Average wage growth in Poland is slowing down, and the labour market is becoming increasingly segmented by sector. These findings come from an RBC Ukraine article based on data from the analytics centre of international recruitment company Gremi Personal.
Experts note that current wage statistics do not fully reflect reality. The rise in the average salary in the business sector to 9,135 zlotys is partly driven by the administrative increase in the minimum wage and a shift in the employment structure — specifically, the reduction of lower-paid workers. At the same time, the gap between industries is widening: companies are optimising their headcount by letting go of less-skilled staff, while continuing to compete intensely for key specialists, which is fuelling faster pay growth in certain sectors.
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According to the analysis, the average salary in the Polish business sector has risen to 9,135 zlotys. However, experts note that this figure does not fully reflect reality, since it is partly driven by the administrative increase in the minimum wage and changes in the employment structure.
Experts say average wage growth in Poland is slowing and the labour market is becoming more segmented by sector. Companies are optimising headcount by letting go of less-skilled, lower-paid staff, while still competing intensely for key specialists, so pay rises faster only in certain sectors.
Partly. The administrative increase in the minimum wage contributes to the higher average salary, but so does a shift in employment structure, namely fewer lower-paid workers. Because of this, statistics can overstate how much pay has actually grown for typical workers.
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