Salary Calculator Ireland

Tax Year: 2025 – 2026

If you live in Ireland and earn a gross annual salary of €49,685, or €4,140 per month (including bonuses), your monthly take-home pay will be €3,294. This results in an effective tax rate of 20%, as estimated by our Irish salary calculator.

The table below shows how your monthly take-home pay would vary across different eurozone countries based on the gross salary you entered.

The following chart outlines your earnings relative to the national average salary and minimum wage in Ireland.

Please note that the national figures assume full-time employment for the entire year, while your salary is calculated according to the settings you selected.

The average salary in Ireland is €49,685, according to the Central Statistics Office (Q3 2024). If we run this through our calculator, that's a salary after tax of €3,294 a month, or €760 a week.

However, estimating averages using the mean of all salaries can be misleading since a small portion of people with very high incomes can skew the results. The most recent median (50th percentile) salary is €43,221, which comes from a 2023 CSO report. In our Irish salary calculator, that's a monthly net salary of €2,996, or €691 a week.

Of course, depending on where you live, average salaries will look different. For instance, in Dublin, where living costs are high and specialists are in demand, you can expect salaries to be higher than they would be in smaller and more affordable areas.

The national minimum wage for 2024 in Ireland is €13.50 an hour for employees aged 20 and up, €12.15 for age 19, €10.80 for age 18, and €9.45 for ages under 18. Running the numbers for age 20+ through our Ireland tax calculator, the monthly pay for a 40-hour work week is €2,340 before tax and €2,076 after tax.

In Ireland, under the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system, employers automatically deduct taxes and contributions from your paychecks. Your take-home salary is calculated by subtracting Income tax, Universal Social Charge, and Pay Related Social Insurance from your gross salary.

While most employees' salaries have taxes deducted from them on payday, if you're self-employed, you need to file a return manually using the government's Revenue Online Service (ROS).

If you'd like to find out more about the tax system in Ireland, please check our comprehensive Income Taxes in Ireland guide.

• Income Tax: Ireland salaries are taxed at two rates — the "standard rate" of 20%, applied to the first section of your income, and the "higher rate" of 40%, applied to your remaining income. Your personal circumstances determine where the threshold between these rates is.
• Universal Social Charge (USC): If you earn more than €13,000 per year, then you need to make a contribution to the USC to fund public services. Your income level determines how big that contribution is, ranging from 0.5% to 8%.
• Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI): If you earn more than €352 a week, then you must make PRSI contributions to help fund Ireland's social welfare programs. The amount you pay depends on your income and line of work.