Gremi Personal: Poland’s Labour Market Is Stabilising, but Demand for Workers Is Shifting

Poland’s labour market is gradually emerging from a period of job cuts, although the stabilisation of employment is uneven. According to data from the Gremi Personal Analytics Centre, prepared on the basis of reports by the National Bank of Poland (NBP) and the Central Statistical Office (GUS), around 23% of Polish companies planned to increase headcount, while only 8% planned to reduce staff.

At the same time, demand for staff is being redistributed across sectors. Employment is growing in the manufacture of transport equipment, machinery manufacturing and electronics, while the automotive, furniture and light industries continue to cut staff.

As Gremi Personal founder Yevhen Kirichenko explains, lower demand does not mean that skilled specialists have become easier to find: many businesses are still unable to fill vacancies. According to the company’s analytics centre, further stabilisation of employment is expected by the end of 2026, without a mass expansion of headcount, along with moderate wage growth.

Which sectors need workers today, where are job cuts continuing and how is the wage situation changing? For more detail on the results of the analysis and the forecasts of Gremi Personal experts, see the article in Censor.NET.