Written answers

Wednesday, 28 September 2005

Department of An Taoiseach

Industrial Wage

9:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 209: To ask the Taoiseach the average industrial wage here and in the other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25994/05]

Photo of Tom KittTom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The average gross earnings of industrial workers in all industries for March 2005, the latest date for which figures are available, are as follows: average earnings per week —€572.84 — and average earnings per hour —€14.35. The category industrial worker includes operatives, maintenance workers, storekeepers, packers, cleaners, basic supervisory staff and apprentices. Annual mean monthly earnings of all employees in the industrial sector, based on the 2002 structures of earnings survey for European Union member states, the latest date for which figures are available, are as follows:

€
25 European Union (25 countries) 2,104
15 European Union (15 countries) 2,448
Belgium 2,554
Czech Republic 457
Denmark 3,529
Federal Republic of Germany (including ex-GDR from 1991) 2,778
Estonia 394
Greece 1,355
Spain 1,613
France 2,242
Ireland 2,672
Italy 1,841
Cyprus 1,429
Latvia 291
Lithuania 328
Luxembourg 2,786
Hungary 468
Netherlands 2,528
Austria 2,311
Poland 582
Portugal 763
Slovenia 880
Slovakia 341
Finland 2,366
Sweden 2,548
United Kingdom 3,155

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