Sunday premium calculator for Ireland
Percentage, allowance, multiplier or time off in lieu.
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Updated for tax year 2026This calculator runs in your browser and needs JavaScript, which is switched off right now. Nothing has gone wrong. Percentage, allowance, multiplier or time off in lieu. Below the form you will find how the calculation works and the official sources, and that reads without JavaScript.
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The result is based on the figures you entered and the rules published for the selected tax year. Your actual pay depends on your Revenue record, your contract and your employer’s payroll.
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Three deductions decide what lands in your account. Here is what each one is, in plain language.
Income tax
Twenty per cent up to your standard rate band, forty above it. Your tax credits then come off the tax itself — not off your income.
Universal Social Charge
A separate charge on your gross pay, in bands. No credits, no relief, and a pension contribution does not reduce it.
Social insurance
Not really a tax: it buys entitlement to Illness Benefit, Jobseeker’s Benefit and the State Pension. Nothing below €352 a week.
What actually lands
Gross minus the three deductions, plus anything you have agreed to — pension, bike-to-work, union dues.
Your next euro
The rate on additional pay. It is what decides whether overtime is worth it, and it is always higher than your average rate.
Your real hourly rate
Net pay divided by every hour you are away from home, unpaid breaks included. Usually a good deal lower than the rate on your contract.
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A worked example: an 8-hour Sunday with a 33 % premium
Base rate €14 an hour, four Sundays a month.
| Base pay for the shift | €112.00 |
|---|---|
| Sunday premium (33 %) | €36.96 |
| Total for the Sunday | €148.96 |
Four Sundays a month is €147.84 of premium, or €1,774 a year.
How to read it
The 33 % here is an example, not the law. Section 14 of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 requires that Sunday work be compensated — by a reasonable allowance, an increased rate, paid time off, or a combination — but it sets no percentage. The figure comes from your contract, a sector agreement, or what a comparable worker gets. If your contract is silent and you get nothing extra for Sundays, that is the thing worth raising; if it says the rate already includes Sunday working, that is lawful too.
The figures in this example are produced by the same engine as the calculator above, using the 2026 tax year data. If a rule changes, they change here too.
Sunday premium calculator
If you work on a Sunday you are entitled to compensation for it — but Irish law does not set a single percentage. Section 14 of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 points to what a comparable worker gets under a collective agreement for similar work. This tool lets you model whichever arrangement your contract actually uses.
What the law says
Section 14 of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 requires that Sunday working be compensated by a reasonable allowance, a reasonable increase in pay, reasonable paid time off, or a combination — unless the pay rate already takes Sunday working into account. The Workplace Relations Commission looks to the closest applicable collective agreement for comparable work. Common rates such as a third or a half extra are industry practice, not a statutory minimum.
This is an estimate
The result is based on the figures you entered and the rules published for the selected tax year. Your actual pay depends on your Revenue record, your contract and your employer’s payroll.