ESRI: Minimum wage increases did not result in low-pay job losses

The size of the increases also didn't impact overall low-pay employment

The national minimum wage has increased every year from 2015 to 2025 from €8.65 an hour to €13.50 an hour. File picture

The successive increases to the minimum wage over the last decade did not lead to low-paid workers losing their jobs with the size of the increases also showing no bearing on low-paid employment, a new analysis by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found.

The national minimum wage has increased every year from 2015 to 2025 from €8.65 an hour to €13.50 an hour. The minimum wage was subsequently increased again at the beginning of this year to €14.15.