107.7
% change, 2025
Moderate trust, 71 of 100 Only OECD counts: EC AMECO republishes it, so there is nothing independent to check it against.
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- EC AMECO
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| Year | OECD Average annual wages (DSD_EARNINGS@AV_AN_WAGE) | European Commission AMECO, real compensation per employee (RWCDC) |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | – | -64 |
| 1961 | – | -61.9 |
| 1962 | – | -60.3 |
| 1963 | – | -59.2 |
| 1964 | – | -56.6 |
| 1965 | – | -56.2 |
| 1966 | – | -54.3 |
| 1967 | – | -52 |
| 1968 | – | -49.4 |
| 1969 | – | -46.5 |
| 1970 | – | -44.3 |
| 1971 | – | -41.6 |
| 1972 | – | -38.4 |
| 1973 | – | -34.3 |
| 1974 | – | -33.1 |
| 1975 | – | -26.9 |
| 1976 | – | -27.2 |
| 1977 | – | -26.7 |
| 1978 | – | -21.8 |
| 1979 | – | -19.3 |
| 1980 | – | -17.5 |
| 1981 | – | -18.6 |
| 1982 | – | -19.1 |
| 1983 | – | -16.7 |
| 1984 | – | -14 |
| 1985 | – | -10.7 |
| 1986 | – | -9.4 |
| 1987 | – | -7.1 |
| 1988 | – | -4.4 |
| 1989 | – | -2 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4.1 | 1.8 |
| 1992 | 8.5 | 6.6 |
| 1993 | 13.8 | 10 |
| 1994 | 14.6 | 9.5 |
| 1995 | 16.6 | 9.8 |
| 1996 | 20.6 | 12.6 |
| 1997 | 29.2 | 18.8 |
| 1998 | 36.2 | 22.9 |
| 1999 | 39.2 | 25.2 |
| 2000 | 42.5 | 29.2 |
| 2001 | 48.4 | 34 |
| 2002 | 50.1 | 34.1 |
| 2003 | 55.3 | 37.5 |
| 2004 | 61.1 | 42.3 |
| 2005 | 67.7 | 48.2 |
| 2006 | 69.1 | 51 |
| 2007 | 73.9 | 55.1 |
| 2008 | 82.5 | 59.1 |
| 2009 | 100.3 | 70.5 |
| 2010 | 101.8 | 69.2 |
| 2011 | 108.8 | 74.5 |
| 2012 | 106.1 | 74.6 |
| 2013 | 101 | 69.5 |
| 2014 | 98.7 | 69.4 |
| 2015 | 98.6 | 72.3 |
| 2016 | 100.8 | 75.7 |
| 2017 | 103.5 | 78.9 |
| 2018 | 106.7 | 81.1 |
| 2019 | 111 | 85.4 |
| 2020 | 113.7 | 90.8 |
| 2021 | 114.3 | 90.8 |
| 2022 | 105.2 | 81.8 |
| 2023 | 103.8 | 78.6 |
| 2024 | 104 | 78.8 |
| 2025 | 107.7 | 82 |
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Ireland among 41 countries
10 have a higher figure and 29 a lower one. Definitions differ between countries, and their years run from 2023 to 2025.
