One in four workers earn less than €450 a week, while one in eight earn more than €1,500, new figures show

Almost two in every three employments in the accommodation and food services sector had weekly earnings of less than €450.

One in eight workers earn more than €1,500 a week, but one in four earn less than €450 a week, new figures have shown.

On Tuesday, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) published data on the distribution of earnings across the economy in 2023. It found women had a greater representation among the lower earnings bracket, while men were proportionally more highly represented among higher-earning workers.