27,714	-1.5	5.6
	1	42,338	41,599	41,371	43,286	-0.5	4.6
	2	70,468	67,139	67,154	69,774	0.0	3.9
	3+	94,235	82,968	88,834	89,178	7.1	0.4
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	59,756	57,336	57,150	59,721	-0.3	4.5
	Rented or rent free	39,576	39,505	39,601	39,848	0.2	0.6
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	52,058	50,757	52,332	52,024	3.1	-0.6
	Rural areas	48,396	47,920	46,684	50,066	-2.6	7.2
Region
	Northern and Western	42,338	40,128	42,162	42,966	5.1	1.9
	Southern	47,305	46,873	46,395	47,265	-1.0	1.9
	Eastern and Midland	58,522	57,050	56,773	57,101	-0.5	0.6
¹Deflator base year 2019, corresponding with the T-1 income reference period of SILC 2020.

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Table 2.1d Mean Real Household Disposable Income by Demographic Characteristics and Year¹

Table 2.1d Mean Real Household Disposable Income by Demographic Characteristics and Year¹
All households
		Mean real household disposable income (€)				% change
		2022	2023	2024	2025	2023-2024	2024-2025
State		59,264	57,210	58,056	60,008	1.5	3.4
Sex (head of household)
	Male	63,529	60,131	61,216	62,592	1.8	2.2
	Female	55,400	54,582	55,344	57,722	1.4	4.3
Age group (head of household)
	18-34	60,186	54,965	54,907	58,216	-0.1	6.0
	35-49	64,379	62,785	62,963	63,664	0.3	1.1
	50-64	67,817	63,705	67,266	70,227	5.6	4.4
	65+	40,748	43,114	42,068	44,392	-2.4	5.5
Principal Economic Status (head of household)
	Employed	69,847	66,861	67,012	69,538	0.2	3.8
	Unemployed	39,290	31,062	42,201	42,781	35.9	1.4
	Retired	43,649	44,059	44,694	46,049	1.4	3.0
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	37,091	31,156	33,409	34,919	7.2	4.5
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	48,180	51,057	51,324	52,586	0.5	2.5
Highest education level attained (head of household)
	Primary or below	31,873	32,363	29,240	31,847	-9.6	8.9
	Lower secondary	41,913	39,934	42,198	45,707	5.7	8.3
	Higher secondary	54,013	53,809	51,258	53,517	-4.7	4.4
	Post leaving cert	52,289	51,592	52,660	53,808	2.1	2.2
	Third level non degree	56,738	57,276	57,283	60,173	0.0	5.0
	Third level degree or above	77,237	72,675	73,663	74,727	1.4	1.4
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	23,210	24,092	23,165	24,720	-3.8	6.7
	1 adult aged <65	30,049	27,813	30,382	30,707	9.2	1.1
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	46,672	48,975	46,828	50,486	-4.4	7.8
	2 adults, both aged <65	61,533	63,291	61,521	62,971	-2.8	2.4
	3 or more adults	87,111	80,993	85,475	84,302	5.5	-1.4
	1 adult with children aged under 18	35,096	36,230	33,582	35,318	-7.3	5.2
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	69,299	67,164	66,017	71,171	-1.7	7.8
	Other households with children aged under 18	83,467	75,439	81,277	83,225	7.7	2.4
Household type
	One person household	27,060	26,148	27,131	27,898	3.8	2.8
	Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 25	41,456	44,394	41,433	43,352	-6.7	4.6
	Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more	50,391	49,230	43,691	44,079	-11.3	0.9
	Couple without any child(ren)	57,948	60,458	58,978	61,307	-2.4	3.9
	Couple with at least one child aged less than 25	80,367	73,713	76,352	78,682	3.6	3.1
	Couple with all children aged 25 or more	83,381	81,459	80,222	80,711	-1.5	0.6
	Other type of household	72,920	71,123	74,431	76,058	4.7	2.2
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	31,640	31,850	31,925	34,293	0.2	7.4
	1	51,435	49,422	49,047	52,218	-0.8	6.5
	2	78,089	74,722	74,821	77,059	0.1	3.0
	3+	100,738	93,373	94,644	97,306	1.4	2.8
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	66,347	64,295	64,402	66,925	0.2	3.9
	Rented or rent free	44,013	42,146	44,456	45,252	5.5	1.8
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	61,002	58,735	60,438	60,849	2.9	0.7
	Rural areas	55,565	54,077	53,140	58,148	-1.7	9.4
Region
	Northern and Western	50,771	46,962	49,166	51,767	4.7	5.3
	Southern	53,736	53,668	54,324	57,032	1.2	5.0
	Eastern and Midland	66,268	63,511	63,948	65,108	0.7	1.8
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 Income¹ by Year (€)

