Cost of Living in Dublin

80k gross would be a struggle in Dublin if you are renting a 3 bed property. After tax you would have 4.5k but if you can get your partners tax credits and childrens allowance you would have a little over 5k. If you check out Daft.ie most 3 bed properties in good areas would be north of 3k. To live comfortably in Dublin 2 incomes are really needed.

4k net would be an ok salary for a single person or a couple. You could get a decent studio or 1bed for 2k. If you use public transport and eat out only a couple times a month you could still save and go on holidays etc. If you want to live with house mates your rent for a room could be 700 -1000 euro. If you have kids 4k is not enough given child care costs

@Anonymous one milion euro per year is probably enough to survive in Dublin

Is one milion euro per year enough to survive in Dublin ?

I make 50k a year right now with no overtime. Granted I would have to find a job if I moved to Ireland but would it be better to live outside the city and work in the city? Or live and work inside the city?
Also I was wondering about the motorcycles over there, I ride Harley's here in the states. It seems they mostly have the dual purpose bikes when I look at anything over there.

25000 would be quite difficult to live on in Dublin. You would have roughly around 1,900 a month after tax. A non shared room in an apartment close to the city centre could cost you between 800-1000 plus bills. If you share a bedroom it would be cheaper. Food prices in supermarkets would be similar to Portugal. However I would not come to Ireland without having accomodation in advance there is an acute housing shortage.

Hello, We got a job offer with 80K salary per year. We are married and have a child of 1 years old. Would you say we can afford our cost of living without so muh concern? Also, what would our net salary after the taxes?
Thanks in advance.

Thinking about moving to Dublin later this year. After years of working from home, I would love to get back into hotel work, but often these are the low paid jobs, what can I expect as a receptionist, or assistent manager? ( I have years of assistent manager experience so would prefer that) Thanks

Hi there, I am moving to Dublin in July with my daughter. Would €75k before deductions be enough? Also is North or South Dublin better safety and schools wise? Thanks

To Anonymous, you can find this price for 1 bed apartments even in the city center. But don't expect decent BER rates. Usually this will come from new apartments, most of them are in the city center. Also, consider places near to the luas lines or busses that will get you closer to your job site. Expect at least 40% of your salary to vanish with your rent. Food and transport are ok and you will be fine. Consider rent a single room in a good apartment as well.

72k is on a lower end for IT. Try to change job for better after moving.

Hi anonymous, Dublin is expensive to live in mainly because of high rents and accommodation is hard to find. 72K in IT with a few years experience post graduating is ok as a salary. You might just about manage living in Dublin. However if you have more years experience ask for more money and after one year ask for a raise.

Hello, I am currently working as Radiographer here in middle east and planning to apply in Ireland. How is the life in Ireland compared here in middle east? Will I be able to save and live comfortably in Ireland?

This country can ruin your personal and professional life. Beware

Max. 275K probably around 12K / Month. I think you should be able to get by in Dublin on that.

Hello there. I have a plan for next summer to come to Dublin. I want to explore Ireland, improve my level of English and challenge myself living alone. Now I'm trying to find Internship or something like that, but I'm not sure that I will be able to get it. So my question is that: If I come for 3 months, with 3000 € and work at regular jobs(like waiter), will I survive and be able to see something? Provided that I'm going to live in shared house, use only grocery shop for getting food and so on and so forth.

..also forgot to ask what expenses does “family of four estimated monthly costs are 6,256.5A$ (3,727.7€) without rent” include e.g utilities, food etc?

For 16000 pa you can look for a bunk bed in a shared room at most. Please do yourself a huge favour and don't come here with this salary.

Hello Xiomara, I’m pretty sure you can get by with €1000. But it also depends what you’re really going to do in that month. If you do plan on bringing €1000, then don’t go out to pubs and restaurants every day. You could go to them a few times but not all the time. But of course buying food from grocery stores is cheaper than buying food from restaurants.

Hello Phillip. The previous comment was posted by me (Mael) sorry I forgot to add my name there so it appears as “Anonymous”

Thanks Daz- Yes I should have clarified. It is our net monthly income and correction to our rent which will be $2400 euros.

Hi Mael, My family of four should be moving to Dublin 13 in a 6 weeks. My wife’s income will be around 6000 euros per month. Our Irish friends here in the states bought a 4 bedroom home and are renting it to us for 2,700 Euros which we both agree is a blessing.
That being said, my wife is very concerned that her income alone will not be enough for family…until I find employment.
Could you kindly comment on this as my wife whose dream it has been to live and raise our kids in Ireland is seriously considering not accepting our friends generous offer to rent his home for two years.
Much appreciated.

Hello Mo. I hope you'll see this since I may be a bit late to respond to your question. Yes, €5,500 is great enough for most housing here since average rent for 2 bedrooms here in the city centre is around €2,700 and in the suburbs is about €2,100. Without rent, it's around €2,000 per month. I'm not sure if you included paying taxes in your €5.5k but it doesn't really matter too much because only 12.5% of your salary actually goes towards taxes. All you really should be aware of with your money here is what you spend beyond housing, groceries and utilities because that's where things can get expensive. If you have any more questions feel free to ask. PS I know all of this because I've lived in Dublin since 2004.

