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IT was the most highly paid sector in 2024 - IrishJobs

Leading hiring platform IrishJobs has today published new data which reveals that full-time employees in Ireland earned a mean gross salary of €46,791 in 2024.
Molly Cantwell
Molly Cantwell

06.10 21 Jan 2025


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IT was the most highly paid se...

IT was the most highly paid sector in 2024 - IrishJobs

Molly Cantwell
Molly Cantwell

06.10 21 Jan 2025


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Professionals in the IT sector earned the highest average salary in Ireland in 2024, new data has uncovered.

Leading hiring platform IrishJobs has today published new data which reveals that full-time employees in Ireland earned a mean gross salary of €46,791 in 2024.

Ireland compares positively to other European economies, with a median salary in the UK of £35,648 (€42,377) and €45,800 in Germany.

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The research is based on an analysis of salaries and benefits for the most commonly posted jobs across a wide range of sectors undertaken by hiring platforms in The Stepstone Group in Ireland, the UK and Germany.

Findings show that the IT sector had the highest average mean salary at €69,050.

This was followed by construction (€63,502), finance (€63,165) and engineering (€59,808).

Employees in the legal sector had an average salary of €56,232, professionals working in cleaning related occupations earned the lowest average salary of €27,719, followed by catering at €31,322 and security at €33,629.

In terms of regional data - Dublin is ranked as the county with the highest annual average salary at €48,343.

"Continued strength"

A press release from IrishJobs said that this indicates Dublin’s “continued strength as a national hub for enterprise activity and highly skilled labour”.

“There is a strong performance from counties in Munster,” the press release also said.

“Limerick has the second highest annual average salary (€46,011) powered by its thriving manufacturing, life sciences, healthcare, and technology sectors, while Cork (€45,232) has the third highest average annual salary.

“The average annual salary in Galway is €43,679.”

Findings revealed that Head of Finance (€90,798) roles were paid the highest average salary in Ireland in 2024.

The research also revealed that an occupational pension is the most common benefit provided to employees in Ireland on top of their base salary.

Unemployment levels remaining low

Commenting on the release of the findings, Sam Dooley, Country Director of The Stepstone Group Ireland with responsibility for IrishJobs, said: “With unemployment levels forecast to remain low through 2025, employers in Ireland look set to navigate a competitive labour market in the months ahead.

“Against this backdrop, IrishJobs’ analysis of data on the salaries and benefits of job postings in 2024 provides an insight into how employers are adapting their talent offering as they seek to attract and retain high-calibre talent.

“Our findings showed that professionals in the IT sector were among the most highly paid in Ireland last year.

“Despite a fall in job vacancy generation in the sector in 2024, the levels of compensation in the sector indicate that highly skilled IT professionals remain in strong demand.

“As the AI transformation accelerates and more firms look to build out their AI capabilities, we expect this competition for a limited pool of highly skilled professionals to grow at pace.”

Mr Dooley said that many employers who are struggling to keep pace with a demand for higher wages are enhancing employee benefits.

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