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Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2022

Equivalised Income

SILC data 2020 to 2022 was revised on 7 March 2024 due to changes made to weights, reflecting updated household population benchmarks, because of the availability of Census 2022 data. The data in this publication does not reflect these revisions. For revised data please see SILC 2023 or PxStat.

Equivalised Income

Increase in equivalised income in 2022

Online ISSN: 2009-5937

CSO statistical publication, 22 February 2023, 11am

The income reference period of SILC in year T is the calendar year T-1, i.e. for SILC 2022 the income relates to Jan-Dec 2021.

Nominal Equivalised Income

€26,257

Median

nominal equivalised income of individuals in 2022

up from €25,264 in 2021

Source: CSO Ireland, Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2022

Equivalised income allows for a more meaningful comparison of income across households by accounting for the number of adults and children living in the household, thus allowing for analysis at an individualised level. However, when analysing by individual characteristics, it should be borne in mind that equivalised income is influenced by the income of all household members. See At Risk of Poverty Indicators Explained (PDF 1,094KB)

The median equivalised disposable income in SILC 2022 was €26,257, representing an increase of €993 (3.9%) from the previous year. The corresponding at risk of poverty threshold (i.e. 60% of the median) stood at €15,754 in SILC 2022, compared with €15,158 in SILC 2021. See table 3.1a.

Analysis by Principal Economic Status (PES) shows that persons that were unemployed had the lowest equivalised disposable income (€17,638) followed by persons unable to work due to long-standing health problems (€18,144). The comparable figure for employed persons was €30,760. See figure 3.1 and table 3.1a.

The largest year-on-year change in equivalised disposable income was seen in unemployed persons, which decreased by 9.8% to €17,638 when compared with SILC 2021, but returned closer to the SILC 2020 figure of €16,920. The Principal Economic Status is self-defined at the time of interview (first six months of 2022), whereas the income reference period is the 2021 calendar year, thus the two may not always perfectly align. The CSO’s Labour Force Survey Quarter 2 2022 showed that the number of unemployed persons decreased by -34.9% in the year to Q2 2022. Meanwhile, the CSO’s Social Protection Expenditure in Ireland 2021 showed that in 2021 there was a decrease in spending on the unemployment function (-€1.2bn on 2020), largely due to a reduction in PUP as public health restrictions were relaxed and people returned to work. In SILC 2022, almost 20% of respondents with a PES of ‘unemployed’ received COVID-19 income supports compared with just over 40% in SILC 2021. As fewer persons self-defined as unemployed in SILC 2022, those that remained unemployed were more likely to have been reliant on traditional unemployment income supports during the 2021 income refence year.

X-axis label	2020	2021	2022
Employed	28221	30266	30760
Unemployed	16920	19556	17638
Retired	22635	23170	23012
Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	16670	16604	18144
Student, pupil	21112	22875	24926
Fulfilling domestic tasks	18812	19651	19703

Equivalised disposable income follows a general upward trajectory as the level of education increases. Individuals with the highest level of educational attainment of third level degree or higher had the highest median equivalised disposable income of the categories analysed in SILC 2022, at €34,467. This compares with €17,937 for those with primary level education or lower. See figure 3.2 and table 3.1a.

X-axis label	2022	2021	2020
Third level degree or higher	34467	33339	32337
Third level non-degree	26646	28008	26017
Post leaving certificate	24677	24085	22140
Upper secondary	25664	24292	22860
Lower secondary	21338	20790	19891
Primary or below	17937	17904	17540

Real equivalised income

Increase in equivalised income after adjusting for inflation

Using a base year of 2019 to adjust for inflation, the real median equivalised disposable income in 2022 was €25,741, an increase of 1.5% on the previous year. See table 3.1c and figure 3.3.

X-axis label	Median	Mean
2020	24013	27762
2021	25349	28850
2022	25741	29376

Distribution of income

Almost half of unemployed persons are in the lowest income quintile

Ranking persons from lowest equivalised disposable income to highest and dividing by five allows us to split the population into quintiles.

Almost one in two unemployed people (49.5%) and those unable to work due to long-standing health problems (46.7%) are in the first equivalised disposable income quintile (i.e. the lowest 20% of the net disposable equivalised income distribution). This compares with one in ten (10.0%) of those that are employed. See figure 3.4 and table 3.2.

