Gender Pay Gap: Women in Tipperary earned around €6,000 less than men in 2022

Women in Tipperary earned €6,000 less than men last year, according to new figures released by the Central Statistics Office.

The median annual earnings for men in Tipperary was €40,720 compared to €34,630 for women.

Women starting out in the workforce earned a lot less than their male counterparts.

The Distribution of Earnings by Gender and County dataset showed that young women aged 15 to 24 earned a median annual income of €19,028.

That’s compared to men in the same age group who earned €22,979.

Earnings for both men and women in Tipperary peaked in the 40-49 age group and fell thereafter.

Women’s earnings peaked at a median of €39,127 and men's at €45,774.

This is not in line with the national trend.

According to the national figures, women’s pay peaks in the 40-49 age bracket, while men's in the 50-59.

Statistician in the Earnings Analysis Division, Dr Eimear Heffernan said in the report:

“There was relatively equal gender representation in employments across all age groups. Both mean and median annual earnings among females peak at an earlier age than among males.”

In Tipperary, by the age approaching entering and in retirement, 60 years and over, both men and women’s earnings had decreased.

Women’s median earnings at 60 years were €25,877, while men €35,940.

According to previously released CSO data the average age for women to have her first baby is 31.

From the pay report, we can see the median wage in the 30-39 age group in Tipperary was €40,522.

Women in their 30's earned a median wage of €38,703 and men €41,830.

NATIONAL OUTLOOK

Nationally, 51.3% of men and 48.7% of women are in employment for at least 50 weeks of the year.

The national median earnings per year stood at €41,823.

This ranged from the lowest of €33,523 in Donegal to the highest in Dublin at €46,136.

Men earned a median annual salary of €45,537 and women €37,782.

Men in the top 1% of earners earned a median annual salary of €285,672 and women €277,613.

The CSO uses snapshot data to calculate gender pay gap statistics.

This data primarily came from the Revenue Commissioners employee tax data and was restricted to active employment in October 2022.