New figures from the Central Statistics Office today shows the county with the highest median earnings last year was Dublin at €47,873.
Dublin was followed by Kildare at €46,819, Meath at €44,902, Wicklow at €44,750 and Cork €44,348. Each of these counties had median annual earnings greater than those of the State's €43,221.
The CSO said the lowest median annual earnings were recorded in Donegal at €35,010, Monaghan at €35,894 and Kerry at €37,151 in 2023.
The CSO noted that 56.7% of employments with earnings in the top 1% were held by those living in Dublin.
Today's CSO figures also show a near even split between the number of men and women employed last year.
Men accounted for 50.9% of all employments active for at least 50 weeks last year, while women accounted for 49.1% of all employments.
The CSO also said that men continued to have higher average incomes and made up nearly three quarters of the top 1% of earners.
Women made up more than three quarters of workers in health and social work, but just over one third of the sector's top earners, the CSO added.
Today's figures also show that the largest gap in gender representation was recorded among 30-39 year olds, where men accounted for 52.3% of employments and women accounted for the remaining 47.7%.
Among those aged 25-29 years, men accounted for 51.8% of the total employments compared with 48.2% represented by women.
