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# Take-home pay in Ireland

The national median gross salary in Ireland is €3,588 a month (2022). Over twelve months, €43,056 a year, a single person without children pays €5,449 in income tax and €1,765 in employee social contributions and keeps €35,842 a year: €2,987 a month, 83.2% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €60,258 a year. For the households with children, net pay includes the cash benefits the model adds.

### Single, no children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €30,129 | €2,511 | €2,201 | 87.7% |
| 67% | €40,373 | €3,364 | €2,824 | 83.9% |
| 100% | €60,258 | €5,021 | €3,761 | 74.9% |
| 133% | €80,143 | €6,679 | €4,595 | 68.8% |
| 167% | €100,630 | €8,386 | €5,413 | 64.6% |
| 200% | €120,516 | €10,043 | €6,207 | 61.8% |
| 250% | €150,644 | €12,554 | €7,410 | 59.0% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €30,129 | €2,511 | €3,504 | 139.6% |
| 67% | €40,373 | €3,364 | €3,568 | 106.1% |
| 100% | €60,258 | €5,021 | €4,266 | 85.0% |
| 133% | €80,143 | €6,679 | €5,100 | 76.4% |
| 167% | €100,630 | €8,386 | €5,918 | 70.6% |
| 200% | €120,516 | €10,043 | €6,712 | 66.8% |
| 250% | €150,644 | €12,554 | €7,915 | 63.0% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €30,129 | €2,511 | €3,324 | 132.4% |
| 67% | €40,373 | €3,364 | €3,637 | 108.1% |
| 100% | €60,258 | €5,021 | €4,520 | 90.0% |
| 133% | €80,143 | €6,679 | €5,355 | 80.2% |
| 167% | €100,630 | €8,386 | €6,172 | 73.6% |
| 200% | €120,516 | €10,043 | €6,966 | 69.4% |
| 250% | €150,644 | €12,554 | €8,169 | 65.1% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by Revenue Commissioners, Ireland.

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €44,000 | 20% | single standard band |
| above €44,000 | 40% | balance above single standard band |

- Standard VAT rate: 23%; reduced 13.5%, 9%

## Minimum wage

€13.50 an hour (2025); €28,080 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is below the range the OECD model covers in Ireland (€30,129 to €150,644 a year), so its take-home pay is not estimated here.

## Sources

1. OECD, Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1). https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/taxing-wages-2025_b3a95829-en.html
2. Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, Income tax schedule 2026. https://www.revenue.ie/en/personal-tax-credits-reliefs-and-exemptions/tax-relief-charts/index.aspx
3. Eurostat (Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly), Eurostat (Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses_monthly?format=JSON&lang=EN&freq=A&indic_se=MED_E_EUR&worktime=FT&age=TOTAL&sex=T&isco08=TOTAL&nace_r2=B-S_X_O&time=2022&geo=IE

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/ireland/
- JSON (the model for Ireland): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/ie.json