Poland Employment Falls More Than Expected

Poland’s corporate employment fell by 0.9% year-on-year in March 2026, bringing total employment to 6.39 million. The drop exceeded market expectations of a 0.8% contraction and deepened from the 0.8% decrease recorded in the previous month, marking the 30th consecutive month of declines in corporate employment and still the steepest among the sequence. On a monthly basis, employment fell by 0.1%, following a 0.2% decline in February. Meanwhile, average monthly gross salaries rose by 5.7% compared to a year earlier, reaching PLN 9,652.

Poland’s corporate employment fell by 0.8% year-on-year in February 2026, bringing total employment to 6.39 million, in line with market expectations and unchanged from the previous month. This marked the 29th consecutive month of decline in corporate employment, driven by job losses in the mining and quarrying sector (-3.6% vs. -3.4%) and construction (-0.2% vs. -0.1%). On a monthly basis, employment was unchanged, following a 0.2% decline in January. Meanwhile, average monthly gross salaries rose by 6.1% compared to a year earlier, reaching PLN 9,135.7.

Poland’s corporate employment fell by 0.8% year-on-year in January 2026, bringing total employment to 6.40 million. The drop exceeded market expectations of a 0.5% contraction and deepened from the 0.7% decrease recorded in the previous month, marking the 28th consecutive month of declines in corporate employment. On a monthly basis, employment fell by 0.2%, following a 0.1% decline in December. Meanwhile, average monthly gross salaries rose by 6.1% compared to a year earlier, reaching PLN 9,002.