{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"ie-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/ie-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/ie-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Ireland (2025)","description":"Ireland's Median Equivalised Net Income: 35,138 EUR per person in 2025, +6.4% YoY, roughly 153% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure reflects typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does Ireland's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, Ireland's median equivalised net income of roughly 35,138 EUR was about 153.2% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, a gap of around 12,199 EUR. That premium has typically been among the largest in the EU-27 over the 2010–2025 window, though it has not widened in a straight line — Ireland's ratio to the EU-27 average stood at roughly 141.3% back in 2010."},{"question":"How much has Ireland's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"Ireland's median equivalised net income rose from about 20,512 EUR in 2010 to approximately 35,138 EUR in 2025 — a cumulative gain of roughly 71.3% over 15 years. Growth was far from linear: income actually declined in 2011 (-3.8%) and 2012 (-0.4%) before resuming an upward trend, with particularly strong single-year gains of +8.9% in 2018 and +7.6% in 2024."},{"question":"Why did Ireland's median income fall in 2011 and 2012?","answer":"Ireland's median equivalised net income slipped from 20,512 EUR in 2010 to 19,726 EUR in 2011 (-3.8%) and further to 19,648 EUR in 2012 (-0.4%), likely reflecting the aftermath of Ireland's banking crisis and the fiscal austerity measures carried out under the EU-IMF-ECB bailout programme in that period. Income did not durably clear the 2010 level again until 2015, when the series reached 21,629 EUR."},{"question":"Has Ireland's income premium over the EU average been widening or narrowing?","answer":"It has fluctuated rather than moved in one direction. Ireland's ratio to the EU-27 average fell to roughly 131.6% in 2012 during the domestic post-crisis downturn, then climbed to a series high of about 157.5% in 2022, before easing slightly to 153.2% by 2025. Even at its lowest point in the series, Ireland's median income has typically stayed well above the EU-27 average throughout the 2010–2025 period."}]}