Przeciętne wynagrodzenie brutto w Polsce wyniosło 9 317,01 zł w III kwartale 2026 roku, o 6,2% więcej rok do roku

In brief

• Statistics Poland reports average gross pay of PLN 9,317.01 a month for Q3 2026.
• The figure is up 6.2% year on year and 0.9% on the second quarter.
• The average is pulled up by high earners; the May 2026 median was PLN 7,550.32.

Wage growth year on year

GUS put the average monthly gross wage for July–September 2026 at PLN 9,317.01 (Poľský ekonomický zázrak: priemerná mzda u našich severných susedov prekonala 2100 eur – HNonline.sk) (Zarobki górników gonią IT, a "średnia krajowa" reszty oscyluje wokół 9 tys. zł – Bankier.pl) (Przeciętne wynagrodzenie Polaków przekroczyło 9300 zł. GUS podał najnowsze dane – RMF24) (Nowe dane o zarobkach Polaków. Mają przełożenie na kilka ważnych wskaźników – Business Insider Polska) (Przeciętne wynagrodzenie w III kwartale 2026 r. przekroczyło 9300 zł. GUS podał nowe dane – GazetaPrawna.pl). In the same quarter of 2025 the figure was PLN 8,771.70, so the increase works out to 6.2% year on year. Polish media reported that the pace of raises has slowed compared with the sharp gains of recent years, though wages are still rising faster than shop prices.

Quarter-on-quarter change

The average also rose from the second quarter of 2026, when it stood at PLN 9,233.13. The move from one quarter to the next was 0.9%.

What the average covers

The data cover close to 10 million employees, drawn from companies with at least 10 staff, smaller firms and the public sector. Only people employed under employment contracts are included; those on civil-law contracts, such as contracts for a specific task or mandate contracts, are not counted (Średnia pensja przekroczyła 9300 zł. GUS podał najnowsze dane – wm.pl).

Average versus typical pay

The average is a gross statistical figure. High earners in parts of the workforce pull it upward, so it does not show what a typical employee receives. The median is a better guide to the middle earner. In May 2026 the median monthly gross wage was PLN 7,550.32, meaning half of employees earned less than that in the month (Ponad 9 tys. zł na papierze, a w rzeczywistości? Tyle naprawdę zarabiają Polacy – RMF24) (Średnia płaca to nie wszystko. GUS pokazał, ile naprawdę zarabiają Polacy – Bankier.pl). That median was 6.6% higher than in May 2025. The median for men was PLN 7,743 and for women PLN 7,360. Pay also varies by company size: firms with more than 1,000 employees recorded a median of PLN 8,730, while firms with up to nine staff recorded PLN 4,806.

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