Median Equivalised Net Income in Ireland (2025)
Ireland's Median Equivalised Net Income: 35,138 EUR per person in 2025, +6.4% YoY, roughly 153% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35,138 | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 33,013 | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 30,689 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 30,063 | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 28,762 | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 26,766 | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 25,422 | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 24,920 | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 22,879 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 22,544 | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 21,629 | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 20,171 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 19,856 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 19,648 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 19,726 | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 20,512 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Ireland's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 35,138 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 6.4% increase from 33,013 EUR in 2024, continuing a broadly upward run that has produced several years of gains above 6% since 2021.
For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is Ireland's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, Ireland's median income of 20,512 EUR was already about 141.3% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR. That premium narrowed to roughly 131.6% by 2012 amid Ireland's post-financial-crisis downturn, before climbing to a series high of approximately 157.5% in 2022 and settling at 153.2% in 2025 — one of the largest sustained income premiums over the EU-27 average among member states in this dataset.
Growth has not been linear. Ireland's income fell from 20,512 EUR in 2010 to 19,648 EUR in 2012 — a cumulative decline of roughly 4.2% likely tied to austerity measures under the EU-IMF-ECB bailout programme — before recovering to 21,629 EUR in 2015 and then rising steadily through the rest of the decade. Gains accelerated notably in 2018 (+8.9%, to 24,920 EUR) and again in 2021 (+7.5%, to 28,762 EUR), with the series reaching 30,689 EUR in 2023, 33,013 EUR in 2024, and 35,138 EUR in 2025. Because EU-SILC income figures are denominated in current-year euros and not adjusted for inflation, part of the 2022–2025 gains likely reflects nominal wage growth alongside elevated inflation rather than an equivalent rise in real purchasing power.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Ireland provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series; the 2019 and 2020 observations carry a Eurostat break-in-series flag, so year-on-year comparisons spanning that boundary should be treated as directionally indicative rather than exact.