Average public sector wage hits €926 as weekly earnings rise by 4% in year

AVERAGE weekly earnings for the State’s public sector workers have risen by 4%, according to new data from the Central Statistics Office.

Average earnings were €926.64 in September 2007, the latest data for which figures are available, up from €883.19 a year earlier.

Trade union IMPACT said the figures show that pay in the public sector is rising at a slower rate than in the private sector.