The CSO data also shows that the average consumer inflation in the second quarter of 2025 was about 4.1 percent. year on year, i.e. it was clearly lower than the increase in average salary. This means that the average real salary in the second quarter has grown by about 4.7 percent.
For comparison, in the first quarter of 2025, the average pay amounted to 8,000 in the national economy. PLN 962 (year -on -year increase by 10 %). In turn, in the fourth quarter of 2024, the average earnings amounted to 8,000 PLN 477 gross (which meant an increase by as much as 12.4 % year -on -year).
According to the July projection of the National Bank of Poland, a year -on -year average salary in the enterprise sector this year was to be in particular quarters: 10 %, 9 percent, 8.6 percent. and 7.7 percent In 2026, the wage dynamics are to decrease to successively: 7.2 percent, 6.4 percent, 6.1 percent and 5.8 percent
“According to our estimates, wages increased by 9.6 percent year -on -year, after an increase of 10 % in the previous quarter, which means maintaining increased dynamics. The rate of salary growth, however, decreases, which, in combination with lower inflation, creates space for reduction of interest rates by the NBP – although it is not significant” – wrote the economists of the Millennium bank, data.
These are important statistics that are published once a quarter. In contrast to the newer and monthly data on the average salary in the enterprise sector cover a much wider range of employees. We are talking about those working in the national economy, and not only in companies employing at least 10 people.
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The CSO includes in them all working full -time, regardless of the size of the employing company. So it is not only about those working in the sector of enterprises (about 6.5 million people work in it, which is only 40 percent of employed in the Polish economy), but they also contain data, e.g. from microfirms, where wages are much lower. They also include statistics from non -financial and financial enterprises, include natural persons conducting business activity, as well as budgetary units, membership organizations, foundations, associations, economic self -governments, employer organizations, political parties, trade unions and other social organizations.
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