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Employment down, wages up in Polish firms y/y in September: stats office

21.10.2026 21:30
Employment in Polish companies dropped by 0.8 percent in September on average in year-on-year terms, the country's statistics office has reported.
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Meanwhile, average wages in Poland's corporate sector increased by 5.9 percent last month compared with the same month a year earlier, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said on Tuesday.

The average gross Polish monthly wage last month was PLN 9,266.48 (EUR 2,130, USD 2,390), according to the statistical office.

The figures are for companies with more than nine employees.

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy estimated this month that Poland's unemployment rate held steady at 5.8 percent in September, unchanged from August.

The average wage in Poland rose 5.5 percent in the second quarter of this year, compared with the same quarter of 2025.

The country's minimum monthly wage increased 3 percent at the start of this year to PLN 4,806, from PLN 4,666 in 2025.

Meanwhile, inflation stood at 4.1 percent in year-on-year terms in September, according to Statistics Poland.

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Source: IAR/PAP, biznes.pap.pl