Table 2.3a Average Weekly Nominal Household Income by Net Disposable Household Income Deciles and Composition of Net Household Disposable Income, 2025

Table 2.3a Average Weekly Nominal Household Income by Net Disposable Household Income Deciles and Composition of Net Household Disposable Income, 2025												€
Decile		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	State
Weekly threshold (€)		<440.42	<659.69	<827.04	<986.51	<1181.79	<1390.48	<1629.72	<1872.95	<2373.43	≥2373.43
Average Weekly nominal household Income
Market Income
	Employee income	58.02	172.64	351.46	569.87	788.45	1,115.86	1,430.90	1,819.64	2,291.01	3,529.77	1,212.87
	Employer's social insurance contributions	4.76	19.39	40.03	68.86	92.79	134.34	180.58	226.13	300.84	442.50	151.04
	Self-employment income	15.99	38.28	47.23	75.54	67.05	105.60	144.39	132.23	257.46	882.35	176.63
	Private or occupational pension	12.55	53.20	78.07	80.76	99.28	111.80	124.95	98.35	147.66	176.38	98.30
	Other market income	10.95	27.20	30.77	27.97	33.10	25.00	39.28	51.93	86.55	634.14	96.68
	Total Market Income	102.28	310.71	547.57	822.99	1,080.67	1,492.59	1,920.09	2,328.28	3,083.52	5,665.15	1,735.52
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related benefits	27.03	38.43	35.45	30.67	46.23	26.14	13.80	11.32	12.55	11.13	25.27
	Old-age related payments	140.09	146.75	142.39	120.48	78.70	75.68	55.96	56.16	55.75	31.23	90.32
	Family/children related allowances	5.61	38.39	68.87	69.47	70.17	69.45	79.60	81.49	52.77	47.18	58.28
	Housing allowances	47.99	47.45	40.74	35.33	45.05	20.31	16.28	14.58	10.69	9.42	28.78
	Other social transfers	40.01	48.60	42.12	48.50	51.38	44.62	45.54	45.41	24.71	22.91	41.37
	Total Social Transfers	260.74	319.61	329.57	304.45	291.53	236.20	211.18	208.96	156.47	121.88	244.02
Gross Income		363.02	630.31	877.14	1,127.44	1,372.19	1,728.79	2,131.27	2,537.24	3,240.00	5,787.02	1,979.54
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	16.10	37.92	81.60	130.41	173.31	269.17	359.55	465.91	713.43	1,630.99	387.89
	Employer's social insurance contributions	4.76	19.39	40.03	68.86	92.79	134.34	180.58	226.13	300.84	442.50	151.04
	Pension Contributions	12.11	4.29	9.78	22.60	22.63	41.89	78.70	89.86	138.22	211.80	63.20
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	1.29	5.13	2.83	4.73	3.02	6.12	0.74	4.11	2.77	6.28	3.70
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	34.26	66.74	134.25	226.61	291.75	451.52	619.56	786.01	1,155.26	2,291.57	605.83
Net Disposable Income		328.76	563.57	742.89	900.83	1,080.45	1,277.27	1,511.72	1,751.23	2,084.74	3,495.45	1,373.71

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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, 2025

