Information & Communication Salary After Tax Ireland 2026: Median Take-Home Pay
On the CSO median of €74,899, a single worker in Information & Communication takes home €4,378.57 per month (€52,542.88 per year) in 2026.
Software, telecoms, IT services and media, the highest-earning sector in Ireland. The figures below use the CSO median weekly earnings for this sector (€1440.36/week, annualised), from the CSO EAADS 2024 release, the latest published year. Take-home is calculated at 2026 rates; your own pay will vary with role, experience and employer, so use the calculator for an exact figure.
Information & Communication (€74,899): Full Tax Breakdown
| Median Gross Salary | €74,899 | – |
| Income Tax (PAYE) | −€17,159.49 | −€1,429.96/mo |
| USC | −€2,022.52 | −€168.54/mo |
| PRSI | −€3,173.83 | −€264.49/mo |
| Take-Home Pay | €52,542.88 | €4,378.57/mo |
Take-Home by Filing Status
| Filing Status | Monthly Net | Eff. Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Single | €4,378.57 | 29.85% |
| Married, One Income | €4,695.24 | 24.77% |
| Single Parent | €4,603.57 | 26.24% |
How this is taxed
On a gross salary of €74,899, a single PAYE worker in 2026:
- Pays income tax at 20% on €44,000 of income.
- Pays income tax at 40% on €30,899 above the standard-rate band.
- Has €4,000 in tax credits subtracted, leaving €17,159.49 income tax (PAYE).
- Pays €2,022.52 USC across the 2026 bands, and €3,173.83 PRSI (Class A).
That leaves take-home of €52,542.88 a year, an effective tax rate of 29.85%.
Take-home by pay frequency
| Per year | €52,542.88 |
| Per month | €4,378.57 |
| Per fortnight | €2,020.88 |
| Per week | €1,010.44 |
| Per day | €202.09 |
| Per hour (39h week) | €25.91 |
Sources
Take-home figures are calculated at 2026 rates, verified against Revenue.ie and Citizens Information. Earnings context: CSO Earnings Analysis 2024 (data.cso.ie).
Pay and tax in Information & Communication
This is the highest-paying sector in the CSO's series, and the figure still understates what a full-time permanent role in it typically pays, because the median covers every employee including part-time staff. The concentration matters as much as the level: a large share of the employment sits in a small number of multinational employers clustered around Dublin, so the sector median reflects those pay scales more than it reflects indigenous software firms. The tax consequence particular to this sector is share-based pay. A meaningful part of total compensation at the larger employers arrives as restricted stock units rather than salary, and those are taxed as employment income at vesting on their market value, at the marginal rate with USC and PRSI on top. Because they vest on a schedule rather than when it suits you, they frequently land on top of a salary already above the standard rate cut-off, so the whole award is taxed at the higher rate. Comparing a package here with one elsewhere means comparing after-tax value, not headline totals.
What the sector median hides
This is the highest-paying sector in the series and the figure still understates what a full-time permanent role in it typically pays, because the median covers every employment including part-time work. It is also unusually concentrated: a large share of the employment sits inside a small number of very large employers around Dublin, so the sector median reflects their pay scales more than it reflects an indigenous software firm or an IT services business.
The practical consequence is that the median is a poor benchmark for an individual offer here. The spread between the lower and upper end of the sector is wider than in almost any other, so a role-level figure is far more useful than a sector-level one when you are deciding whether an offer is fair.
Why total pay and salary are different questions
A meaningful part of compensation at the larger employers arrives as share-based pay rather than salary, which makes two offers hard to compare on headline numbers alone. Restricted stock is taxed as employment income at vesting, on its market value that day, at your marginal rate with USC and PRSI on top.
Because awards vest on a schedule rather than when it suits you, they often land on top of a salary already above the standard rate cut-off, so the whole award is charged at the higher rate. Comparing a package here against one in another sector means comparing after-tax value, not totals, and treating the equity as the least certain part of the three.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average salary in the Information & Communication sector in Ireland?
The CSO median salary in the Information & Communication sector was about €74,899 a year in 2024 (the latest data). At 2026 tax rates a single worker on that salary takes home €4,378.57 a month (€52,542.88 a year) after PAYE, USC and PRSI.
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Source: CSO Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources 2024 (CC-BY 4.0), median weekly earnings by NACE economic sector, annualised over 52 weeks and covering all employees. Take-home computed with the IrishPAYE engine at 2026 rates for a single worker with standard credits.