John Paul Phelan
Question:42. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Taoiseach the number of people who are being paid at the current minimum wage of €11.30 per hour. [49384/23]
View answerTuesday, 14 November 2023
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The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The LFS produces estimates for the number of employees who report earning the national minimum wage as well as those who indicate they have gross hourly earnings which do not exceed the national minimum wage.
In Q2 2023 there were 125,800 employees reported that they earned the national minimum wage of €11.30 per hour, with a further 38,900 reporting that they earned less than the national minimum wage. The total number of employees in Q2 2023 was 2,286,200. The combined total of 164,700 employees who earned the national minimum wage or less represents 7.5% of the total excluding those recorded as ‘not stated’.
Number of employees aged 15 - 89 years earning the National Minimum Wage or less, Q2 2019 - Q2 2023
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Q2 2019 |
Q2 2020 |
Q2 2021 |
Q2 2022 |
Q2 2023 |
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Employees reporting earning less than National Minimum Wage |
24.4 |
20.8 |
24.0 |
34.8 |
38.9 |
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Employees reporting earning National Minimum Wage |
108.2 |
106.5 |
133.5 |
122.9 |
125.8 |
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Total employees reporting earning National Minimum Wage or less |
132.6 |
127.3 |
157.5 |
157.7 |
164.7 |
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Employees reporting earning more than National Minimum Wage |
1709.9 |
1538.5 |
1770.1 |
1952.7 |
2045.9 |
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Not stated |
123.1 |
148.6 |
93.2 |
81.6 |
75.6 |
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Total employees |
1965.7 |
1814.4 |
2020.9 |
2192.0 |
2286.2 |
Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.
Data may be subject to future revision.
Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.
Reference period: Q1 Jan-Mar,Q2 Apr-Jun,Q3 Jul-Sep,Q4 Oct-Dec.