Indian women emerge the highest median weekly earners in Ireland; earn 45% more than Irish women

Indian women are breaking new barriers every other day and on Monday, they achieved one more milestone as they emerged the highest median weekly earners in Ireland. Indian women are also the only female nationality grouping in Ireland to earn more than their male counterparts.

The findings were revealed in a recently published data by the Irish Central Statistics Office.

The data showed that median weekly earning of Indian women in 2022 was Euro 886.93 compared to Euro 670.90 of all nationalities, male and female, residents in Ireland. 

Indian women earned 45 per cent more than Irish woman citizens (Euro 611.60) and about 50 per cent more than the overall female median weekly earning (Euro 592.92). 

Indian females earned 4 per cent more than Indian males (Euro 852.98). With the exception of Indian nationals, median earnings for males were higher than for females across all nationality groups.  

In terms of median weekly earning, Indian nationals ranked first in Ireland at Euro 873.38, followed by the UK nationals at Euro 710.32 (Euro 820.24 among males and Euro 582.34 females).

Applauding the outstanding performance of Indian women in Ireland, Akhilesh Mishra, Ambassador of India to Ireland, said, “It echoes the aspirational change in the people of India. The Indian diaspora in Ireland, now about 80,000 including 45,000 Indian citizens, is unique as it comprises mainly first generation, young, high-value professionals who are deeply connected with and influenced by the women-led, inclusive economic development ushered in by Hon’ble Prime Minister Modi.”