	Quintile 5	Quintile 4	Quintile 3	Quintile 2	Quintile 1
Fulfilling domestic tasks	7.8	9.9	20.3	25.5	36.4
Student, pupil	13.9	17.4	25.6	23.1	19.9
Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	4.3	11.9	13.3	23.9	46.7
Retired	16.2	14.6	19	20.4	29.9
Unemployed	3.5	4.2	18.2	24.6	49.5
Employed	28.6	25.1	20.5	15.9	10

Impact of social transfers on equivalised income

If income from social transfers was deducted from disposable income, the median equivalised disposable income would decrease from €26,257 to €21,642. See table 3.3a.

Composition of equivalised income

Persons in lower income deciles are most reliant on income from social transfers

In SILC 2022, the nominal mean weekly equivalised gross income was €827, an increase of 7.6% on the previous year. After deductions of €252, the nominal mean weekly equivalised disposable income was €574. See table 3.4a.

On average, equivalised market income amounted to €709 each week (85.7% of gross income), compared with €118 in social transfers (14.3% of gross income). See table 3.4a.

As was seen in the previous chapter for household income, the share of mean equivalised gross income coming from market income increases with each increasing income decile. See figure 3.5 and table 3.5.

X-axis label	Total Social Transfers	Total Market Income
1st decile	166.17	75.68
2nd decile	209.76	126.84
3rd decile	190.42	224.45
4th decile	125.15	383.94
5th decile	112.75	513.21
6th decile	103.92	617.96
7th decile	88.96	769.42
8th decile	68.11	960.91
9th decile	60.28	1206.07
10th decile	53.48	2206.54

Equivalised Income Tables 3.1 to 3.5

Table 3.1a Median equivalised nominal disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 3.1a Median equivalised nominal disposable income by demographic characteristics and year
All persons
		Median equivalised nominal disposable income			% change
		2020	2021	2022	2020-2021	2021-2022
		€	€	€	%	%
State		24,013	25,264	26,257	5.2	3.9
Sex
	Male	24,073	25,622	26,640	6.4	4.0
	Female	23,939	25,062	26,039	4.7	3.9
Age group
	0-17	22,179	23,719	24,018	6.9	1.3
	18-34	24,956	27,515	29,226	10.3	6.2
	35-49	25,667	26,829	27,302	4.5	1.8
	50-64	25,234	26,644	27,469	5.6	3.1
	65+	21,754	22,636	22,261	4.1	-1.7
Principal Economic Status
	Employed	28,221	30,266	30,760	7.2	1.6
	Unemployed	16,920	19,556	17,638	15.6	-9.8
	Retired	22,635	23,170	23,012	2.4	-0.7
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	16,670	16,604	18,144	-0.4	9.3
	Student, pupil	21,112	22,875	24,926	8.4	9.0
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	18,812	19,651	19,703	4.5	0.3
Highest education level attained
	Primary or below	17,540	17,904	17,937	2.1	0.2
	Lower secondary	19,891	20,790	21,338	4.5	2.6
	Higher secondary	22,860	24,292	25,664	6.3	5.6
	Post leaving cert	22,140	24,085	24,677	8.8	2.5
	Third level non degree	26,017	28,008	26,646	7.7	-4.9
	Third level degree or above	32,337	33,339	34,467	3.1	3.4
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	17,312	18,070	16,840	4.4	-6.8
	1 adult aged <65	23,628	23,155	23,978	-2.0	3.6
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	22,885	23,525	23,564	2.8	0.2
	2 adults, both aged <65	32,457	31,783	33,532	-2.1	5.5
	3 or more adults	27,610	29,530	30,485	7.0	3.2
	1 adult with children aged under 18	17,855	19,211	18,870	7.6	-1.8
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	24,966	26,319	26,915	5.4	2.3
	Other households with children aged under 18	20,593	22,213	24,163	7.9	8.8
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	16,955	17,374	17,537	2.5	0.9
	1	21,568	23,543	23,296	9.2	-1.0
	2	28,488	29,985	30,840	5.3	2.9
	3+	27,147	31,291	31,092	15.3	-0.6
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	26,093	28,020	29,103	7.4	3.9
	Rented or rent free	19,248	20,263	19,917	5.3	-1.7
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	24,730	26,040	26,999	5.3	3.7
	Rural areas	22,983	24,085	24,878	4.8	3.3
Region
	Northern and Western	20,465	23,248	22,817	13.6	-1.9
	Southern	22,575	23,813	24,752	5.5	3.9
	Eastern and Midland	25,868	27,703	28,681	7.1	3.5

