Indian nationals had the highest median weekly earnings in Ireland last year, at €883.74, according to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
This was followed by those from the United Kingdom (€745.71), and Irish nationals (€728.03).
According to CSO data, Indian nationals accounted for 2.6 per cent of total employments in 2023, up 0.5 percentage points since 2022. Nearly half of these jobs were in the Human Health and Social Work and Information and Communication sectors.
Indian nationals were also the only nationality group where weekly earnings among females (€908.44) were higher than those of males (€849.68).
Meanwhile, the gap between male and female weekly earnings was largest among UK nationals.
Irish nationals accounted for 73.8 per cent of the total employments in 2023, down 1.7 percentage points in the year since 2022. Nearly one third of employments held by Irish nationals were in the wholesale and retail trade and the human health and social work.