What this number counts
- Counts
- Change in average annual wages per full-time-equivalent employee after inflation, from the first year to the latest year of the OECD series (1990 where available)
- Where
- Ireland
- When
- 1990 to 2025 (one year, not an average)
Where the number comes from (2 sources)
| Source | Figure and year | Definition | Quality | Counts for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
OECD Average annual wages (DSD_EARNINGS@AV_AN_WAGE)Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) · Official economic statisticsRetrieved 2026-10-27 · Data (API) | 107.72025 | Change from 1990 to 2025 in average annual wages per full-time-equivalent dependent employee in the total economy, at 2025 prices in national currency (Euro).OECD divides the national-accounts wage bill by the average number of employees and converts to full-time equivalents with the ratio of usual weekly hours of full-time employees to those of all employees. Wages and salaries as in the national accounts: basic pay, overtime and bonuses, before income tax, without employer social contributions. An average, not a median. Raw file: av_an_wage.csv (whole dataset, CSV with labels). Values: MEASURE WG, PRICE_BASE Q (constant prices), national currency. Also viewable in the OECD Data Explorer: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EARNINGS%40AV_AN_WAGE&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SAE | 5 of 5 checks
| 100% |
European Commission AMECO, real compensation per employee (RWCDC)European Commission, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) · Official economic statisticsRetrieved 2026-10-27 · Data (API) | 822025 | Change from 1990 to 2025 in real compensation of employees per employee, total economy, deflated by the price deflator of private final consumption expenditure (AMECO index, 2020 = 100).Compensation includes employers' social contributions, and it is divided by the number of employees (people, not full-time equivalents), so a change in part-time work moves it. Calculated by RealStats from the index for the same years as the OECD line. Raw file: ameco_ch07-05.csv (ITEM RWCDC, REF_AREA IRL). AMECO database page: https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-research-and-databases/economic-databases/ameco-database_en. Shown but not counted as a separate source: the OECD method note and AMECO's metadata show that both are built from the same national accounts, so this is another measure from the same collection as the OECD line. | 4 of 5 checks
| Not counted |
- OECD100%
Shown but not counted: EC AMECO (republishes OECD).
How the trust score was worked out
- Quality40 / 40
How well the sources are made
- Agreement15 / 30
Unknown with one source, so set to half
- Independence6 / 20
How many separate ways the number was measured
- Freshness10 / 10
How recent the newest data is
Who reports it, and since when
No source of these kinds: model-based estimate.
- Single source: nothing to check it against
- EC AMECO, 1995: AMECO's reference metadata say that for EU members, data under the current accounting standard (ESA 2010) usually start in 1995, and that earlier years are back-cast "by applying annual growth rates available from data vintages under previous accounting standards". AMECO does not mark which years of a series are back-cast. source
figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change
Why the numbers differ
- What is counted: the OECD measures wages and salaries, which exclude employers' social contributions. AMECO measures compensation of employees, which includes them, so a change in employer contributions moves AMECO but not the OECD figure.
- Per what: the OECD converts employees to full-time equivalents using usual weekly hours from labour force surveys. AMECO divides by the number of employees, so more part-time work lowers AMECO's figure without any change in hourly pay.
- Price index: AMECO deflates with the price deflator of private consumption in the national accounts. A consumer price index weights goods differently and can give a different real change over decades.
- Shared base: both series are built from national accounts compiled by national statistics offices, so they are not independent counts. Agreement between them shows that the two methods give similar results, not that the national accounts themselves are right.
- Early years: AMECO back-casts years before current accounting standards begin (for EU members usually the mid-1990s) from older vintages, and the OECD series for central and eastern Europe, Israel, Chile and Colombia start later, so changes since 1990 cover different spans.
- Who is in the average: the averages move when the mix of jobs changes, not only when pay changes. In OECD figures, US average annual wages per full-time-equivalent employee after inflation changed by 6.0% in 2020 and by -2.9% in 2022. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
Common mistakes
- Reading an average as the typical wage: these are mean wages, which high earners pull up. A median wage, or the wage of a typical full-time worker, can change at a different speed. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
- Comparing dollar levels from different OECD releases: the constant-price base year changes with each release (2025 in this one), so a level from an older release is in another year's prices and PPPs. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
- Treating a rise in the average as everyone's pay rising: the ILO Global Wage Report 2020-21 says average wages in some countries "took a surprising jump reflecting a composition effect" when lower-paid jobs were lost in 2020; the average rose without any worker earning more. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
- Comparing percentages across different spans: a change since 1995 or 2000 is not comparable with a change since 1990.
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Cite as: RealStats, “Change in average annual wages after inflation in Ireland”, updated 2026-10-27, with the original sources listed on the page.