Is 5,500 EUR (net) enough to support 2 people and renting in Dublin in a nice area?

Are rents under 3k in daft.ie fake or real? Bad areas maybe? Need advice on where to live with family of 4. Naas maybe?

If you are thinking about moving to Dublin please think again - rents are insane for literal mould boxes (looking at 2000+ per month in terrible areas), antisocial behaviour everywhere, the city feels lifeless and stagnant compared to all other EU capitals I have been to, public transport in non-existent, insurance for everything is well above the EU average, the hospital system is collapsing before our eyes - it's honestly such a depressing city - Amsterdam, Paris...even London all offer a better living situation

@Usama - I would say not at all. Rent is incredibly expensive. Check on daft.ie for prices. You could hardly afford rent on that salary.

Welcome to big tech corralito:

Low salaries
High rent and expenses
No social services or healthcare

Your job is your lifeline. This is how foreign companies are exploiting the country and the European Union.

We need to stop this massacre of the Irish state

Rents are just crazy expensive. They'd give me about 30k/year to work in Dublin as an engineer (although with little experience). Am I supposed to spend 20k for a rent and just get by? How can the average low skill worker survive?

Is 3300 Euros per month enough for a family of 2 in Dublin?

@ 2Theoldbavarianfenian, well the rental/sharing market was particularly delicate during autumn this year, though today Nov 18th there are 446 rooms in a shared accommodation for "Dublin City" on daft.ie, hard to imagine it was only 28 about 6 weeks ago .. are you sure you didn't use any additional filters ?

How much would I approximately be saving on 4k net per month as a single person, no car? Thanks!

Hello, Is 2000€ NET enough to live in Dublin, only for basic necessities, such as rent, utilities, transport, and food? Excluding entertainment and additional things. Thank you.

The average prices for rent in Dublin is a joke!!

I appreciate the information presented by Numbeo but lets face it, one has to be very lucky to get a 1 bedroom apartment in city center at the "average" price of 1700 euros a month. even at 2200 it would be a big problem. Yes they are advertised at those prices but getting them is in practice very difficult as one has to compete with 40-50 other individuals who are desperately looking for a place to live.

If you plan to move to Dublin and need to rent an apartment quickly, be prepared to pay at least 2500 euros for 1 bedroom.

The prices for other commodities are actuallly quite realistic.

lived in dublin for 5 yrs.
Pros: Beautiful sceneries, friendly people, affordable and good healthcare

Cons: expensive houses, high rent, High cost of electricity, bad weather, high taxes, too many junkies.Needs to pay TV license.

I lived in Ireland for just under 6 years, and I can say that it was 5 years too long. The landscapes are beautiful, but they become pretty boring quickly. Most of the people I knew went out to the pub to get drunk on the weekends. Every single weekend!. Overall, I would say that Irish people tend to be racist, and the country is not known as the rip-off country for no reason. Very expensive, and people try to rip you off all the time everywhere. On the other hand, the weather is miserable and that brings a lot of people down, even causing depression. Overall, I would not recommend living there for over one year.

Comment below is so wrong. Obviously someone with a grudge?? And where did you *leave* for 13 years. Must have been bad??? We are famed for our hospitality and as an Irish citizen I can assure you our hospitality is genuine. We love our climate. Definitely move away if you can't hack it. Ireland is truly stunning. I can say this definitively as I have travelled all over the world. Coming home is best part about travelling away from Irelsnd. We are a young country and of course our politicians are endeavouring to get things right re the care if it's citizens; which incidentally our Government did brilliantly during COVID. I thoroughly agree with your decision to leave, I would do the same if I was miserable, but please don't bad mouth our country after it gave you an education!! That or those certificates gained in Ireland will open many doors to you around the world. You must have remained here for 13 years, despite how miserable you were, for some reason? Maybe a failed romance has caused your misery? If you open yourself up to the Irish you will find incredibly kind, caring and non-judgemental people. We are tge people who give the most to any other country in a crisis. We have never forgotten 800 years of grinding hardship under a foreign regime and our empathy for other societies in needs knows no bounds. Read our history if you want to understand our people, speak our language. Eat, laugh and sing with us. DANCE with us and then my friend your misery will dissapate and joy will fill your heart. I invite you to take another look with a different mindset. Go to the desserts and hot places of this world if you must but I can honestly say Ireland, it's people, it's landscape will forever play on your mind.

Hello, am waiting this for a recommendation,am looking forward for a job opportunity in Dublin, Ireland. Please I will be glad if my request is attended to, thanks.

You should compare these parameters with Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax)

PROS of living in Dublin: friendly people, nice Pubs - lots of!, affordable grocery/food prices, safe and compact - you can walk the whole city center in an hour.

CONS of living in Dublin: expensive and really bad quality housing, lack of cultural options rather than pubs, silly curfew for clubs at 3am (some even have to close at 11.30 on weekdays), the weather is awful the whole year round so you stay indoors most of the time, you are stuck in an island with a small population, therefore, the amount of things you can do/people you can meet is really limited.

VERDICT: I would recommend Dublin for older people or families looking for a more chilled way of living... or for those who grew up in small towns/villages. Anyone who is younger and/or has lived in other major European cities will be disappointed with the city.