The average weekly earnings in Kerry are over 14% below the national average.
That’s according to CSO’s Median Weekly Earnings report 2023.
The figures show that the average weekly earnings in the Kingdom rose by 3.6% in a year.
The Central Statistics Office report shows that the median weekly earnings nationally in 2023 was €699.28.
Earnings in Kerry, were 14.5% below this, at €604.57 per week last year; this represented a rise of 3.6% on the 2022 weekly average, of €583.61.
The report shows that females in Kerry earned on average €537.95 a week in 2023, a 4.3% increase on the year before.
The median weekly earnings of males in the county rose by almost 4% year-on-year, to €677.04