Two minimum wage hikes for Poles in 2024: PM

Poland’s government has definitively approved a plan to offer two minimum wage hikes to employees next year, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks at a news conference in Warsaw on Thursday.

Photo: PAP/Rafał Guz

The minimum wage in the country will increase to PLN 4,242 (EUR 920, USD 980) a month from January, followed by a further hike to PLN 4,300 (EUR 930, USD 990) from July 1, 2024, Morawiecki told a news conference, confirming an earlier announcement.

Meanwhile, the minimum hourly rate is set to go up to PLN 27.70 (EUR 6, USD 6.40) effective January 1 and PLN 28.10 (EUR 6.10, USD 6.50) as of July 1, 2024, he said.

Premier Morawiecki zapowiada nową wysokość płacy minimalnej [TRANSMISJA] https://t.co/igtr5m6Xs1

— Gospodarka - Polskie Radio (@Gospodarka_PRSA) September 14, 2023

The country’s minimum monthly wage rose to PLN 3,490 at the start of this year, from PLN 3,010 at the end of 2022.

Meanwhile, the minimum hourly rate in Poland is currently set at PLN 22.80, up from PLN 19.60 at the end of last year.

Konsekwentnie dbamy o wzrost płacy minimalnej. Premier @MorawieckiM ogłosił, że w 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ r. minimalne wynagrodzenie wzrośnie w dwóch etapach. Od 1 stycznia 2024 r. płaca minimalna będzie wynosiła 4242 zł brutto, a od 1 lipca 2024 r. – 4300 zł brutto. To ogromna różnica w… pic.twitter.com/QIcc3dnjzJ

— Piotr Müller (@PiotrMuller) September 14, 2023

The average gross Polish monthly wage in July was PLN PLN 7,485.12, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency announced last month.

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Source: IAR, PAP