- Valid in April 2024
- The amounts are in Euro (€).
- The amounts are before tax.
Age and experience
Per hour | |
National minimum wage (Aged 20 and over)
Minimum wage with effect from 1 January 2024.
Information last updated on this page 15/01/2024
|
€12.70 |
Aged under 18
Minimum wage with effect from 1 January 2024.
Information last updated on this page 15/01/2024
|
€8.89 |
Aged 18
Minimum wage with effect from 1 January 2024.
Information last updated on this page 15/01/2024
|
€10.16 |
Aged 19
Minimum wage with effect from 1 January 2024.
Information last updated on this page 15/01/2024
|
€11.43 |
Definitions
An experienced adult worker – for the purposes of the National Minimum Wage Act – is an employee who has an employment of any kind in any 2 years over the age of 18.
Ireland has a government-mandated minimum wage. No worker in Ireland can be paid less then this mandatory minimum rate of pay.
Employers in Ireland who fail to pay the Minimum Wage may be subject to punishment by the government of Ireland.
Wages per month are calculated as 4.33 times if a weekly wage is defined. It is calculated as 4.33 times the standard hours per week if an hourly wage is given.
More information is available at
Archive Minimum wage in Ireland
Archive from 2019 on
- Minimum Wages with effect from 1 January 2024
- Minimum Wages with effect from 31 December 2023
- Minimum Wages with effect from 1 January 2023
- Minimum Wages with effect from 1 January 2022
- Minimum Wages with effect from 1 January 2021
- Minimum Wages with effect from 1 February 2020
- Minimum Wages with effect from 1 January 2019
Archive before 2019
- Minimum Wages in Ireland with effect from 01-01-2019 to 31-12-2019
- Minimum Wages in Ireland with effect from 01-01-2018 to 31-12-2018
- Minimum Wages in Ireland with effect from 01-01-2017 to 31-12-2017
- Minimum Wages in Ireland with effect from 01-01-2016
- Minimum Wages in Ireland with effect from 01-07-2011