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Table 3.1b Mean equivalised nominal disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 3.1b Mean equivalised nominal disposable income by demographic characteristics and year
All persons
		Mean equivalised nominal disposable income			% change
		2020	2021	2022	2020-2021	2021-2022
		€	€	€	%	%
State		27,762	28,753	29,965	3.6	4.2
Sex
	Male	28,038	29,210	30,417	4.2	4.1
	Female	27,491	28,304	29,519	3.0	4.3
Age group
	0-17	25,553	26,254	27,405	2.7	4.4
	18-34	28,335	30,146	31,694	6.4	5.1
	35-49	28,969	29,405	30,658	1.5	4.3
	50-64	29,914	31,534	32,846	5.4	4.2
	65+	26,203	26,497	27,229	1.1	2.8
Principal Economic Status
	Employed	32,191	33,453	34,237	3.9	2.3
	Unemployed	20,210	22,432	19,174	11.0	-14.5
	Retired	26,495	26,986	28,200	1.9	4.5
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	19,257	18,932	21,298	-1.7	12.5
	Student, pupil	25,431	25,830	28,184	1.6	9.1
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	22,193	24,656	23,570	11.1	-4.4
Highest education level attained
	Primary or below	19,590	20,236	20,428	3.3	0.9
	Lower secondary	22,198	23,354	24,515	5.2	5.0
	Higher secondary	25,845	27,494	28,192	6.4	2.5
	Post leaving cert	25,443	25,796	26,979	1.4	4.6
	Third level non degree	28,298	30,362	30,626	7.3	0.9
	Third level degree or above	35,708	37,323	39,302	4.5	5.3
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	22,534	23,681	23,776	5.1	0.4
	1 adult aged <65	27,828	28,005	30,761	0.6	9.8
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	28,147	27,477	28,949	-2.4	5.4
	2 adults, both aged <65	35,078	35,003	36,901	-0.2	5.4
	3 or more adults	30,144	32,979	33,840	9.4	2.6
	1 adult with children aged under 18	19,310	20,387	21,002	5.6	3.0
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	28,927	29,288	29,659	1.2	1.3
	Other households with children aged under 18	22,376	24,438	26,490	9.2	8.4
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	20,233	20,804	22,153	2.8	6.5
	1	26,020	27,718	28,139	6.5	1.5
	2	32,686	32,730	33,891	0.1	3.5
	3+	29,861	34,047	33,656	14.0	-1.1
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	30,017	31,226	32,763	4.0	4.9
	Rented or rent free	22,667	22,967	23,317	1.3	1.5
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	28,908	29,762	31,145	3.0	4.6
	Rural areas	25,433	26,818	27,513	5.4	2.6
Region
	Northern and Western	23,632	26,326	25,705	11.4	-2.4
	Southern	25,580	26,301	28,057	2.8	6.7
	Eastern and Midland	30,497	31,118	32,652	2.0	4.9

