Irish minimum wage 2026: €14.15 an hour, youth rates, and a check of your hourly pay
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 16 Oct 2026.Ireland's national minimum wage is €14.15 an hour from 1 January 2026. Younger employees get a share of it: €9.91 under 18, €11.32 at 18 and €12.74 at 19. A 39-hour week at the adult rate is at least €551.85 before tax, about €28,696 over a year.
2026 · Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 16 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
Choose your age band: 20 or over, 19, 18 or under 18.
Type the hours you work in a week to see the minimum for a week, a month and a year.
To check a pay, choose its period and type the gross pay without overtime premiums or tips.
Add meals or accommodation if your employer counts them; read your average hourly rate and any shortfall.
This calculator shows the Irish minimum wage for your age and hours, and checks whether a pay meets it, using the National Minimum Wage Order 2025 and the Workplace Relations Commission's guidance.
The rates from 1 January 2026.
| Age | An hour | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 20 or over | €14.15 | 100% |
| 19 | €12.74 | 90% |
| 18 | €11.32 | 80% |
| Under 18 | €9.91 | 70% |
For your hours. The minimum for a week is the hourly rate times your weekly hours; a month is 52 twelfths of a week. At 39 hours the adult minimum is €551.85 a week, €2,391.35 a month and €28,696.20 a year.
Checking a pay. The law looks at your average hourly rate over a pay reference period of a week up to a month: gross reckonable pay divided by the hours worked. Reckonable pay includes basic pay, shift allowances, bonuses and commission. Overtime and other premiums, tips from a central fund and expenses do not count. If the average falls short, the calculator shows how much the employer must add for that period.
Meals and accommodation. If your employer provides them, they can count towards the minimum: €1.27 for each hour worked for meals and €33.42 a week for accommodation.
Not included. Higher minimums in Sectoral Employment Orders and Employment Regulation Orders, excluded employees such as close relatives of a sole trader and craft apprentices, and the daily lodgings rate. An estimate, not legal advice.
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The national minimum wage in Ireland is €14.15 an hour from 1 January 2026, set by the National Minimum Wage Order 2025. For a 39-hour week that is at least €551.85 before tax, about €2,391 a month or €28,696 a year for an employee aged 20 or over.
Employees under 18 must be paid at least 70% of the national minimum wage, €9.91 an hour in 2026. At 18 the minimum is 80%, €11.32, and at 19 it is 90%, €12.74. From the age of 20 the full €14.15 applies.
Divide your gross reckonable pay for the pay reference period by the hours you worked in it. The result, your average hourly rate, must be at least the minimum for your age. A pay reference period can be a week, a fortnight or up to a calendar month.
Reckonable pay includes basic pay, shift allowances, bonuses, fees, commission and service charges paid through payroll. Overtime and other premiums, Sunday and public holiday premiums, tips paid from a central fund, expenses and benefits in kind do not count towards the €14.15 minimum.
Yes, within limits set by the 2025 order. Meals provided by the employer can count as €1.27 for each hour worked, and accommodation as €33.42 a week or €4.77 a day. These amounts are added to cash pay when the average hourly rate is worked out.
Close relatives of a sole trader employer, such as a spouse, parent, child or sibling, are excluded, as are craft apprentices under the Industrial Training Act 1967. Some sectors have higher legal minimums under Sectoral Employment Orders or Employment Regulation Orders.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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