Almost three quarters of the top 1% of earners in 2022 were male

Of the top 10 per cent of earners in Ireland, 70.3 per cent were male and 29.7 per cent were female
Almost three quarters of the top 1% of earners in 2022 were male

Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA

Almost three quarters of the top 1 per cent of earners in the State last year were male, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

The figures indicate an almost even split between those in active employment, with 51.3 per cent male and 48.7 per cent female.

But in the category of the top 10 per cent of earners, 70.3 per cent were male and 29.7 per cent were female.

Of those with earnings in the top 1 per cent, 74.8 per cent were male and 25.2 per cent were female.

The median annual earnings by gender, meaning the number in the middle of the data set, was 45,537 a year for males and €37,782 a year for females.

For those within the top 10 per cent of earnings, €121,426 was the median earning for male earners and €115,950 was the median earnings for female earners.

For those within the top 1 per cent of earnings, the median earnings were €285,672 for men and €277,613 for women.

The median annual earnings by county were highest in Dublin at €46,136 a year, lowest in Donegal at €33,523, with an average of €41,823 nationally.

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