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Table 3.1c Median equivalised real disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 3.1c Median equivalised real disposable income¹ by demographic characteristics and year
All persons
		Median equivalised real disposable income¹			% change
		2020	2021	2022	2021-2022	2021-2022
		€	€	€	%	%
State		24,013	25,349	25,741	5.6	1.5
Sex
	Male	24,073	25,708	26,117	6.8	1.6
	Female	23,939	25,146	25,528	5.0	1.5
Age group
	0-17	22,179	23,799	23,546	7.3	-1.1
	18-34	24,956	27,607	28,652	10.6	3.8
	35-49	25,667	26,919	26,766	4.9	-0.6
	50-64	25,234	26,734	26,930	5.9	0.7
	65+	21,754	22,712	21,824	4.4	-3.9
Principal Economic Status
	Employed	28,221	30,368	30,156	7.6	-0.7
	Unemployed	16,920	19,622	17,292	16.0	-11.9
	Retired	22,635	23,248	22,560	2.7	-3.0
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	16,670	16,660	17,788	-0.1	6.8
	Student, pupil	21,112	22,952	24,436	8.7	6.5
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	18,812	19,717	19,316	4.8	-2.0
Highest education level attained
	Primary or below	17,540	17,964	17,585	2.4	-2.1
	Lower secondary	19,891	20,860	20,919	4.9	0.3
	Higher secondary	22,860	24,374	25,160	6.6	3.2
	Post leaving cert	22,140	24,166	24,192	9.2	0.1
	Third level non degree	26,017	28,102	26,123	8.0	-7.0
	Third level degree or above	32,337	33,451	33,790	3.4	1.0
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	17,312	18,131	16,509	4.7	-8.9
	1 adult aged <65	23,628	23,233	23,507	-1.7	1.2
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	22,885	23,604	23,101	3.1	-2.1
	2 adults, both aged <65	32,457	31,890	32,873	-1.7	3.1
	3 or more adults	27,610	29,629	29,886	7.3	0.9
	1 adult with children aged under 18	17,855	19,276	18,499	8.0	-4.0
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	24,966	26,407	26,386	5.8	-0.1
	Other households with children aged under 18	20,593	22,288	23,688	8.2	6.3
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	16,955	17,432	17,193	2.8	-1.4
	1	21,568	23,622	22,838	9.5	-3.3
	2	28,488	30,086	30,234	5.6	0.5
	3+	27,147	31,396	30,481	15.7	-2.9
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	26,093	28,114	28,531	7.7	1.5
	Rented or rent free	19,248	20,331	19,526	5.6	-4.0
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	24,730	26,127	26,469	5.6	1.3
	Rural areas	22,983	24,166	24,389	5.1	0.9
Region
	Northern and Western	20,465	23,326	22,369	14.0	-4.1
	Southern	22,575	23,893	24,266	5.8	1.6
	Eastern and Midland	25,868	27,796	28,118	7.5	1.2
¹Deflator base year 2019, corresponding with the T-1 income reference period of SILC 2020.

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Table 3.1d Mean equivalised real disposable income by demographic characteristics and year

Table 3.1d Mean equivalised real disposable income¹by demographic characteristics and year
All persons
		Mean equivalised real disposable income¹			% change
		2020	2021	2022	2020-2021	2021-2022
		€	€	€	%	%
State		27,762	28,850	29,376	3.9	1.8
Sex
	Male	28,038	29,308	29,820	4.5	1.7
	Female	27,491	28,399	28,939	3.3	1.9
Age group
	0-17	25,553	26,342	26,867	3.1	2.0
	18-34	28,335	30,247	31,072	6.7	2.7
	35-49	28,969	29,504	30,056	1.8	1.9
	50-64	29,914	31,640	32,201	5.8	1.8
	65+	26,203	26,586	26,694	1.5	0.4
Principal Economic Status
	Employed	32,191	33,565	33,565	4.3	0.0
	Unemployed	20,210	22,507	18,797	11.4	-16.5
	Retired	26,495	27,077	27,646	2.2	2.1
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	19,257	18,996	20,880	-1.4	9.9
	Student, pupil	25,431	25,917	27,630	1.9	6.6
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	22,193	24,739	23,107	11.5	-6.6
Highest education level attained
	Primary or below	19,590	20,304	20,027	3.6	-1.4
	Lower secondary	22,198	23,432	24,034	5.6	2.6
	Higher secondary	25,845	27,586	27,638	6.7	0.2
	Post leaving cert	25,443	25,883	26,449	1.7	2.2
	Third level non degree	28,298	30,464	30,025	7.7	-1.4
	Third level degree or above	35,708	37,448	38,530	4.9	2.9
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	22,534	23,761	23,309	5.4	-1.9
	1 adult aged <65	27,828	28,099	30,157	1.0	7.3
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	28,147	27,569	28,380	-2.1	2.9
	2 adults, both aged <65	35,078	35,121	36,176	0.1	3.0
	3 or more adults	30,144	33,090	33,175	9.8	0.3
	1 adult with children aged under 18	19,310	20,456	20,590	5.9	0.7
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	28,927	29,386	29,076	1.6	-1.1
	Other households with children aged under 18	22,376	24,520	25,970	9.6	5.9
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	20,233	20,874	21,718	3.2	4.0
	1	26,020	27,811	27,586	6.9	-0.8
	2	32,686	32,840	33,225	0.5	1.2
	3+	29,861	34,161	32,995	14.4	-3.4
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	30,017	31,331	32,120	4.4	2.5
	Rented or rent free	22,667	23,044	22,859	1.7	-0.8
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	28,908	29,862	30,533	3.3	2.2
	Rural areas	25,433	26,908	26,973	5.8	0.2
Region
	Northern and Western	23,632	26,414	25,200	11.8	-4.6
	Southern	25,580	26,389	27,506	3.2	4.2
	Eastern and Midland	30,497	31,223	32,011	2.4	2.5
¹Deflator base year 2019, corresponding with the T-1 income reference period of SILC 2020.

