New minimum wage. At least PLN 5,318 per month from July 1
- On July 1, the lowest basic salaries in health care will be indexed.
Nurses and midwives with a master's degree and specialization should earn at least PLN 10,554.42.
- A doctor or dentist with specialization will receive PLN 11,863.49, and a trainee - PLN 7,772.
The Central Statistical Office announced in February the average salary in the economy last year. It was PLN 8,182, which is PLN 1,026 more than in 2023.
As "Gazeta Wyborcza" noted at the time, since the national average is the basis for calculating the minimum wages of hospital and clinic employees employed on a full-time basis, the pay rises in healthcare, which, in accordance with the regulations, come into force every year from 1 July, will again be very high.
From 1 July 2025, nurses and midwives:
- with a master's degree and specialization should earn at least PLN 10,554.42 (an increase of PLN 1,323.85);
- with a master's degree or with specialization (without a master's degree) should earn at least PLN 8,345.35 (an increase of PLN 1,046.76);
- with a bachelor's degree or secondary education (without specialization) should earn at least PLN 7,690.82 (an increase of PLN 964.67).
This is what wages will look like in other medical professions:
- doctor or dentist with specialization: PLN 11,863.49
- pharmacist, physiotherapist, laboratory diagnostician, clinical psychologist: PLN 10,554.42
- doctor or dentist without specialization: PLN 9,736.25
- intern: PLN 7,772.63
- pharmacist, physiotherapist, laboratory diagnostician, electroradiology technician, psychologist: PLN 8,345.35
- physiotherapist, paramedic, electroradiology technician, medical analysis technician with secondary or first degree education, without specialization: PLN 7,690.82
- other medical worker with secondary education: PLN 7,036.28
- basic employee (not practicing a medical profession) with higher education: PLN 8,181.72
- employee of the basic activity with education below secondary: PLN 5,318.12
Let us recall that President Andrzej Duda vetoed the act reducing health insurance contributions for entrepreneurs. The president's decision was announced on Tuesday by the head of his office, Małgorzata Paprocka, indicating, among other things, that:
the Act raises very serious doubts in terms of social justice and is contrary to constitutional principles.
The change passed by the Parliament applies to over 2.5 million business owners and was to cost the state budget PLN 4.6 billion.
The amendment introduced a two-element basis for calculating health insurance contributions for entrepreneurs:
- up to a certain level it would be a flat rate,
- on excess income - percentage.
Higher contributions than currently would be paid by taxpayers with the highest income who settle their tax on a lump sum basis on recorded income.
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