Earning Power

Ireland—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Department
Department n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Administration/
general management 17 4% 45,000 68,000 100,000 74,559
Consulting 29 7% 65,000 73,000 92,500 80,110
Customer service/
public relations 5 1% -- -- -- --
Engineering 34 8% 50,000 60,000 67,300 61,274
Finance 14 3% 60,000 64,500 80,000 69,420
Human resources 5 1% -- -- -- --
Information technology/
information systems 114 26% 61,000 70,500 80,000 71,005
Operations/manufacturing 24 5% 53,500 63,250 75,000 67,134
Project management
department or PMO 125 29% 55,500 70,305 85,000 72,445
Quality management 7 2% -- -- -- --
Research and development 30 7% 55,000 71,000 82,000 70,014
Sales/marketing 11 3% 42,000 52,000 65,000 53,864
Supply chain
management/logistics 5 1% -- -- -- --
Training/education 3 1% -- -- -- --
Other 15 3% 56,700 72,000 80,000 71,900
Annualized Salary by Industry
Industry n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Aerospace 3 1% -- -- -- --
Business services 4 1% -- -- -- --
Construction 16 4% 52,500 63,750 77,500 65,344
Consulting 24 5% 62,500 75,000 91,000 77,462
Engineering 24 5% 53,500 64,500 81,000 69,263
Financial services 51 12% 59,000 71,000 84,000 72,567
Food and beverage 10 2% 68,000 80,000 85,000 78,500
Government 7 2% -- -- -- --
Healthcare 16 4% 60,000 68,000 86,000 71,675
Information technology 137 31% 58,000 70,000 80,000 70,431
Insurance 8 2% -- -- -- --
Legal -- -- -- -- -- --
Manufacturing 28 6% 54,500 63,950 74,405 66,432
Pharmaceuticals 29 7% 52,000 72,000 80,000 71,509
Real estate 2 * -- -- -- --
Resources (agriculture,
mining, etc.) -- -- -- -- -- --
Telecommunications 48 11% 53,750 64,500 75,000 66,839
Training/education 8 2% -- -- -- --
Utility 9 2% -- -- -- --
Other 14 3% 51,500 64,500 76,000 67,250
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