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Table 3.2 Demographic characteristics of individuals by net disposable equivalised income deciles, 2022

Table 3.2 Demographic characteristics of individuals by net disposable equivalised income deciles, 2022
%
Decile		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	State
Weekly threshold (€)		< 286.28	< 335.15	< 386.03	<442.02	< 503.21	< 568.17	< 632.85	<725.49	<894.55	≥894.55
Distribution across deciles
Sex
	Male	10.6	8.9	9.7	9.8	9.6	10.1	10.2	10.4	10.3	10.3	100
	Female	9.3	11.0	10.3	10.2	10.3	10.0	9.8	9.6	9.7	9.7	100
Age group
	0-17	12.6	9.5	12.9	11.6	11.0	9.0	10.2	8.6	7.5	7.1	100
	18-34	6.1	8.2	7.3	8.4	10.5	12.3	12.7	10.4	12.0	12.1	100
	35-49	9.0	7.0	9.8	12.2	9.1	8.3	10.3	12.7	11.4	10.2	100
	50-64	12.8	6.5	8.3	6.7	9.6	12.0	8.3	10.8	12.0	12.8	100
	65+	8.9	22.2	11.4	10.3	9.2	8.8	7.3	6.7	6.8	8.3	100
Principal Economic Status (aged 16 years and over)
	Employed	4.9	5.1	6.7	9.2	9.9	10.6	11.7	13.4	14.3	14.3	100
	Unemployed	29.7	19.8	16.6	8.0	8.8	9.4	1.4	2.8	1.0	2.5	100
	Retired	8.8	21.1	11.1	9.3	10.2	8.8	7.6	7.0	7.8	8.4	100
	Unable to work dut to long-standing health problems	30.6	16.1	14.0	9.9	6.1	7.2	5.8	6.1	1.9	2.4	100
	Student, pupil	11.7	8.2	10.4	12.7	11.3	14.3	9.3	8.1	7.0	6.9	100
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	16.8	19.6	14.4	11.1	8.5	11.8	6.6	3.3	3.4	4.4	100
Highest education level attained (aged 16 years and over)
	Primary or below	19.4	25.8	14.8	11.2	8.5	9.4	5.0	1.7	2.6	1.5	100
	Lower secondary	17.9	15.7	12.2	10.0	10.2	11.5	5.7	7.3	5.0	4.3	100
	Higher secondary	8.7	11.7	10.4	10.6	10.0	11.1	12.5	11.1	8.2	5.7	100
	Post leaving cert	9.7	12.5	10.1	12.8	9.7	12.3	10.2	10.8	6.4	5.4	100
	Third level non degree	9.6	6.7	8.8	12.2	12.1	8.9	8.4	9.5	14.5	9.2	100
	Third level degree or above	3.1	2.2	5.2	6.8	8.8	9.1	11.1	13.7	17.6	22.2	100
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	13.2	38.5	8.8	5.1	7.8	6.5	5.4	4.7	4.2	5.9	100
	1 adult aged <65	30.4	6.4	4.8	7.0	3.5	7.4	5.9	8.3	13.3	13.0	100
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	8.8	16.2	12.0	11.4	9.5	10.1	6.9	7.5	8.1	9.6	100
	2 adults, both aged <65	4.8	3.9	6.1	7.4	9.4	7.3	10.9	11.7	17.2	21.4	100
	3 or more adults	3.5	3.7	6.9	8.6	11.3	14.2	11.6	15.4	13.1	11.8	100
	1 adult with children aged under 18	23.5	18.1	24.5	12.3	7.4	6.0	2.6	1.1	1.6	3.1	100
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	10.1	6.9	10.9	10.5	9.9	9.0	13.0	10.8	10.0	9.0	100
	Other households with children aged under 18	7.6	13.6	10.9	13.6	13.4	13.3	8.8	8.3	6.0	4.5	100
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	25.1	23.1	15.5	8.0	6.4	6.1	4.0	3.5	4.2	4.2	100
	1	11.9	12.7	12.5	11.7	10.0	10.6	8.5	6.2	7.1	8.8	100
	2	3.6	2.6	7.8	10.4	11.2	10.1	14.3	13.8	13.2	13.1	100
	3+	2.4	7.9	2.2	7.9	11.5	15.3	8.2	17.1	15.6	11.9	100
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	6.1	6.9	7.9	9.9	10.7	10.7	10.8	12.5	12.2	12.3	100
	Rented or rent free	19.0	17.5	14.9	10.3	8.3	8.4	8.1	4.1	4.8	4.6	100
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	9.4	9.3	9.8	9.3	9.9	10.1	9.9	10.2	10.7	11.3	100
	Rural areas	11.2	11.4	10.4	11.5	10.0	9.9	10.1	9.6	8.5	7.3	100
Region
	Northern and Western	14.8	12.3	9.6	13.7	11.1	11.4	8.1	7.1	7.2	4.7	100
	Southern	8.8	12.8	13.0	9.4	10.4	8.6	10.7	10.1	7.7	8.6	100
	Eastern and Midland	9.0	7.4	8.3	9.1	9.3	10.5	10.2	11.0	12.4	12.8	100

