(Cavan) asked the Taoiseach the average weekly earnings of persons engaged in (a) non-agricultural employment and (b) agricultural employment on 1st January or other convenient date in every year from 1950 to the latest available date.
Written Answers. - Weekly Earnings.
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Specific detailed information regarding weekly earnings in the non-agricultural sector is collected only for wage-earners employed by concerns included in the Census of Industrial Production (up-todate information being available, from the quarterly industrial inquiries, for industries producing transportable goods) and for persons engaged in certain transport activities. The average weekly earnings of wage-earners in transportable goods industries and the average minimum weekly agricultural wage rates are shown in the following table for each year since 1950:
|
Period |
Transportable Goods Industries— Average Weekly Industrial Earnings |
Minimum Weekly Agricultural Wages |
||
|
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
|
|
October, 1950 |
86 |
3 |
61 |
3* |
|
,,1951 |
95 |
9 |
68 |
9 |
|
,,1952 |
102 |
11 |
74 |
0 |
|
,,1953 |
109 |
7 |
81 |
6 |
|
,,1954 |
113 |
0 |
85 |
6 |
|
,,1955 |
118 |
8 |
90 |
9 |
|
,,1956 |
124 |
6 |
96 |
9 |
|
,,1957 |
128 |
6 |
96 |
9 |
|
,,1958 |
135 |
11 |
96 |
9 |
|
,,1959 |
142 |
0 |
102 |
9 |
|
,,1960 |
151 |
4 |
109 |
9† |
|
,,1961 |
162 |
3 |
115 |
9‡ |
|
,,1962 |
178 |
7 |
122 |
6 |
|
,,1963 |
187 |
4 |
122 |
6 |
|
September,1964 |
209 |
11 |
145 |
3 |
|
,,1965 |
216 |
8 |
160 |
9 |
*From 9 October, 1950.
†From 24 October, 1960.
‡ From 30 October, 1961.