Here’s how the minimum wage in Ireland compares to the rest of the EU

It compares pretty damn well as it turns out.

Ireland has the second highest rate of minimum wage of countries who have a minimum wage structure in the European Union, according to a report published by Eurostat earlier this month. Of the 22 EU member states with a minimum wage, only workers in Luxembourg (€1,999 per month) receive a higher monthly minimum wage than workers in Ireland, who take home €1,563 per month, according to the report, valid as of January 1, 2017. Ireland’s monthly figure is converted using the national minimum wage of €9.25 per hour for somebody working a 39-hour week over the course of a year. Workers in seven of the 22 EU countries with a minimum wage receive in excess of €1,000 per month and all of them, including Ireland, are located in the west and north of the EU. The other six countries in that group are Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden do not have a minimum wage. At the other end of the scale, Bulgaria had the lowest minimum wage (€235 per month), followed by Romania (€275), Latvia and Lithuania (both €380), the Czech Republic (€407), Hungary (€412), Croatia (€433), Slovakia (€435), Poland (€453) and Estonia (€470). You can see the report in full here.