Contemporary data on earnings for public servants is not available to my Department. The estimated number of employees with an annual salary over €100,000 (based on a whole time equivalent figure of 292,000) within the public service (excluding Commercial State Companies) in 2012 represents approx. 2% of the staff employed. Details of the numbers of staff by salary range over €100,000 are set out in the Table below:
Pay Range
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Numbers
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€100,001-€125,000
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2,112
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€125,001-€150,000
|
975
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Over €150,000
|
2,721
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Total
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5,808
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The above salary figures include the reduction imposed on the remuneration rates of public servants under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act 2009 effective from 1 January 2010. However, the salary ranges exclude the impact on gross salaries of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 which imposed a pension related deduction on the salary of public servants of an average of some 7% effective from March 2009.