Ireland
Latest Average Wage
−2.8% · 5 years
$70,113
Country Comparison
Ireland vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Ireland
vs
Canada
$70,1132025
Latest Average Wage
Ireland +3.3%
(vs Canada)
$67,9012025
−2.8%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Canada +2.5 pts
(vs Ireland)
−0.3%2025
+4.6%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Canada +0.4 pts
(vs Ireland)
+5.0%2025
92.22024
Overall Price Level
Ireland +6.2 index points
(vs Canada)
862024
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
Canada
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$67,901
Wage Milestones
Ireland
10 Years Ago
$67,039 (2015)
Historical Peak
$72,356 (2021)
Latest Wage
$70,113 (2025)
Canada
10 Years Ago
$64,667 (2015)
Historical Peak
$68,434 (2021)
Latest Wage
$67,901 (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
Ireland (IRL)Canada (CAN)
Overall
+6.2 index points
100
92.2vs86
Food
−9.9 index points
100
98.1vs108
Clothing
−29.3 index points
100
88.7vs118
Housing
+20.9 index points
100
104vs83.1
Health
+22.2 index points
100
84.4vs62.2
Transport
+11.0 index points
100
114vs103
Recreation
0.0 index points
100
92vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
+7.4 index points
100
105vs97.6
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. In annual terms the gap comes to about $2,212 on the same PPP 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 — Ireland at −2.8% and Canada at −0.3% — 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: 88.7 for Ireland against 118 for Canada. 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: Ireland reads 92 and Canada 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. Because both values already sit on the same USD PPP, constant-2025-price footing, the comparison adjusts for price-level differences between the two economies. Over ten years Ireland recorded +4.6% and Canada +5.0%, 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. Ireland is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.8%, though the level remains 3.1% below its peak. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. The five-year changes — −2.8% for Ireland, −0.3% for Canada — 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
Ireland's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 92.2, and Canada's reads 86, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Neither country is uniformly higher: Ireland leads in 5 of the 8 comparable categories and Canada in 2, so the profile splits by category rather than by country. Clothing separates the two most: Ireland reads 88.7 and Canada 118, 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 Ireland's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 3 of Canada's 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
