asked the Taoiseach the total number of wage and salary earners in the income ranges of £1,600 to £2,000; £2,000 to £2,500; £2,500 to £3,000 and over £3,000.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Wage and Salary Earners.
1.
The only data available relate to industrial workers in transportable goods industries and to persons in the Civil Service. I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the relevant available information.
Following is the statement:
(1) Estimated numbers of industrial workers in Transportable Goods Industries with certain rates of weekly earnings in September 1970.
|
Rate of weekly earnings |
Number of industrial workers* |
|
£22 but less than £26 |
22,000 |
|
£26,,,,,, £30 |
15,000 |
|
£30 and over |
20,000 |
*Rounded to nearest 1,000.
(2) Numbers of civil servants in certain basic pay ranges at 1st January, 1972.
|
Basic pay range |
Total number |
|
Over £1,600 but not over £2,000 per annum |
4,493 |
|
,, £2,000 ,, ,, ,,£2,504 ,, ,, |
2,311 |
|
,, £2,504 ,, ,, ,, £3,174 ,, ,, |
2,158 |
|
,, £3,174 |
1,771 |
|
10,733 |