Wages in Ireland

What wages look like in Ireland

According to Eurostat, the average annual NET wage in Ireland is €44,263 for a single person without children earning 100% of the national average wage (dataset earn_nt_net, 2025). That is 71% above the EU member-state average of €25,827. "Net" means take-home pay after income tax and employee social contributions.

Ireland sets a statutory national minimum monthly wage of €2,391 gross (dataset earn_mw_cur, 2026-S1) — about €28,692 gross per year before tax.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average salary in Ireland?

The average annual NET wage in Ireland is €44,263 for a single person without children at 100% of the average wage (Eurostat earn_nt_net, 2025). "Net" means take-home after income tax and employee social contributions.

What is the minimum wage in Ireland?

Ireland has a statutory national minimum wage of €2,391 gross per month (Eurostat earn_mw_cur, 2026-S1). That is roughly €28,692 gross per year before tax and contributions.

How do Ireland wages compare to the rest of the EU?

At €44,263 average net pay, Ireland is 71% above the EU member-state average of €25,827 (Eurostat, 2025), ranking #2 of 27 member states. The EU member-state average shown is GeraJobs's simple unweighted mean of the published country figures, not an official Eurostat EU-27 aggregate.

Where does this Ireland wage data come from?

From Eurostat, retrieved keyless from the official dissemination API: the minimum monthly wage from dataset earn_mw_cur (2026-S1) and the average annual net earnings from earn_nt_net (2025). Eurostat content is reusable under the European Commission reuse policy (CC BY 4.0 equivalent) with attribution. GeraJobs publishes the values verbatim.