New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Dublin continued to have the highest disposable income per person nationally at €32,393 in 2023.
It was followed by Cork at €29,876 and Limerick at €29,491.
Disposable income is the amount of money left for an individual to spend after receiving social benefits and paying tax and social charges.
The CSO said that Dublin’s disposable income per person was 14% higher than the national average of €28,370, having risen a further 1.3% from 2022.
Longford recorded the lowest disposable income per person nationally in 2023 at €22,251, which was 22% below the national average.
The county with the second lowest disposable income per person was Laois at €22,257, followed by Donegal at €23,271.
Today’s figures show that disposable income in Dublin City and County remained the largest nationally in 2023, accounting for €49 billion of the state total, which was up 12.6% from 2022.
The Midlands region (Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath) continued to have the lowest levels of disposable income, with its income accounting for €7.9 billion overall and 15.8% below the national average per person, the CSO noted.
Today’s CSO figures also show that 35% of all employed persons worked in Dublin in 2023, while 12% worked in Cork and 6% in Galway.
Dublin City and County recorded the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the state in 2023 at €248.3 billion, followed by the South-West region (Cork and Kerry) at €123.3 billion.
The CSO noted that the Information & Communication sector was the largest contributor towards GDP in Dublin, while the manufacturing industry contributed most towards GDP in the South-West and Mid-West.
The public sector remained the strongest contributor to GDP in the Border and Midlands, it added
