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Irish salaries versus other first world countries

  • 15-07-2018 01:43PM
    #1
    Evilcamper
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    Does anyone else feel that comparatively, average after tax salaries for a number of jobs across sectors appears to be lower than a lot of first world economies that are similiar to ours( to exclude scandanavian countries that generally use the tax to mitigate cost of living)?


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  • #2
    OMM 0000
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    I'm not sure. When I lived in Ireland I was able to save a lot, although this was before rents went insane.


  • #3
    Sir Ophiuchus
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    Yes. A friend of mine just got a gig in the UK - her first full-time job - and will be doing *considerably* better with salary and cost of living compared to me or most people I know.


  • #4
    bennyineire
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    Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »
    Yes. A friend of mine just got a gig in the UK - her first full-time job - and will be doing *considerably* better with salary and cost of living compared to me or most people I know.

    Where abouts, London is standalone compared to the rest of the UK when it comes to this


  • #5
    Augustine Jealous Sinus
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    Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »
    Yes. A friend of mine just got a gig in the UK - her first full-time job - and will be doing *considerably* better with salary and cost of living compared to me or most people I know.

    Cost of living in the UK is not *considerably* cheaper than Ireland.


  • #6
    Nermal
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    Salaries in Ireland seem to top out considerably sooner than in the US, anyway, no doubt London too for finance and IT.

    I think we are in line with Western Europe though.


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  • #7
    Sir Ophiuchus
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    bennyineire wrote: »
    Where abouts, London is standalone compared to the rest of the UK when it comes to this

    Bristol.


  • #8
    Sir Ophiuchus
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    Hope Small Quid wrote: »
    Cost of living in the UK is not *considerably* cheaper than Ireland.

    I think it is, actually. Here's a comparison of Dublin to Manchester (acknowledging that London is extremely weird and hard to compare to).

    https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+Kingdom&country2=Ireland&city1=Manchester&city2=Dublin

    Note the 96% higher rent prices and 16.9% lower purchasing power in Dublin.


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