{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"pl-average-salary","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/pl-average-salary","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/pl-average-salary/","title":"Average Annual Salary in Poland (2025)","description":"Average annual wages in Poland from 1995 to 2025, expressed in constant 2025 USD at purchasing power parity. At $49,074 in 2025, Poland sits approximately 24.3% below the OECD average of $64,809, though wage growth has been among the strongest in the OECD since 2015. Source: OECD Average Annual Wages dataset.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Wages & Earnings","Poland","Macroeconomics","Purchasing Power Parity"],"publisher":"OECD — Centre for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Poland","temporal_coverage":"1995/2025","unit":"Avg. 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The figure covers mean gross wages for a full-time, full-year equivalent employee across the total economy, compiled by the OECD Centre for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs from national accounts and labour force surveys (series AV_AN_WAGE, measure WG, unit USD_PPP). The 2025 reading is up 4.6% from $46,916 in 2024, marking a new all-time high in the 1995–2025 dataset."},{"question":"How does Poland's average wage compare to the OECD average?","answer":"Poland's 2025 average of $49,074 is approximately 24.3% below the OECD-wide average of $64,809. Within Central and Eastern Europe, Poland typically ranks among the higher-wage economies in PPP terms. The gap has narrowed substantially since 2015, when Polish wages stood at $34,551 — meaning Poland has closed some ground through above-average real wage growth. Peer OECD economies in the region such as the Czech Republic and Hungary show similar convergence trajectories, though Germany's average of $76,285 remains roughly 55% higher in PPP terms."},{"question":"Why did Polish wages fall in 2022?","answer":"Poland's average annual wage declined a modest 1.5% in real terms in 2022, from $41,926 to $41,289 — a milder move than earlier estimates of this series suggested. Poland experienced some of the highest inflation in the EU during 2022, with consumer prices rising above 14% at peak, driven by energy costs following the Russia-Ukraine war and pre-existing supply chain pressures, but nominal wage growth kept reasonably close to price growth in PPP terms. The largest real single-year decline in the 1995–2025 dataset actually occurred earlier, in 2004 (-1.9%), during a period of early-EU-accession disinflation."},{"question":"How fast have Polish wages grown since 2015?","answer":"From 2015 to 2025, Poland's average annual wage rose from $34,551 to $49,074, a cumulative real gain of 42.0% in constant PPP terms — one of the stronger sustained growth trajectories in the OECD over that period. The fastest years were 2024 (+8.8%) and 2018 (+6.5%): the former reflects a strong catch-up in nominal wage settlements, and the latter came as unemployment fell toward historic lows and employers competed for workers amid significant emigration to Western Europe. Successive minimum wage increases by successive Polish governments also pushed the lower tail of the wage distribution upward, lifting the economy-wide average."},{"question":"What was Poland's average wage in 1995 and how has it changed?","answer":"The OECD series for Poland begins in 1995 at $21,872 in constant 2025 USD (PPP). By 2025, the figure reached $49,074, representing a cumulative real increase of approximately 124% over 30 years. Much of this gain is concentrated in two periods: the post-EU-accession recovery from 2004 to 2008 (wages rose from $29,202 to $31,752), and the post-2015 acceleration driven by minimum wage policy and labour market tightening. The intervening years from 2001 to 2014 saw relatively flat real wages, oscillating in roughly a $29,000–$33,700 range."}]}