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

Employment in Polish companies rose by 0.4 percent in May on average in year-on-year terms, the country’s statistics office reported on Wednesday.

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Meanwhile, average wages in Poland's corporate sector in May increased by 12.2 percent compared with the same month a year earlier, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

In May 2023, average #employment in the enterprise sector was 6,517.7 thousand fuul-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/iSX4wu6Pjo#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/PKCLK5cIES

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) June 21, 2023

The average gross Polish monthly wage last month was PLN 7,181.67 (EUR 1,615, USD 1,765), according to the statistical office.

The average monthly #wage (gross) in the enterprise sector in May 2023 was PLN 7,187.65 (+12.2% y/y). Data on entities in the above-mentioned sector with 10 or more employees in selected activities of PKD 2007.https://t.co/iSX4wu6Pjo#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/siwMFau9BL

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) June 21, 2023

The figures are for companies with more than nine employees.

Jak wzrosły wynagrodzenia i zatrudnienie w maju? GUS podał najnowsze dane https://t.co/UUtYb03Oby

— Gospodarka - Polskie Radio (@Gospodarka_PRSA) June 21, 2023

Family and Social Policy Minister Marlena Maląg this month estimated that Poland's unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in May, down from 5.2 percent in April.

There were around 803,600 people without jobs across the nation at the end of May, down by 18,300 from a month earlier, according to the government.

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Source: PAP