Highest earnings for workers in non-EU multinationals – CSO
Workers in non-EU multinational companies accounted for the highest average earnings in 2023, according to a new report from the Central Statistics Office.
The research shows that median weekly earnings were highest among jobs in businesses owned by non-EU multinationals. The figure stood at €906.74 a week.
This was followed by enterprises owned by EU multinationals, which had earnings of €789.07 a week.
The lowest median weekly earnings were recorded among jobs in Irish-owned enterprises at €654.41 a week.
The CSO said that similar trends were recorded for median weekly and annual earnings across the years analysed, 2020–2023.
In 2023, median weekly earnings were highest among Indian nationals employed in both Irish-owned enterprises, where the figure was €792.59 a week, and foreign-owned enterprises, where the figure stood at €1,096.05 a week.
Among Irish-owned enterprises, Ukrainian, Brazilian and Lithuanian nationals had the lowest median weekly earnings in 2023.
Overall, jobs in Irish-owned enterprises accounted for almost three-quarters of all employments in 2023, while jobs in non-EU multinationals accounted for a further one-fifth.
Despite greater annual percentage increases in weekly earnings among female workers, males had higher median weekly earnings in each nationality of enterprise ownership category, compared with their female counterparts.
The number of employees whose primary employment was with Irish-owned enterprises rose by 0.4% in the month to November 2024, which was an annual increase of 2.9%.
This compares with a monthly increase of 0.1% and annual increase of 0.5% for foreign-owned enterprises.
In 2023, Irish nationals accounted for 76.6% of employments in Irish owned-enterprises and 65.5% of employments in all foreign-owned enterprises, the CSO figures show.
“Median weekly earnings among Irish nationals tended to be higher than non-Irish nationals across all nationality of enterprise ownership categories in 2023,” said Dr Eimear Heffernan, CSO Statistician.
“However, the range in earnings by individual nationality was considerable,” she noted.
“Median weekly earnings were highest among Indian nationals in employment in both Irish-owned enterprises and foreign-owned enterprises in 2023,” Dr Heffernan said.
“In contrast, median weekly earnings of €425.75 and €538.26 were recorded among Ukrainian nationals employed in Irish-owned and foreign-owned enterprises, respectively,” she added.
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