Precise salary data collected from the ZUS database and the Ministry of Finance allow the Central Statistical Office to accurately recognize the salary structure in Poland. This way we know that at least 10 percent employees in the country, but less than 20 percent receives the minimum wage every month. In December 2025, from which the data comes, this meant a gross salary of PLN 4,666. During the year, the minimum wage increased by PLN 366, or 8.5%.
20 percent threshold starts from PLN 5,197.68 gross. That's 11.4 percent. more than the minimum wage. A year earlier, in December 2024, the difference was only 6.5%, which means that an increasing percentage of working people are moving away from the minimum wage, which is positive news for the situation of employees. Wages in the second salary threshold increased by 9.4%. year on year and in this decile the percentage increase was the highest.
Nominally the greatest increase concerned those earning the most. Top 10% to the club. in December, the amount of remuneration of PLN 16,290.63 gross was eligible. It was PLN 1,174.63 more than a year earlier, which means an increase in the entry threshold to the group of the richest by 7.8%. year to year.
In percentage terms, this is the lowest raise of all deciles, but in terms of amount it is more than three times more than those receiving the minimum wage received. The amount difference between the top 10 percent and the minimum wage increased to PLN 11.6 thousand. PLN gross. This highest in history. So far, the record was February 2025 and 11.4 thousand. difference in favor of the top 10 percent.
The difference between the top 10 percent threshold and the average salary in the economy was PLN 8.4 thousand. zloty. This is no longer a record, because the higher difference was in February 2025 (PLN 8.9 thousand). Such peaks of diversity result from, among others, from bonuses paid by large companies.
