{"id":281167,"date":"2026-02-05T00:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/281167\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T00:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:17:15","slug":"limerick-ranks-among-irelands-top-earners-as-disposable-income-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/281167\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick ranks among Ireland&#8217;s top earners as disposable income rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/live95-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Live95 News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/66979da7971f7.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Limerick is near the top of the table in terms of disposable income.\u00a0\n        <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">According to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), Limerick and Cork have secured their spots as the second-highest regions for disposable income per person in 2024.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">Residents in the Treaty County now see just under \u20ac31,000 in disposable income annually, placing them significantly ahead of much of the country.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The National Landscape<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">While Dublin remains the national leader\u2014with residents enjoying just under \u20ac34,000 in disposable income (12% above the national average)\u2014Limerick continues to narrow the gap.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">At the other end of the scale, Longford recorded the lowest disposable income per person at just over \u20ac23,700, highlighting a nearly \u20ac7,300 disparity between the midlands and the Shannon-side city.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Employment Trends<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The data also reflects the concentration of the Irish workforce in major urban hubs.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">While Dublin accounts for over a third of all employed people in the state, the combined strength of Cork (12%) and Galway (6%) highlights the growing importance of the &#8220;Western Corridor&#8221; and the South-West in driving the national economy.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Limerick accounts for 5% of national employment.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Limerick\u2019s consistent performance near the top of the income table underscores its growing status as a viable, high-earning alternative to the capital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=49bb71e2-4823-448e-b0e8-311158962de3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68da98f76f434.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Live95 News Getty Images Limerick is near the top of the table in terms of disposable income.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,113,61,60,608,611,607,610,609,612],"class_list":["post-281167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-radio","tag-limerick-today","tag-limericks-live95fm","tag-live-95","tag-live95fm","tag-live95fm-homepage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}