Average weekly earnings and number of hours worked go up, says CSO

The Central Statistics Office also found that the job vacancy rate as of the end of September was 1.2%

Average weekly earnings has increased by €48.49 compared to last year. 

Average weekly earnings increased by 5.3% to €955.59 between July and September while the number of hours worked also ticked upwards slightly, new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows.

In comparison to the same quarter last year, average weekly earnings increased by €48.49. The average number of weekly paid hours during the three months of the end of September was 32.8 up from 32.6 last year.