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Irish, UK & Indian workers earn more than national median

Today's CSO figures show that the median worker earned €730.89 a week last year, an increase of 4.5% year on year
Today's CSO figures show that the median worker earned €730.89 a week last year, an increase of 4.5% year on year

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Irish, Indian and British nationals had earnings above the national average last year.

The CSO said the median worker earned €730.89 a week last year, an increase of 4.5% year on year.

Today's figures show that Indian workers had incomes averaging €876.04 a week - though that was down year on year.

After Indian nationals, UK nationals had median weekly earnings of €780 while Irish nationals had median weekly earnigs of €762.72.

The CSO noted that Ukrainian workers had the lowest incomes at less than €500, while the incomes of Brazilian workers was also below the average at €563.

Today's figures show that Irish nationals accounted for 72.5% of all employment in Ireland, and non-Irish nationals accounted for 27.5%.

After Irish nationals, the highest proportion of employment was for those with Polish (3.2%), Indian (3.1%) and UK (2.7%) nationalities.

They also reveal that for Irish nationals, 26.4% of employment was in the 15-24 and 60 years and over age groups. This compared with 13% for non-Irish nationals.


Graph of average and mean earnings of different nationalities here