Decline in workers earning under minimum wage, new figures reveal

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today issued National Minimum Wage Estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) in respect of Q4 2019, indicating a decline in employees earning less than the national minimum wage.

There has been a decline in the number of workers earning less than the minimum wage, according to data released by the Central Statistics Office.

At the end of last year, 6.4% of all employees earned the minimum wage or less - a reduction from 10.5% 12 months previous.