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Indian nationals have highest earnings here

02 Sep 2024 / employment Print

Indian nationals have highest earnings here

Indian nationals had the highest median weekly earnings in Ireland last year, at €883.74, followed by British (€745.71), and Irish nationals (€728.03), CSO data shows.

The CSO said that Indian nationals accounted for 2.6% of total employments, up 0.5 percentage points since 2022.

Almost half of these jobs (47.8%) were in the human health and social work (31.4%) and information and communication (16.4%) sectors.

Irish nationals accounted for 73.8% of the total employments in 2023, down 1.7 percentage points in the year since 2022.

Almost one-third (30.6%) of employments held by Irish nationals were in the wholesale and retail trade (15.8%) and the human health and social work (14.8%) sectors.

Median weekly earnings in Ireland were €699.28 in 2023, an increase of 4.2% from €670.90 in 2022.

The information and communication sector had the highest median weekly pay at €1,356.59, while the financial, insurance and real estate sector saw pay of €977.34.

Lowest earnings were in the accommodation and food sector, at €364.31 in 2023.

Dublin’s median weekly earnings were €793.71 last year, a 13.5% premium and 40.0% higher than the lowest, in Donegal at €567.04.

Indian nationals were the only cohort in which the median weekly earnings among females (€908.44) were higher than those of males (€849.68).

The gap between male and female weekly earnings was largest among British nationals.

The cohort aged 40-49 had the highest overall median weekly earnings at €855.39 in 2023, a 4.3% increase on the equivalent figure in 2022 of €819.75.

CSO earnings statistician Dr Eimear Heffernan said that more than one-fifth (21.7%) of all employments paid less than €400 per week in 2023.

Employments earning between €400 and €800 per week accounted for 36.4% of the total.

Almost one-third (30.9%) of jobs had weekly earnings between €800 and €1,600, while a further 11.0% earned €1,600 or more per week.

County breakdown

The largest increase in median weekly earnings was recorded in Longford, where earnings rose by 5.4% from €602.02 in 2022 to €634.62 in 2023.

There was also a notable annual increase in median weekly earnings in counties Wexford (5.3%) and Donegal (5.0%).

Increases in median weekly earnings were less pronounced in Carlow and Leitrim, where weekly earnings rose by 3.5% and 2.9%.

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