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5000$ Gross Salary. Is it good in Poland?


Seanus  15 | 19666  
10 Apr 2009 /  #31
Well, ZUS has gone up from 300 to 330PLN. I am reliably informed that salaries rise proportionate/commensurate to the ZUS rise.
mephias  10 | 296  
10 Apr 2009 /  #32
What is ZUS ?
pawian  221 | 25381  
10 Apr 2009 /  #33
Is there a standard salary rise in Poland or in Europe generally ? In Turkey We used to suffer from unstable economy and inflation for long period. So % 20 - 30 salary rise was something expected in early 2000's. Now economy in better shape but still there is a annual salary rise around % 5-10 (especially in IT ). Should I expect same in Poland ?

Pay rise depends on the market. If there is a shortage of labour force, employees are attracted to start or stay working by high wages/salaries. Such a situation happened in Poland 2, 3 years ago, even last year, when Polish economy flourished following the access to the EU but simultaneously about 2 million people went to seek better-paid jobs in the West. Polish companies virtually begged workers to come, and pays rose 10% a year.

The inflation factor didn`t matter as inflation has been around 2-3% annually for many years.
Seanus  15 | 19666  
10 Apr 2009 /  #34
ZUS is medical insurance and social security. It has another element or 2 but I don't contribute to it.
Lir  
10 Apr 2009 /  #35
Central Statistical Office of Poland.

stat.gov.pl
Seanus  15 | 19666  
10 Apr 2009 /  #36
Nice source, Lir. 3200PLN seems to be the average in the public sector
mephias  10 | 296  
11 Apr 2009 /  #37
Thank you, all answers are really helpful.

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