National Minimum Wage increases from 1 January 2023

The government raises the national minimum wage from €10.30 to €11.30 per hour as of January 1, 2023. This will be followed by additional gradual increases to the national minimum wage until it reaches 60% of the hourly median wage.  

The government stated that the goal is to no longer have a national minimum wage by 2026 and instead will equalize the national living wage for all employees.  

According to the announcement, the national minimum wage is expected to increase to €13.10 per hour by 2026.

The employee category and hourly rates are listed below.

Category of employee           Hourly rate

Aged 20 and above                 €11.30

Aged 19                                  €10.17

Aged 18                                  €9.04      

Aged under 18                        €7.91    

In order to ensure that the increase in the minimum wage does not result in employers attracting a higher level of PRSI charge solely due to this increase, the employer PRSI threshold increases from €410 to €441 on 1 January 2023.

The National Minimum Wage applies to most employees. It is the minimum hourly pay rate that must be paid. It applies to full-time, part-time, temporary, casual employees, and seasonal workers.

The following categories of employees are excluded:

  • Employees who are close relatives of the employer, where the employer is a Sole Trader, such as a spouse, civil partner, parent, step-parent, grandparent, child, step-child, grandchild, sibling, or half-sibling of the employer.
  • A craft apprentice within the meaning of the Industrial Training Act, 1967, or the Labour of Services Act, 1987.

More information on the National Minimum Wage is available on the Workplace Relations Commission website.

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