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NEW DATA has revealed workers in Limerick were among the most highly paid across Ireland in 2024.
The information from the recruitment website IrishJobs.ie has showed staff in Limerick on average enjoy the second highest annual wage in the country, at €46,011.
The only county to be ahead of Shannonside is the capital, Dublin.
According to the research, full-time employees in Ireland earned an average salary, before tax, of €46,791 in 2024.
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Ireland compares positively to other European economies, with an average salary in Britain of £35,648 (€42,377) and €45,800 in Germany.
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, Britain and Germany.
The IT sector had the highest average 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 (€27,719) earned the lowest average salary, followed by catering (€31,322) and security (€33,629).
Head of finance roles were paid the highest average salary in Ireland in 2024, the information suggests, closely followed by senior quantity surveyors who posted an average 7.55% increase in salary year-on-year.
Roles in the pharmaceutical and IT sector made up the remaining five most highly paid professions.
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," he added.
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