Country
Ireland
Full labour cost: €44.20 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €39.03 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €29.19 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €22.03 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €22.40 |
Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022: mean hourly earnings by occupation (earn_ses22_14) (doi:10.2908/EARN_SES22_14). Firms with 10+ employees. Excludes employer contributions.
Full hourly labour cost
€44.20 / hour, 2025
Eurostat, Labour cost levels by NACE Rev. 2 activity (lc_lci_lev) (doi:10.2908/LC_LCI_LEV). All economy except agriculture and public administration; wages plus employer costs.
EU average: €34.90 (2025).
Tasks in Ireland
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €2.94 | €0.39 | 7.5× |
| Answer a customer chat | €1.87 | €0.21 | 8.8× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €1.84 | €0.20 | 9.2× |
| Check an expense claim | €1.47 | €0.20 | 7.2× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €11.02 | €1.54 | 7.1× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €3.67 | €0.41 | 8.9× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €9.18 | €1.52 | 6.1× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €11.02 | €1.61 | 6.8× |
| Research one B2B lead | €9.73 | €1.63 | 6× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €4.87 | €0.52 | 9.4× |
| Screen one CV | €2.92 | €0.50 | 5.8× |
| Draft a social media post | €7.30 | €0.99 | 7.4× |
| Write a help-centre article | €19.46 | €2.96 | 6.6× |
| Write a product description | €13.01 | €1.97 | 6.6× |
| Translate one page | €32.53 | €6.53 | 5× |
| Write a job ad | €19.52 | €3.28 | 5.9× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €39.03 | €6.56 | 6× |
| Triage a bug report | €9.76 | €2.02 | 4.8× |
| Review a small pull request | €19.52 | €3.33 | 5.9× |
| Write a SQL report query | €19.52 | €3.30 | 5.9× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method