Rents push Living Wage figure up to €11.90
A research group says housing costs for a worker on the Living Wage increased by an average of 10.9 per cent across the country in the last year, while in Dublin rent now accounts for effectively half of a single person’s minimum living costs
A group set up to estimate the minimum a single worker needs to earn to sustain an acceptable standard of living in Ireland has raised its estimate of the ‘Living Wage’ for 2018 to €11.90 per hour. This is up from €11.70 last year. The Living Wage Technical Group says the increase has mainly been caused bythe housing crisis and the consequent increase in rents.
The figure compares withthe current minimum wage of €9.55, which went up from €9.25 on January 1st this year.
