Irish youth minimum wage 2026: €9.91 under 18, €11.32 at 18 and €12.74 at 19
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 16 Oct 2026.Ireland pays younger workers a percentage of the €14.15 national minimum wage in 2026: 70% under 18 (€9.91 an hour), 80% at 18 (€11.32) and 90% at 19 (€12.74). From 20 the full rate applies. Twenty hours a week under 18 is at least €198.20 a week before tax.
2026 · Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 16 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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