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Employment, wages up in Polish firms y/y in December: stats office

21.01.2022 10:50
Employment in Polish companies rose by 0.5 percent in December on average in year-on-year terms, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Friday.
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Meanwhile, average wages in Poland's corporate sector in December increased by 11.2 percent compared with the same month a year earlier, the state-run statistics agency said.

The average gross Polish monthly wage last month was PLN 6,644.39 (EUR 1,467, USD 1,664), according to the statistical office.

The figures are for companies with more than nine employees.

Poland’s labour ministry this month estimated that the country's unemployment rate held steady at 5.4 percent in December, unchanged from November.

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Source: PAP