The report also shows that 42 percent respondents would like to know the earnings of their friends, friends or colleagues – especially younger people. Among Poles aged 25–44, 17 percent He definitely supports this idea, and in the 55+ group only 5 percent. Such curiosity is more often declared by people with higher education (16 percent) than with medium (6 %) or basic (11 %).
Readiness to disclose your own salary is also more often declared by younger people – at the age of 35–44 it is 13 percent. decisive supporters, and among people over 55 only 5 percent The report also shows that men are twice as willing to disclose earnings than women – 10 percent respectively. vs 5 percent
Support for public remuneration is most often expressed by people with leftist views – as much as 66 percent. of them support this postulate, including 31 percent definitely.
“The study showed classic and observed in various measurements asymmetry between what we expect from others and what we are ready to do. (…) In both cases – both the desire to get to know their own earnings – the leftist's supporters dominate. In addition, age is also important – the most opponents are among the oldest, probably because in their entire professional life they were in contact with the situation when the earnings were not open ” – notes Prof. Dominika Maison from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Warsaw.
The authors of the report remind you that in March 2023 the European Parliament adopted a remuneration directive, imposing the obligations on employers, including in terms of informing about average wages in positions. In May 2025, the Sejm adopted a law introducing the obligation to disclose remuneration at the recruitment stage.
A study conducted on April 11-14 on the Ariadna research panel on the nationwide sample of 1149 people aged 18 and more.
