Executives feel pinch despite big earnings

SALARIES for the country’s chief executives range from €85,000 to €268,000 and beyond.

This compares to manual workers’ annual average wage of 17,414 and office workers’ average earnings of 19,543.

While the huge gulf between the salaries of chief executives and their workers will anger unions, the latest figures also reveal that even bosses are tightening their belts in recent times.