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Table 3.3a Nominal median income measures by year

Table 3.3b Nominal mean income measures by year

Table 3.4a Composition of nominal equivalised income by year

Table 3.4b Composition of real equivalised income by year

Table 3.5 Average weekly equivalised income by net disposable equivalised income deciles and composition of net equivalised disposable income, 2022

Table 3.5 Average weekly equivalised income by net disposable equivalised income deciles and composition of net equivalised disposable income, 2022
Decile		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	State
Weekly threshold (€)		< 286.28	<335.15	<386.03	< 442.02	< 503.21	< 568.17	<632.85	< 725.49	<894.55	≥ 894.55
Average Weekly Equivalised Income		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
Market Income
	Employee income¹	54.69	101.85	172.04	295.00	393.68	478.54	586.62	734.76	902.29	1,442.10	516.29
	Employer's social insurance contributions	5.76	10.86	19.68	31.42	50.57	56.39	74.72	103.09	121.40	193.87	66.79
	Self-employment income	8.97	7.09	16.50	36.23	34.60	26.69	52.68	56.52	77.02	282.46	59.89
	Private or occupational pension	1.52	2.95	10.33	16.83	25.97	43.36	45.33	54.59	67.77	108.47	37.73
	Other market income	4.74	4.08	5.90	4.46	8.39	12.97	10.08	11.95	37.58	179.64	27.99
	Total Market Income	75.68	126.84	224.45	383.94	513.21	617.96	769.42	960.91	1,206.07	2,206.54	708.69
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related benefits²	45.20	43.65	36.83	22.17	25.90	17.62	21.54	17.49	11.78	7.92	25.00
	Old-age related payments	24.50	85.35	42.48	36.36	33.76	29.28	22.46	18.33	19.05	22.98	33.45
	Family/children related allowances	41.49	35.94	57.99	39.16	32.36	28.90	24.10	16.91	16.85	11.38	30.50
	Housing allowances	10.41	16.85	16.29	8.97	7.25	8.73	4.85	2.43	1.45	1.75	7.89
	Other social transfers	44.57	27.97	36.84	18.50	13.48	19.39	16.01	12.95	11.15	9.44	21.03
	Total Social Transfers	166.17	209.76	190.42	125.15	112.75	103.92	88.96	68.11	60.28	53.48	117.88
Gross Income		241.85	336.60	414.87	509.09	625.96	721.88	858.38	1,029.02	1,266.35	2,260.02	826.57
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	7.08	12.20	30.18	51.63	84.75	107.16	152.74	199.00	284.90	636.01	156.61
	Employer's social insurance contributions	5.76	10.86	19.68	31.42	50.57	56.39	74.72	103.09	121.40	193.87	66.79
	Pension Contributions	0.56	1.63	5.07	10.50	16.18	22.01	30.92	43.42	54.81	87.88	27.31
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	1.30	0.50	0.89	0.94	1.30	1.19	1.53	1.33	1.98	5.03	1.60
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	14.70	25.19	55.81	94.49	152.80	186.75	259.91	346.83	463.09	922.80	252.31
Net Disposable Income		227.15	311.41	359.06	414.60	473.16	535.12	598.47	682.19	803.26	1,337.22	574.26
¹ Employee income includes income from Wage Subsidy Schemes (WSS).
² Unemployment benefits includes income from Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).

