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Fri 07 Jul 2009Public sector wages 47% higher - CSO
The average employee in Ireland earned €20.08 per hour, worked 34.4 hours a week and had spent nine years in their current job in 2007, according to the latest National Employment Survey.
The survey, conducted by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in October 2007, found men earned an average of €21.17 per hour, while women earned an average of €18.91 per hour, or 89 per cent of male earnings.
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