Employment

Median salary for Irish men almost €8,000 higher than that of women

Median annual earnings - the number in the middle of the CSO data set - was €45,537 a year for males and €37,782 a year for females

The data comes as the Central Bank of Ireland has reported a 1 per cent decrease in its gap between male and female workers. Picture: Getty

Almost three quarters of the top 1 per cent of earners in Ireland last year were male, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the gap between the median salaries between men and women stood at €7,755.

The data comes as the Central Bank of Ireland has reported a 1 per cent decrease in its gap between male and female workers.

The CSO figures indicate an almost even split between those ...