The average employee took home €670.90 per week last year.
In the five years from 2017 to 2022, median weekly earnings have risen by 20.5 per cent. However, just under a quarter of all employees still earned less than €400 per week in 2022. Photograph: iStock
The highest-paid employees last year were in the information and communication sector, with median weekly earnings of €1,272.45, followed by the financial, insurance and real estate sector where weekly median earnings were €942.45.Budget day arrives, private health insurance numbers rise and navigating #MoneyTok
Mean weekly earnings in 2022 were €856.21, as almost 65 per cent of employees earned less than this last year. Median weekly earnings in the public sector stood at €930.51 in 2022, up 3.3 per cent on 2021. In the private sector median weekly earnings were €601.47 in 2022, an increase of 4.3 per cent from 2021.