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

Employment in Polish companies rose by 1.1 percent in January on average in year-on-year terms, the country’s statistics office reported on Monday.

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Meanwhile, average wages in Poland's corporate sector in January increased by 13.5 percent compared with the same month a year earlier, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

In January 2023, average #employment in the enterprise sector was 6,530.1 thousand full-time equivalents (+1.1% y/y). The data refers to entities in the business sector with 10 or more employees in selected activities of PKD 2007. https://t.co/4IIKrKvQ7P#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/Ak5zvNyGUD

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) February 20, 2023

The average gross Polish monthly wage last month was PLN 6,883.96 (EUR 1,450, USD 1,550), according to the statistical office.

The average monthly #wage (gross) in the enterprise sector in January 2023 was PLN 6,883.96 (+13.5% y/y). Data on entities in the above-mentioned sector with 10 or more employees in selected activities of PKD 2007. https://t.co/4IIKrKvQ7P#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/d3WSSM2rdQ

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) February 20, 2023

The figures are for companies with more than nine employees.

Jak wzrosły wynagrodzenia, zatrudnienie i produkcja w styczniu? Znamy dane GUS https://t.co/7GlMSxboJ1

— Gospodarka - Polskie Radio (@Gospodarka_PRSA) February 20, 2023

Poland’s labour ministry this month estimated that the country's unemployment rate inched up by 0.3 percentage points to 5.5 percent in January.

There were around 858,700 people without jobs across the nation at the end of January, down by 68,400 from a year earlier, according to the government.

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Source: PAP