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

Employment in Polish companies rose by 0.5 percent in March on average in year-on-year terms, the country’s statistics office reported on Friday.

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Meanwhile, average wages in Poland's corporate sector in March increased by 12.6 percent compared with the same month a year earlier, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

In March 2023, average #employment in the enterprise sector was 6,516.8 thous. full-time equivalents (+0.5% y/y). The data refers to entities in the enterprise sector with 10 or more employees in selected PKD 2007 activities.https://t.co/4bnSTwD7iD#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/dW79JL0NmS

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) April 21, 2023

The average gross Polish monthly wage last month was PLN 7,508.34 (EUR 1,630, USD 1,790), according to the statistical office.

The average monthly #wage (gross) in the enterprise sector in March 2023 was PLN 7,508.34 (+12.6% y/y). Data concerning entities from the aforementioned sector with a number of employees of 10 or more in selected activities of PKD 2007.https://t.co/4bnSTwD7iD#StatisticsPoland pic.twitter.com/4N6KTIs3Li

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) April 21, 2023

The figures are for companies with more than nine employees.

Jak wzrosło wynagrodzenie i jakie jest zatrudnienie w marcu? GUS przedstawił nowe dane https://t.co/ikWo6bMwhb

— Gospodarka - Polskie Radio (@Gospodarka_PRSA) April 21, 2023

Poland’s Family and Social Policy Minister Marlena Maląg this month estimated that the country's unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in March, down from 5.5 percent in February.

There were around 848,300 people without jobs across the nation at the end of March, down by 16,500 from a year earlier, according to the government.

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Source: PAP