Boom di prosperità silenziosa dell’Irlanda: numero di coloro che guadagnano più di € 100.000 doppi – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/08/30/cliff-taylor-irelands-quiet-prosperity-boom-number-of-those-earning-over-100000-doubles/
di WickerMan111
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It’s prosperity for those 40+ but the 20-35 range is struggling.
Try. It. Some. Time.
(Try it sometime)
This is the number of taxpayer units on 100k+ which doesn’t corresponds to individuals. It includes married couples who are both on 50k for example
A boom. The Dublin media are always out of touch.
I suspect this is largely a reflection of demographics. We’re getting older.
Getting salary information by age would be better. Especially in relation to the housing crisis – what are folks in their mid-20s to mid-30s making? They’re the ones who should be buying their first house in a sane market.
Does anyone actually examine how people are having to live? Ffs, we’ve got 5000 kids homeless, folks being evicted, can’t pay mortgages, the electric etc. etc. Can’t afford food. Stats prove fuck all.
100k a year gross isn’t prosperity if you have a massive mortgage or rent
shhh we only like bad news /s
Reddit loves painting a doom-and-gloom picture, but plenty of people in this county across all age groups and demographics are doing very well for themselves.
You’ll get the usual insecure types in the comments trying to downplay or discredit these statistics, but the evidence is everywhere: €100+ gigs selling out every weekend, Dublin Airport at record passenger numbers, roads packed with new cars despite extortionate VRT. From reading Reddit you’d never guess that the majority of people aged 35–39 already own their home, or that 40% of property sales go to first-time buyers with an average price of €370k.
Meanwhile there’s a loud minority who’ve made misery their whole personality, insisting we’re a banana republic because 30g of Amber Leaf is €25. The truth is most people are doing well, moving up in life, and enjoying the opportunities out there.
The latest CSO figures on their websites is September 2024. Inflation between Sep 2019 and 2024 was 18.9%. Of course there are more households over 100k, they are still probably a lot worse off than they were a few years ago.
Well yeah obviously. Looking at the bloated tech and pharma industry. I wonder how common 6 figure incomes are in the rest of the Irish economy
Thing is inflation has hit insanely hard the last 5 years. Jobs at the high levels seem to have kept better pace so its pushing alot into that €100k bracket
I mean don’t we expect the overall pay to rise at every income range (possibly barring minimum wage) due to inflation?
I’m a bit out of touch and I haven’t read the article but if a bunch of upvotes or comments indicate that those on €100k+ /year are increasingly few and far between I won’t be surprised. Tax the rich properly
Unfortunately it’s not a lot of money anymore.
Was back home visiting family in Cork and south Dublin for the summer and the place was so obviously swimming in money. Prices were mad, no one seemed to care beyond a complaint before paying without a bother. Paying expensive prices for sports tickets, gigs, holidays.
My brother scraped a degree from Griffith college and works from home for some american company who pay him 100k to review contracts. He does about 4 hours work a day, minds the kids.
Another mate who had no idea what he wanted to do in life at 30 making six figures for Apple doing research on european accents as relates to voice commands. Sounds like a lark according to him.
Like, it’s mad. Half the people I met had bought a new car in the past 12 months, and yet all were predicting doom for the economy.
You don’t realize you’re in the boom until the boom is over. We’re still in it.
The flip side were those who had held out on buying a home in the past 10 years with hope of better pricing. Those people were struggling. That’s the dividing line.