Ireland - Serious regional wage disparities - August 31, 2019

Workers in the southeast earn little more than half of the national average, according to a major economic survey, which lays the blame on the lack of high-quality jobs in the regions. The South East Economic Monitor written by Waterford Institute of Technology academics has found that when returns for taxes on work are calculated, including PAYE, universal social charge and self-employed taxes, the figure is 52% of the national average. Moreover, the most recent data (Q4 2018) show that the southeast has the highest proportion of workers earning the National Minimum Wage or less (12.9% versus 7.6% country-wide).

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