Men make up 75% of the top 1% of earners

Wed, 23 Oct, 2024 - 11:49

Eva Osborne

Of the top one per cent of earners, only 25 per cent are women, according to the latest update of the Central Statistics Office's (CSO's) Women and Men in Ireland Hub.

The sector with the lowest percentage of women in the top one per cent of earners was construction at 7 per cent, and the sector with the highest was human health and social work activities at 35 per cent.

The Gender Pay Gap (GPG) in Ireland for 2022, measured as the average difference between males and females, was 9.3 per cent.

The median hourly earnings in 2022 for men were €20.11, which compares with median hourly earnings for women of €19.00.

The Women and Men in Ireland Hub was developed by the CSO in March 2024, using the latest data from both the CSO and other public service bodies, to provide comprehensive equality data on women and men in Ireland.

The latest update to the hub also revealed that, as of 2024, 27 per cent of Government ministers in Ireland are women, while 43 per cent of Irish European Parliament members are women.

Just over 35 per cent of all employees in An Garda Síochána in 2023 were women.

The number of women working from home increased by 306 per cent between 2016 and 2022. The number of men working from home rose by 114 per cent in the same period.