In 2008, the national minimum wage in Ireland remained fixed at €1,461.9 per month, that is 17,543 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.
Accordingly the national minimum wage has been raised 59.2 Euros per month from the previous year, 4.22%. This increase is less than the CPI of 2007 which was 4.6%,and so workers, despite the raise, have lost buying power in the last year.
If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, Ireland is one of the countries with the highest minimum salary of the 90 of the list.
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) of a country is the minimum amount (lowest salary) per hour, per day, or per month that employers may legally pay to workers.
In the table that follows we show you the progression of the National Minimum Wage Ireland. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2008 and see all the information about this country in Ireland economy.