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Title: Social Media Manager hourly rate in Ireland | Deftridge
Summary: Social Media Manager pay in Ireland: median wage €22 an hour, contractor rate at the country floor of €36. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Ireland · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Social Media Manager hourly rate in Ireland

The market median wage for a Social Media Manager in Ireland is **€22.04 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€36 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€36/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€22.04/hr** median wage

**€17-31** middle half of wages

**€780** a month at 5 hours a week

## Social Media Manager wage percentiles in Ireland

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | €14.22 | €310 | €29,600 |
| 25th | €16.95 | €370 | €35,300 |
| Median | €22.04 | €480 | €45,800 |
| 75th | €30.70 | €670 | €63,900 |
| 90th | €41.94 | €910 | €87,200 |

Source: Eurostat, 2022; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Ireland in numbers

What sets Ireland apart for a Social Media Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€36** country floor: no Ireland rate is published below it, and this role is at the floor

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Social Media Manager in Ireland by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist (country floor) | €36 | €780 |
| Senior (country floor) | €36 | €780 |
| Manager | €40 | €870 |

- Regular role (floor) **€36**

- One-off task (floor) **€36**

- Task bundle (floor) **€36**

Rows marked country floor would come out lower by the formula; the Ireland floor of €36 applies instead.

## Social Media Manager pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Social Media Manager, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denmark | €20.12 | €36 |
| Germany | €24.01 | €35 |
| Luxembourg | €20.99 | €35 |
| Belgium | €22.29 | €32 |
| Netherlands | €16.17 | €27 |
| Austria | €15.68 | €26 |
| Finland | €14.97 | €25 |
| Sweden | €13.10 | €23 |
| France | €14.21 | €21 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Social Media Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/social-media-manager/) · [Social Media Manager jobs in Ireland](https://deftridge.com/jobs/social-media-manager/ireland/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
