Canada
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$67,901
Country Comparison
Canada vs Ireland
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Canada
vs
Ireland
$67,9012025
Latest Average Wage
Ireland +3.3%
(vs Canada)
$70,1132025
−0.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Canada +2.5 pts
(vs Ireland)
−2.8%2025
+5.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Canada +0.4 pts
(vs Ireland)
+4.6%2025
862024
Overall Price Level
Ireland +6.2 index points
(vs Canada)
92.22024
Wages are PPP-adjusted average annual wages; price levels use the United States reference of 100. Years shown are each country's latest reported observation.
How Wages Have Changed
Follow PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices across both economies.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Ireland
Latest Average Wage
−2.8% · 5 years
$70,113
Wage Milestones
Canada
10 Years Ago
$64,667 (2015)
Historical Peak
$68,434 (2021)
Latest Wage
$67,901 (2025)
Ireland
10 Years Ago
$67,039 (2015)
Historical Peak
$72,356 (2021)
Latest Wage
$70,113 (2025)
Compare Everyday Price Levels
See how eight consumer price categories compare with the United States reference value of 100.
United States = 100 · Differences shown in index points
Canada (CAN)Ireland (IRL)
Overall
−6.2 index points
100
86vs92.2
Food
+9.9 index points
100
108vs98.1
Clothing
+29.3 index points
100
118vs88.7
Housing
−20.9 index points
100
83.1vs104
Health
−22.2 index points
100
62.2vs84.4
Transport
−11.0 index points
100
103vs114
Recreation
0.0 index points
100
92vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
−7.4 index points
100
97.6vs105
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Ireland's latest average wage is $70,113 for 2025, about 3.3% higher than Canada's $67,901 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $2,212 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Ireland shows the stronger movement at +1.8%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon reverses the ordering — Canada at −0.3% and Ireland at −2.8% — so the latest year is not the whole story. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Clothing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 118 for Canada against 88.7 for Ireland. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 29.3 index points apart, Canada above Ireland. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Recreation: Canada reads 92 and Ireland 92 for 2024 — effectively the same relative price level on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Overall at 6.2 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Ireland's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $70,113 for 2025, moderately higher than Canada's $67,901 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 3.3% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $2,212 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. Over ten years Canada recorded +5.0% and Ireland +4.6%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. The wage milestones above show how each side arrived at its current level, year by year.
Wage Direction
The two wage series do not point the same way across the reported horizons. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. Ireland is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.8%, though the level remains 3.1% below its peak. The five-year changes — −0.3% for Canada, −2.8% for Ireland — resist a single-trend summary and are clearer read side by side. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Canada's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 86, and Ireland's reads 92.2, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Canada leads in 2 of the 8 comparable categories and Ireland in 5, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. Clothing separates the two most: Canada reads 118 and Ireland 88.7, 29.3 index points apart. The two sit closest in Recreation (92 versus 92), only 0.0 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 3 of Canada's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 3 of Ireland's 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
