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

Employment in Polish companies rose by 0.9 percent in August on average in year-on-year terms, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) said on Friday.

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Meanwhile, average wages in Poland's corporate sector in August increased by 9.5 percent compared with the same month a year earlier, the state-run statistics agency reported.

The average gross Polish monthly wage last month was PLN 5,843.75 (EUR 1,276, USD 1,502), according to the statistical office.

In August 2021, average paid #employment in enterprise sector in #Poland was higher by 0,9% (YoY) and amounted to 6,352.0 thousand.https://t.co/H5LfSlRGHZ#StatisticsPoland #statistics #enterprises #labour #LabourMarket pic.twitter.com/h3V2gwDPAp

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) September 17, 2021

In August 2021, average gross wages and salaries in eterprise sector in #Poland were higher by 9.5% (YoY) and amounted to PLN 5,843.75.https://t.co/H5LfSlRGHZ#StatisticsPoland #statistics #wage #wages #salary #enterprises #LabourMarket #labour pic.twitter.com/JOaR9Y5BXf

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) September 17, 2021

The figures are for companies with more than nine employees.

Poland’s labour ministry this month estimated that the country's unemployment rate held steady at 5.8 percent in August, unchanged from July.

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Source: PAP