Moving to Ireland: cost of living, salaries, taxes, visas

• The take-home math

  Take-home pay in Ireland is shaped by a roughly 29% effective payroll deduction (income tax + social security), with VAT at 23%.

• The main hub

  Its primary hub, Dublin, carries a cost index of 113 (New York = 100).

• Cost spread within the country

  Across the 2 Ireland cities we track, the cost index spans 96 (Cork) to 113 (Dublin).

• Official price-level cross-check

  Eurostat puts Ireland's consumer price level at 141.2 (EU27 = 100, 2024) — above the EU average. Source: Eurostat.

  See the per-basket monthly breakdown below for how each category compares to the EU average.

The average annual wage in Ireland is about $60,431 (PPP-adjusted US$), per the OECD (2024). PPP-adjusted means it's comparable across countries on what the money actually buys — the OECD-wide average is ~$61,000. Source: OECD.

This is a country-wide figure. For what you actually need to earn in a specific city, see the salary-by-lifestyle breakdown on each city's cost-of-living page.

See take-home pay in Ireland after tax → or compare with another country.

Our estimated monthly spend per category in Dublin, cross-checked against the official Eurostat price level for that basket (EU27 = 100, 2024). The price level says whether Ireland is dear or cheap for that basket regardless of how much a household happens to buy.

Monthly figures are Mundevo estimates for Dublin; price levels are official Eurostat data (dataset prc_ppp_ind). Source: Eurostat. Dining & leisure is proxied against Eurostat's restaurants & hotels basket.

Index base: New York = 100. Catalog average is the unweighted mean across all cities Mundevo tracks, recomputed on every build.