Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 October 2022
156. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Taoiseach the number of persons in full-time employment who were on less than 60% of the median wage in Ireland in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51030/22]
View answer157. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Taoiseach the number of persons in full-time employment who were on less than 66% of the median wage in Ireland in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51031/22]
View answerI propose to take the following questions together 156 and 157.
The exact information the Deputy requested is not available.
The official source of structural earnings statistics is the CSO’s Earnings Analysis Using Administrative Data Sources (EAADS). The EAADS is based primarily on the Revenue Commissioner’s employee tax data which provides details of gross annual earnings and number of weeks worked in the year for all employments. The most recent estimates available are for the year 2020. The annual earnings data presented from the EAADS is based on employments that were active for at least 50 weeks in the reference year. For further information please see the Background Notes available on the CSO website.
Table 1 below shows the Proportion of Employments for the period 2011-2020 inclusive earning less than 60/66% of Median Gross Annual Earnings.
Table 2 below shows the Proportion of Employments for the period 2011-2020 inclusive earning less than 60/66% of Median Gross Weekly Earnings.
Table 1 - Proportion of employments earning less than 60/66% of Median Gross Annual Earnings
|
- |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
|
Less than 60% of Median |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
22 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
18 |
|
Less than 66% of Median |
27 |
27 |
27 |
27 |
27 |
26 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
23 |
Source: Earnings Analysis Using Administrative Data Sources (EAADS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.
Note: Annual earnings data is based on employments that were active for at least 50 weeks in the reference year.
Table 2 - Proportion of employments earning less than 60/66% of Median Gross Weekly Earnings
|
- |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
|
Less than 60% of Median |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
22 |
|
Less than 66% of Median |
29 |
29 |
30 |
29 |
29 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
26 |
Source: Earnings Analysis Using Administrative Data Sources (EAADS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.
Note: Annual earnings data is based on employments that were active for at least 50 weeks in the reference year.
Question No. 158 answered with Question No. 150.
