The best paying companies in Poland. Who wins the remuneration ranking?

Data analysis shows that The record holder of the payroll is the MCI Management Investment Company. The average salary of employed 19 employees, after turning off the management of the management board, was at MCI last year. Calculated on an employment contract and gross amount as much as 102.5 thousand. PLN per month. The company earned PLN 16 million cleanly, which was still 91 percent. Lower year on year, so for 19 employees it is still a great result. The company, as you can see, willingly shares the fruits of its activity with them and appreciates that the results are so good. The average wage even increased by 35 percent. year to year, which contains a bonus for 2023, when net profit was up to PLN 165 million. Developed then by 17 employees.

Second place CD Projekt Groupor “national” video game producer, which the average employee employed full -time paid last year. On average, 24.1 thousand PLN gross per month, that is, by 2.6 percent More yaws. It gives 15,000 on hand. zloty. You still have to wait for the premieres of the next parts of The Witcher and Cyberpunk, then employees can count on even greater gratifications.

In third place with average 23.5 thousand PLN gross per month (PLN 14.6 thousand net with an employment contract) is the developer Developer. Wages have fallen here by 1.4 percent year on year, but they still belong to the highest in Poland. There is something to pay for, because thanks to the sales skills of employees, the group's net profit increased last year. by 38 percent up to PLN 380 million. The market is getting more and more difficult, so it will be difficult to raise.

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In fourth place in the payroll ranking is a company controlled by billionaire Dominika Kulczyk, i.e. Polenergy Investing in the so -called green energy. 490 employees employed in this company receives 23.1 thousand on average every month. PLN grosswhich with an employment contract can mean 14.6 thousand. PLN on hand. The company succeeded last year. earn record -breaking in its history PLN 301 million clean, i.e. by 14 percent. More year -on -year and as you can see, it is worth appreciating employees for high profits developed. Average wage last year It increased here by 34 percent On the other hand, in the following years it will be difficult to grow, because the company enters the phase of giant investments in wind energy in the Baltic Sea, so naturally and profits will not be large.

Fifth place Arctic Paper. Here, however, the pay level is a bit “curved”, because a significant part of the company's operations is located in Sweden, not only in Poland. “About 2/3 of employees in the group are in Sweden, and there the earnings are at a slightly different level than in Poland” – indicated in response to Business Insider's questions. The company producing paper and paper products with its 1.5 thousand He pays employees on average after 20.5 thousand PLN gross per month (PLN 12.9 thousand per hand), i.e. by 2.1 percent more year on year. Profits dropped by 37.5 percent rdr.

In the top 10 of the best employers there are two state -owned companies – WSE in 7th place and KGHM in 10th place. (See table below).

The only company with losses in the top twenty companies with the largest salaries is JSWwhich suffers from low prices of coking coal, key raw material for steel production. The average wage fell there last year. by 4.8 percent yard, and funds intended for wages are almost the same number as the net loss, i.e. PLN 7.3 billion.

There is another side of the coin, i.e. the company paying the least. And here we have a whole galaxy of store chain.

Who offers the lowest salaries?

The least paying company among the stock market giants is the CCC footwear sales network. Here, the average Polish employee received only 4.1 thousand. PLN gross – results from the conversion of data from the financial statements (PLN 289 million spent on wages in the employer's costs, 4.8 thousand employees), i.e. below the minimum salary of 4.2 thousand. PLN (from July PLN 4.3 thousand), but some employees probably do not work full -time, which lowered calculations. In the entire CCC group, the average pay of 1.1 thousand employees last year 4.9 thousand PLN gross. After years of losses, the results of the footwear network have significantly improved and the CCC group earned a purely PLN 957 million, so there is a chance to raise wages in the near future.

The next least paying companies are other commercial networks: Dino Polska (PLN 4.9 thousand gross, +7.8 percent yaws), Lidl Polska Group (PLN 5.4 thousand, +0.9 percent yard), Jeronimo Martins Polska (PLN 5.8 thousand, +12.5 percent yard) and LPP (PLN 6.8 thousand gross).

Companies spending the most on wages

We still looked at who allocates the most funds to pay. And here the leader is our native fuel and energy giant, i.e. the Orlen group. Expenditure on salaries in the group consumed PLN 13.1 billion, i.e. by 7 percent more year on year. With revenues of PLN 295 billion, the share of employee costs at the final prices of Orlen products is not large. Well, but increases can limit the profits that have recently been quite clearly decreased. The Orlen group earned last year Only PLN 1.5 billion, i.e. by 93 percent less yaws. The average employed in a group earns an average of 16.1 thousand. PLN gross and wages increased by 4.7 percent. rdr.

The second largest salary payer is the KGHM group, where it went last year. PLN 9 billion, i.e. by 8.1 percent rdr. more. In the top five there are other state -owned companies: PGE and PZU, but also one private – Asseco Poland group. Jeronimo Martins Polska, the owner of Biedronka, spends the most on the post -magazine companies. These are not high wages, but employment exceeds 81 thousand. people.

Author: Jacek Frączyk, Business Insider Polska editor