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

Employment in Polish companies rose by 0.4 percent in April 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 April increased by 12.1 percent compared with the same month a year earlier, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

In April 2023, average #employment in the enterprise sector was 6,524.3 thousand full-time equivalents (+0.4% y/y). The data refers to entities in the enterprise sector with 10 or more employees in selected activities of PKD 2007.https://t.co/hCQo1TzGz1#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/S0PvcibhRe

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) May 22, 2023

The average gross Polish monthly wage last month was PLN 7,430.65 (EUR 1,640, USD 1,780), according to the statistical office.

The average monthly #salaries (gross) in the enterprise sector in April 2023 was PLN 7,430.65 (+12.1% y/y). Data on entities in the above-mentioned sector with 10 or more employees in selected activities of PKD 2007.https://t.co/hCQo1TzGz1#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/aBLI1qSHNJ

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) May 22, 2023

The figures are for companies with more than nine employees.

Jak wzrosły wynagrodzenia i zatrudnienie w kwietniu? GUS podał najnowsze dane https://t.co/KoNtdjMnZ2

— Gospodarka - Polskie Radio (@Gospodarka_PRSA) May 22, 2023

Poland’s Family and Social Policy Minister Marlena Maląg this month estimated that the country's unemployment rate was 5.3 percent in April, down from 5.4 percent in March.

There were around 823,700 people without jobs across the nation at the end of April, down by 23,100 from a month earlier, according to the government.

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Source: PAP