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

Employment in Polish companies rose by 0.8 percent in February 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 February increased by 13.6 percent compared with the same month a year earlier, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

In February 2023, average #employment in the enterprise sector was 6,526.3 thousand FTEs (+0.8% YoY). The data refers to entities in the enterprise sector with 10 or more employees in selected kinds of activities of NACE Rev.2.https://t.co/0rcKi33H4r#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/BprqVcie9y

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) March 20, 2023

The average gross Polish monthly wage last month was PLN 7,065.56 (EUR 1,500, USD 1,600), according to the statistical office.

The average monthly #wage (gross) in the enterprise sector in February 2023 was PLN 7,065.56 (+13.6% YoY). Data on entities in the aforementioned sector with 10 or more employees in selected kinds of activities of NACE Rev.2.https://t.co/0rcKi33H4r#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/6ObCxYNN3q

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) March 20, 2023

The figures are for companies with more than nine employees.

Jak wzrosły wynagrodzenia, zatrudnienie i produkcja w lutym? GUS podał najnowsze dane https://t.co/POGatOEjhx

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

Poland’s Family and Social Policy Minister Marlena Maląg this month estimated that the country's unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent in February, unchanged from January.

There were around 866,100 people without jobs across the nation at the end of February, down by 55,700 from a year earlier, according to the government.

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Source: PAP