Ignorant question: How accurate is it? (Net average monthly salary, Wikipedia). When I Google I get different results from each site. What is the true average netto salary in Poland as of today?
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Ignorant question: How accurate is it? (Net average monthly salary, Wikipedia). When I Google I get different results from each site. What is the true average netto salary in Poland as of today?
by LingonberryTrue7411
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No straightfoward way to determine net salary for all. It all depends on your circumstances. For example, people under 26 pay zero PIT. This is why they usually tell what gross salary is. You can approximate net salary using online special calculators though. According to Polish Main Statistics Bureau, in Q4 2023 gross average was at PLN 7540 – now it is definitely higher at least a little bit. That amount, according to a calculator with default settings, is PLN 5470 net salary – may be higher in April 2024, once again. The rest – the EUR/PLN exchange rate. We can assume that on average it is 4.30 this year. It turns out to be EUR 1272 with those numbers, but given all the context provided, the map can be pretty accurate.
You see, in discussions on this topic in Poland you will often come across two indicators. The most common one is the so-called “national average”, according to yesterday’s data, it currently amounts to PLN 8.5 thousand gross, i.e. PLN 6,125 net (€1,420). At the same time, this indicator is worth shit for a number of reasons, I will just quote this [article](https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/cala-prawda-o-wynagrodzeniach-polakow-srednia-krajowa-to-mit-6872382955428576a.html)
>Monthly salary data from the Central Statistical Office are not perfect because they cover companies employing more than 10 employees. This means that the Central Statistical Office ignores almost 95 percent. companies in Poland – tells us Mariusz Zielonka, economic expert of the Lewiatan Confederation.
>There are 2.62 million companies operating in Poland (data from the Ministry of Development and Technology), and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises constitute the vast majority – 99.8%. The largest group in this group are micro-enterprises, there are approximately 2.2 million of them.
A much better indicator of the life of an average Pole is the median, unfortunately provided until recently only every 2-3 years, which, based on the latest published data, amounts to PLN 5,701.62 gross, i.e. PLN 4,217 (€980) net. These are data from October 2022, we have to wait for newer ones, but it should give you an idea of why there is such a discrepancy.