Average weekly earnings stood at €880.37 in the first quarter of the year, an annual increase of 2.3%, new CSO figures show.
The latest Earnings and Labour Costs report from the Central Statistics Office shows that hourly earnings increased on an annual basis by 1.9% to €27.33.
Today's figures show that the job vacancy rate at the end of the first quarter of 2022 was 1.6%, up from 1.4% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021 and up from 1% at the end of the same time last year.
In the accommodation & food services sector, Employee Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) payments represented 35.9% of total earnings, while in the arts and entertainment sector it was 11.8%.
65.5% of employment in the accommodation and food services sector was supported by the EWSS in the first quarter of 2022.
The EWSS ended today for all businesses.
A separate Labour Market Bulletin from the CSO shows that for employments that were active in both the final quarter of last year and the first quarter of this year, average weekly earnings increased by 5.9%.
Changes by sectors ranged from an increase of 22.7% in the financial sector to a decrease of 3.4% in the construction sector, the CSO said.
The bulletin also shows falls in the numbers of people employed in sectors such as hospitality and transportation.
