Five-digit salaries now in five Polish cities. Krakow pays the best
In an increasing number of cities in Poland, average salaries have exceeded the barrier of PLN 10,000 gross. Five-digit salaries in March 2025 were already paid in Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw, Gdańsk and Kraków. Exactly PLN 50.56 was missing in Wrocław. The average earnings of residents of this city amounted to PLN 9,949.44.
- In March 2025, it was the residents of Krakow who earned the most. The average monthly gross salary in the corporate sector was PLN 12,706.58 gross.
- The difference between the city with the best and worst pay was as much as PLN 5,579.13 gross. That's more than the minimum wage in 2025.
- More and more cities are also crossing the five-digit threshold. In March, more than PLN 10,000 was paid in five provincial capitals. The sixth, Wrocław, was just a little over PLN 50 short of overcoming this barrier.
The Central Statistical Office (GUS) has published full data on salaries in 18 provincial cities in Poland in March 2025. This month saw a historic record in terms of our earnings. For the first time in history, the average salary exceeded PLN 9,000 gross. According to the GUS, the average monthly gross salary in the enterprise sector amounted to PLN 9,055.92 at that time. This is 7.7% more compared to March 2024. In turn, compared to the previous month, it increased by 5.1%.
And although everyone was talking about crossing another threshold, labor market analysts pointed to something else - a slowdown in the pace of wage growth.
- March data on wages in the corporate sector once again confirm that the pressure to increase wages is decreasing. Actually, not only in the corporate sector itself, but in the entire economy. Employers are no longer as willing to raise wages, although at the same time, taking into account the demographic situation, wages are still "slightly" raised, especially in the most sensitive departments. In the coming months, the pace of wage growth in large companies will probably "stop" at the level we are currently observing - said Monika Kurtek, chief economist of Bank Pocztowy.
In five provincial cities, the average salary exceeded the barrier of PLN 10,000In March, not only was the total amount of wages in Poland a record. The number of provincial cities where the average salary was five-digit was also a record. The barrier of PLN 10,000 was exceeded in as many as five cities - Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw, Gdańsk and Kraków. However, Wrocław was close to joining this group. In the capital of Lower Silesia, the earnings of residents amounted to PLN 9,949.44, which is only PLN 50.56 less.
In Kraków, the average gross salary in the corporate sector in March 2025 amounted to PLN 12,706.58 and was 16.1 percent higher compared to the previous month and 11.7 percent higher than in the same period of 2024.
Compared to February 2025, an increase was recorded in the following sections:
- industry (by 27.5 percent),
- information and communication (by 26.2 percent),
- administration and support activities (by 12.2%),
- professional, scientific and technical activities (by 10.3%),
- construction and transport and storage (4.0% each),
- trade; repair of motor vehicles (by 0.8 percent),
- real estate market services (by 0.4 percent),
- accommodation and catering (by 0.2 percent).
A decrease was recorded in the section "activities related to culture, entertainment and recreation" (by 2.7%).
It is worth noting that in comparison to Białystok - the provincial city where the lowest wages were earned in March 2025 (PLN 7,127.45) - the difference was as much as PLN 5,579.13 gross. This is almost PLN 1,000 more than the minimum wage.
The second city with the highest earnings in Poland in March 2025 was Warsaw. In the country's capital, the average gross salary was PLN 11,600.70 and was 10.4 percent higher compared to the previous month and 9.1 percent higher than in the same period of 2024.
Compared to February 2025, an increase was recorded in the following sections:
- professional, scientific and technical activities (by 21.0 percent),
- real estate market services (by 18.0 percent),
- information and communication (by 15.9 percent),
- industry (by 12.3 percent),
- construction (by 11.5 percent),
- accommodation and catering (by 9.7 percent),
- administration and support activities (by 6.2 percent),
- trade; repair of motor vehicles (by 5.1%),
- transport and storage (by 3.0 percent).
Third place was taken by Gdańsk, where in March 2025 the average gross salary amounted to PLN 11,152.69 and was 7.6 percent higher than in February 2025 and 5.7 percent higher than in March 2024.
Compared to February 2025, an increase was recorded in the following sections:
- trade; repair of motor vehicles (by 23.0%),
- administration and support activities (by 6.0 percent),
- transport and storage (by 5.8 percent),
- industrial processing (by 2.8 percent),
- accommodation and catering (by 0.6 percent),
- professional, scientific and technical activities (by 0.5 percent).
However, a decline occurred, among others, in the following sections:
- construction (by 4.6 percent),
- information and communication (by 3.7 percent),
- real estate market services (by 1.1 percent).
The average gross salary in enterprises in February 2025 in all voivodeship cities was as follows (from lowest to highest):
- Bialystok - 7127.45 PLN,
- Gorzów Wielkopolski - PLN 7,262.60,
- Kielce - 7331.65 PLN,
- Olsztyn - 7959.73 PLN,
- Lublin - 7994.25 PLN,
- Zielona Gora - 7998.53 PLN,
- Lodz - 8,200.10 PLN,
- Opole - 8222.01 PLN,
- Bydgoszcz - PLN 8,273.79,
- Rzeszow - 8920.36 PLN,
- Szczecin - 8948.64 PLN,
- Toruń - 8957.53 PLN,
- Wroclaw - PLN 9,949.44,
- Katowice - 10201.95 PLN,
- Poznan - 11,028.40 PLN,
- Gdansk - 11,152.69 PLN,
- Warsaw - 11,600.70 PLN,
- Krakow - 12,706.58 PLN.
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