Table 2.3b Average Weekly Real Household Income by Net Disposable Household Income Deciles and Composition of Net Household Disposable Income, 2025												€
Decile		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	State
Weekly threshold (€)		<368.70	<552.27	<692.36	<825.87	<989.34	<1164.05	<1364.34	<1567.96	<1986.94	≥1986.94
Average Weekly real household Income
Market Income
	Employee income	48.58	144.53	294.23	477.08	660.06	934.15	1,197.89	1,523.33	1,917.94	2,954.98	1,015.36
	Employer's social insurance contributions	3.98	16.23	33.52	57.64	77.68	112.46	151.17	189.31	251.85	370.44	126.44
	Self-employment income	13.39	32.04	39.54	63.24	56.13	88.40	120.87	110.70	215.54	738.67	147.87
	Private or occupational pension	10.51	44.54	65.36	67.60	83.12	93.59	104.60	82.33	123.61	147.66	82.30
	Other market income	9.17	22.77	25.76	23.41	27.71	20.93	32.88	43.47	72.45	530.88	80.94
	Total Market Income	85.62	260.11	458.40	688.97	904.69	1,249.53	1,607.42	1,949.14	2,581.40	4,742.63	1,452.91
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related benefits	22.63	32.17	29.68	25.67	38.70	21.88	11.56	9.48	10.51	9.32	21.15
	Old-age related payments	117.28	122.85	119.20	100.86	65.89	63.36	46.85	47.01	46.67	26.14	75.61
	Family/children related allowances	4.69	32.14	57.65	58.16	58.74	58.14	66.64	68.22	44.18	39.50	48.79
	Housing allowances	40.18	39.72	34.10	29.58	37.71	17.00	13.63	12.20	8.95	7.89	24.09
	Other social transfers	33.50	40.68	35.26	40.60	43.01	37.36	38.12	38.02	20.69	19.18	34.64
	Total Social Transfers	218.28	267.56	275.90	254.87	244.05	197.74	176.79	174.93	130.99	102.03	204.28
Gross Income		303.90	527.67	734.31	943.85	1,148.75	1,447.27	1,784.22	2,124.07	2,712.39	4,844.66	1,657.19
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	13.48	31.75	68.32	109.18	145.09	225.34	301.00	390.04	597.26	1,365.40	324.73
	Employer's social insurance contributions	3.98	16.23	33.52	57.64	77.68	112.46	151.17	189.31	251.85	370.44	126.44
	Pension Contributions	10.14	3.60	8.19	18.92	18.94	35.07	65.88	75.23	115.71	177.31	52.91
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	1.08	4.30	2.37	3.96	2.53	5.13	0.62	3.44	2.32	5.26	3.10
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	28.68	55.87	112.39	189.71	244.24	377.99	518.67	658.02	967.14	1,918.41	507.18
Net Disposable Income		275.23	471.80	621.92	754.14	904.51	1,069.28	1,265.55	1,466.06	1,745.26	2,926.25	1,150.01

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Table 2.2a Composition of Nominal Household Income by Year (€)
		Nominal household income
		2022	2023	2024	2025
Average Weekly Income
Market Income
	Employee income	1,032.65	1,059.22	1,168.27	1,212.87
	Employer's social insurance contributions	132.63	134.99	148.70	151.04
	Self-employment income	122.36	154.17	177.71	176.63
	Private or occupational pension	84.59	90.62	99.06	98.30
	Other market income	54.66	69.94	69.93	96.68
	Total market income	1,426.88	1,508.94	1,663.66	1,735.52
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related benefits	47.89	24.20	21.05	25.27
	Old-age related payments	75.80	78.15	82.19	90.32
	Family/children related allowances	52.44	54.47	55.92	58.28
	Housing allowances	15.45	27.28	28.98	28.78
	Other social transfers	42.75	42.68	39.20	41.37
	Total social transfers	234.32	226.79	227.34	244.02
Gross Income		1,661.20	1,735.73	1,891.01	1,979.54
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	312.80	336.76	376.59	387.89
	Employer's social insurance contributions	132.63	134.99	148.70	151.04
	Pension contributions	53.90	55.08	61.40	63.20
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	3.36	3.50	3.73	3.70
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	502.68	530.33	590.43	605.83
Net Disposable Income		1,158.52	1,205.40	1,300.58	1,373.71

Table 2.2b Composition of Real Household Income¹ by Year (€)
		Real household income¹
		2022	2023	2024	2025
Average Weekly Income
Market Income
	Employee income	1,012.37	963.43	999.42	1,015.37
	Employer's social insurance contributions	130.03	122.78	127.21	126.44
	Self-employment income	119.96	140.23	152.03	147.87
	Private or occupational pension	82.93	82.43	84.74	82.29
	Other market income	53.59	63.62	59.82	80.94
	Total market income	1,398.86	1,372.49	1,423.21	1,452.91
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related benefits	46.95	22.01	18.01	21.16
	Old-age related payments	74.31	71.08	70.31	75.61
	Family/children related allowances	51.41	49.54	47.84	48.79
	Housing allowances	15.15	24.81	24.79	24.09
	Other social transfers	41.91	38.82	33.53	34.63
	Total social transfers	229.72	206.28	194.48	204.28
Gross Income		1,628.57	1,578.77	1,617.70	1,657.19
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	306.66	306.31	322.16	324.73
	Employer's social insurance contributions	130.03	122.78	127.21	126.44
	Pension contributions	52.84	50.10	52.53	52.91
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	3.29	3.18	3.19	3.10
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	492.81	482.37	505.10	507.18
Net Disposable Income		1,135.77	1,096.40	1,112.61	1,150.02
¹Deflator base year 2019, corresponding with the T-1 income reference period of SILC 2020.

Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2025

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Median household income increased in SILC 2025

Real and Nominal Household Income

Adults living alone have the lowest household income

Home ownership is correlated with higher household income

Composition of Household Income

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

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

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