Country Overview

Wages and Prices in Ireland

Ireland’s latest PPP-adjusted wage is among the higher readings shown, and its price profile helps readers inspect how that wage reference sits alongside category-level indices.

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Wage history

How Wages Have Changed in Ireland

Explore Ireland’s PPP-adjusted annual wage history using a reported range rather than a filled-in series.

PPP-adjusted annual wage (USD)2000–2025 · touch or hover points for the selected range

Price levels

Price Levels in Ireland

Compare everyday price levels using the United States benchmark of 100.

Overall

92.20Below U.S.7.8% below U.S.

Food

98.10Near U.S.1.9% below U.S.

Clothing

88.70Below U.S.11.3% below U.S.

Housing

104.00Above U.S.4.0% above U.S.

Health

84.40Below U.S.15.6% below U.S.

Transport

114.00Above U.S.14.0% above U.S.

Recreation

92.00Below U.S.8.0% below U.S.

Restaurants

105.00Above U.S.5.0% above U.S.

How to Read This View

Use 100 as the reference

The United States is fixed at 100 for every category. A value of 92.2 means that Ireland’s price level is about 7.8% below the U.S. benchmark, while a value of 114 means it is approximately 14% higher.

Compare categories, not household bills

Each row represents a separate spending category. The values show relative price levels rather than the actual amount a household spends. A higher transport index does not necessarily mean that total living costs are higher by the same amount.

Check the selected year

The year buttons update all displayed categories together. Missing observations are shown as unavailable and are never replaced with values from another year.

Relative context

Ireland in Context

See how Ireland’s wage and selected price level compare with the OECD median and the United States.

Average Annual Wage

Ireland$70,113

OECD Median$60,690

United States$86,977

Selected Price Level

Ireland92.20

OECD Median67.25

United States100

Read the placement

Ireland’s 2025 PPP-adjusted annual wage is 15.5% above the OECD median. Its 2024 Overall price index of 92.2 is 7.8% below the U.S. benchmark, meaning that it combines a higher wage with a lower price level in this dataset. Wage and price observations refer to separately labelled years and should not be read as a household affordability score.

Country note

Understanding Wages and Prices in Ireland

Ireland’s page separates the current common-year wage from the latest available price year. The chart and range controls support a reading of the series without inventing values for missing observations or asserting a reason for change.

The highest displayed category indices for Ireland are Transport at 114.00, Restaurants at 105.00, and Housing at 104.00, while the overall index remains below the United States reference. Those measures describe relative prices, not an estimate of a household budget or a recommendation about where to live.