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Table 3.3a Nominal median income measures¹ by year
€
		2020	2021	2022
National income definition
	Total gross household income	55,259	56,659	59,447
	Total disposable household income	43,915	46,471	46,999
National income definition, national equivalence scale
	Equivalised total disposable income	24,013	25,264	26,257
	Equivalised total disposable income excluding all social transfers	19,759	19,796	21,642
	Equivalised total disposable income excluding all social transfers and public sector pensions	18,987	19,040	20,570
¹Gross and disposable household income is averaged over households, while equivalised income is averaged over individuals within the household.

Table 3.3b Nominal mean income measures¹ by year
€
		2020	2021	2022
National income definition
	Total gross household income	73,698	75,847	80,887
	Total disposable household income	52,941	54,746	56,486
National income definition, national equivalence scale
	Equivalised total disposable income	27,762	28,753	29,965
	Equivalised total disposable income excluding all social transfers	22,437	22,331	23,814
	Equivalised total disposable income excluding all social transfers and public sector pensions	21,384	21,340	22,741
¹Gross and disposable household income is averaged over households, while equivalised income is averaged over individuals within the household.

Table 3.4b Composition of real equivalised income¹ by year
€
		Real equivalised income¹
		2020	2021	2022
Average Weekly Income
Market Income
	Employee income²	453.67	467.10	506.15
	Employer's social insurance contributions	55.97	57.92	65.48
	Self-employment income	65.28	54.52	58.71
	Private or occupational pension	37.64	37.34	36.99
	Other market income	29.67	30.37	27.44
	Total market income	642.22	647.26	694.77
Social Transfers
	Unemployment related benefits³	14.44	32.85	24.51
	Old-age related payments	31.35	33.23	32.79
	Family/children related allowances	29.43	29.89	29.90
	Housing allowances	7.56	7.54	7.74
	Other social transfers	19.27	19.97	20.62
	Total social transfers	102.05	123.47	115.56
Gross Income		744.27	770.73	810.34
Tax and Social Contributions
	Tax on income and social contributions	133.53	133.99	153.53
	Employer's social insurance contributions	55.97	57.92	65.48
	Pension contributions	20.35	24.41	26.77
	Regular inter-household cash transfers paid	2.38	1.53	1.57
	Total Tax and Social Contributions	212.23	217.85	247.35
Net Disposable Income		532.04	552.88	562.98
¹Deflator base year 2019, corresponding with the T-1 income reference period of SILC 2020.
² Employee income includes income from Wage Subsidy Schemes (WSS).
³ Unemployment related benefits includes income from Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).

Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2022

Equivalised Income

Equivalised Income

Increase in equivalised income in 2022

Nominal Equivalised Income

Real equivalised income

Increase in equivalised income after adjusting for inflation

Distribution of income

Almost half of unemployed persons are in the lowest income quintile

Impact of social transfers on equivalised income

Composition of equivalised income

Persons in lower income deciles are most reliant on income from social transfers

Equivalised Income Tables 3.1 to 3.5

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