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THE AVERAGE INDUSTRIAL WAGE fell by 3.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2012, new figures have shown.
Data published by the Central Statistics Office shows that the average person working in the industrial sector saw their weekly pay fall to €803.98 before tax, or a gross annual salary of €41,806.96.
That’s down from €43,221.36 in the first quarter, but up very slightly from the same period of last year when the annual salary stood at €41,771.08.
Across all sectors, and not just industry, the average wage fell by just under €8 a week – from €36,179.00 in the first quarter to €35,767.68 in the last figures, a drop of 1.1 per cent.
Other sectors, however, saw more profound variations in their pay levels. Workers in the information and communication sector saw wages fall by 7.7 per cent in the first quarter alone – though, at €962.06 a week, they are still up by 2.6 per cent on the same time last year.
Similarly, professional and scientific work saw pay fall by 6.5 per cent in the last three months, but it’s up by 5.9 per cent when compared to this point last year. The average weekly wage there is €801.19.
At the other end of the scale, pay in the accommodation and food services sector rose by 4.4 per cent – but not only does that sector still rank at the bottom of the chart in terms of pay levels, at €310.40 a week, but it has also seen pay fall by 5.7 per cent in a year.
The fall in ICT wages mean that those in the financial sector are once again the highest earners, at €983.24 a week – down by 3.8 per cent in the last three months, but up by 1.3 per cent since last year.
The average weekly pay packet in the private sector is now €611.66 – down by 1.9 per cent in the last three months – while public sector workers have seen average pay rise by 0.3 per cent to €918.99.
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GET VACCINATED!
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: Seriously get a life
@Ger Whelan: you don’t think it’s good advice?
@SYaxJ2Ts: it’s not advice. It’s a man on the internet using caps lock thinking it’ll make people will listen to his rant.
@Ger Whelan: yet here you are. Again
@SYaxJ2Ts: As are you. How many people do you think will see Sean’s little rant as suddenly they wow let’s listen to that stranger on the internet and will run out and get the vaccines?. The Vaccines the vast majority have already received when they were toddlers and in primary school. How many times do we need the same vaccine?
@Ger Whelan: yes I understand this. But this is a comment section, so why not use it to vent frustration in his plea? At least it’s not misinformation
@SYaxJ2Ts: He can vent his frustration wherever he likes whether that is on here or in the middle of O’Connell street I’ll still tell him to get a life.
@Ger Whelan: I find it interesting that RFK Jnr. was raising so much alarm about a sudden rise in autism diagnoses from a specific year, when the clinical criteria for the diagnosing autism was expanded from that specific year. What is causing so much harm is people like RFK Jnr. either ignoring, or being ignorant of, important and easily checkable information like that. Instead of being able to apply himself to do some really basic research, he instead started spouting on about vaccines causing a rapid and alarming spike in autism…..which makes him either a cynical opportunist exploiting public fear, or just someone who can’t do fundamental adult things like thinking coherently.
@Numinous20111:I got as far as RFK and stopped reading. Couldn’t care less about the head case.
It’s no surprise considering peoples immune systems have been compromised…its why we are having record excess deaths and levels of sickness in this country….media and government don’t want to know tho.
@Dere: It’s because vaccination rates for measles have dropped off compared to what they were before the pandemic……. You’re right Re the immune systems though, was just at the GP and they said they’re loads of stuff going around that you wouldn’t usually see this time of year!
@Dere: How and why have people’s immune systems been compromised? Be specific.
MMR vaccinations, BCG etc are all very important vaccinations and should be availed of by all. These are serious illnesses that can result in infertility and other negative outcomes.
Rather than blaming misinformation in your latest “debunked gotcha” article, maybe it is time to admit that the covid vaccine was unnecessary for the vast majority of society, who were no more in danger than they were from the common cold.
The forced vaccination to take part in society here (cinemas, restaurants, etc), fed the conspiracy theorists and has damaged all vaccination programmes.
@James Groden: You make a good point until you fell into the “conspiracy theorists” label trap, Right think people questioned the wisdom and group think the World Health Origination was imposing, while pushing a un tested injection with then unknow side effects. All the Best.
Why is allways bad news on here
@Square: In other words, 4,999,919 people don’t have measles
@Square: The ever expanding hermeneutical cycle of information needs food to eat. More money in misery.
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