# Work and tax in Ireland: 6 guides for new arrivals | Moving to Ireland > Take-home pay, PAYE, USC and PRSI explained, the 2026 minimum wage, and how to land a job from abroad. 6 step-by-step guides from the Moving to Ireland app. Source: https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/work-and-tax/ 💼 # Work and tax in Ireland Take-home pay, PAYE, USC and PRSI explained, the 2026 minimum wage, and how to land a job from abroad. 6 guides · about 24 minutes in total The guides below are in the order the app walks you through them — each one unblocks the next. The opening of every guide is free to read here; the full text is in the app. 1. 1 ### [Salary after tax in Ireland: what you actually take home](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/work-and-tax/salary-after-tax-in-ireland/) The salary in your job offer is a gross figure. Before it reaches your bank account, three separate deductions come off it: income tax, the Universal… 4 min read 2. 2 ### [Minimum wage in Ireland 2026](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/work-and-tax/minimum-wage-ireland-2026/) Ireland has one of the higher statutory minimum wages in the EU, and it is reviewed every year on the advice of the Low Pay Commission. If you are… 4 min read 3. 3 ### [PAYE explained for newcomers](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/work-and-tax/paye-explained-for-newcomers/) If you are employed in Ireland, you almost never send money to the tax office yourself. Instead your employer calculates the tax on each payslip and pays… 4 min read 4. 4 ### [Tax credits, USC and PRSI explained](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/work-and-tax/tax-credits-usc-and-prsi-explained/) Three separate sets of rules decide how much of your Irish salary you keep. Tax credits cut your income tax bill directly. USC is a second charge on the… 4 min read 5. 5 ### [How to find a job in Ireland from abroad](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/work-and-tax/how-to-find-a-job-in-ireland/) Ireland has close to full employment, with unemployment hovering around 4 to 5% through 2025 and 2026, and many employers are used to hiring from… 4 min read 6. 6 ### [Register with Revenue myAccount and avoid emergency tax](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/work-and-tax/register-with-revenue-myaccount/) myAccount is Revenue's online service for employees. It is where you register a new job, claim tax credits, check what your employer has reported, and… 4 min read ## Other sections - [🧳 Pre-move 8](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/pre-move/) - [✅ Checklists 4](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/checklists/) - [🛂 Visas and permits 7](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/visas-and-permits/) - [🌍 Moving from 154](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/moving-from/) - [🐾 Pets 5](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/pets/) - [🪪 Paperwork 7](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/paperwork/) - [🛒 Cost of living 8](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/cost-of-living/) - [🏠 Accommodation 12](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/accommodation/) - [📍 Where to live 6](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/where-to-live/) - [💡 Utilities 6](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/utilities/) - [🚌 Transportation 9](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/transportation/) - [🩺 Healthcare 6](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/healthcare/) - [🎓 Schooling 6](https://www.movingtoireland.co/guides/schooling/) Beyond the guides ## Plan the whole move from your phone Moving to Ireland turns 99 guides into a personal checklist. Tell it your passport, whether you have moved yet, and who is coming with you, and it lays out every step in order — from the visa to the bins. - Step-by-step checklist - Tailored to your passport - Pre-move & post-move - Family & pet sections [![Download Moving to Ireland on the App Store](https://www.movingtoireland.co/images/app-store-badge.svg)](https://apps.apple.com/app/moving-to-ireland/id6446055261) ★★★★★ 4.9 on the App Store [![Expats who settled in Ireland, two five-star App Store reviews, and the Moving to Ireland app showing its relocation checklist](https://www.movingtoireland.co/images/app-social-proof.webp)](https://apps.apple.com/app/moving-to-ireland/id6446055261)