Poland's corporate sector wages rose 8.6% year-on-year to PLN 9,583.31 in December 2025, accelerating from a 7.1% increase in the previous month and surpassing market expectations of a 6.9% rise. This marked the highest annual wage growth since June. On a monthly basis, the average gross salary grew 5.6%, largely driven by higher additional payments, including awards, bonuses, and seasonal payouts such as annual, quarterly, incentive, service anniversary, Christmas, and Miner's Day bonuses. For the full year 2025, corporate sector wages have increased by 8.1%. source: Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS)

Wages in Poland increased 8.60 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Wage Growth in Poland averaged 6.57 percent from 2006 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 15.80 percent in July of 2022 and a record low of 0.38 percent in January of 2013. This page provides - Poland Wage Growth- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Poland Corporative Sector Wage Growth - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Wages in Poland increased 8.60 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Wage Growth in Poland is expected to be 6.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Poland Corporative Sector Wage Growth is projected to trend around 4.80 percent in 2027 and 4.30 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-12-18 09:00 AM
Corporate Sector Wages YoY
Nov 7.1% 6.6% 6.2% 6.0%
2026-01-22 09:00 AM
Corporate Sector Wages YoY
Dec 8.6% 7.1% 6.9% 7.2%
2026-02-19 09:00 AM
Corporate Sector Wages YoY
Jan 8.6% 7.2% 6.6%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Employed Persons 17361.00 17198.00 Thousand Sep 2025
Employment Change 0.90 0.50 percent Sep 2025
Job Vacancies 25.90 32.80 Thousand Dec 2025
Labor Force Participation Rate 59.00 58.30 percent Sep 2025
Unemployed Persons 887.90 873.60 Thousand Dec 2025
Unemployment Rate 5.70 5.60 percent Dec 2025
Corporate Sector Wages YoY 8.60 7.10 percent Dec 2025
Wages 8771.70 8748.63 PLN/Month Sep 2025
Wages in Manufacturing 8809.11 8550.41 PLN/Month Dec 2025


Poland Corporative Sector Wage Growth
In Poland, Corporate Sector Wages measures year over year change in average monthly gross wage in the enterprise sector.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
8.60 7.10 15.80 0.38 2006 - 2025 percent Monthly
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Poland Corporate Wages Rise to 6-Month High
Poland's corporate sector wages rose 8.6% year-on-year to PLN 9,583.31 in December 2025, accelerating from a 7.1% increase in the previous month and surpassing market expectations of a 6.9% rise. This marked the highest annual wage growth since June. On a monthly basis, the average gross salary grew 5.6%, largely driven by higher additional payments, including awards, bonuses, and seasonal payouts such as annual, quarterly, incentive, service anniversary, Christmas, and Miner's Day bonuses. For the full year 2025, corporate sector wages have increased by 8.1%.
2026-01-22
Poland Corporate Wages Rise to 7.1%
Poland's corporate sector wages rose 7.1% year-on-year to PLN 9,078.16 in November 2025, accelerating from a more than four-year low of 6.6% in the previous month and surpassing market expectations of a 6.2% increase. On a monthly basis, the average gross salary grew 2.4%, largely driven by higher additional payments, including awards, bonuses, and seasonal payouts such as annual, Christmas, and Miner's Day bonuses. Year-to-date, corporate sector wages have increased by 7.9%.
2025-12-18
Poland Corporate Wage Growth at Over 4-Year Low
Poland’s corporate sector rose by 6.6% year-on-year to PLN 8,865.12 in October 2025, easing from a 7.5% gain in September and falling short of market expectations of 7.3%. This marked the smallest annual growth since February 2021. Compared to the previous month, the average gross salary grew by 1.3%, mainly due to a larger scale of additional payments, including awards and bonuses, such as quarterly and incentive awards and bonuses, and service anniversary awards, as well as retirement severance pay. On a year-to-date basis, corporate sector wages advanced by 8.1%.
2025-11-24