What Jobs Pay At Least 25,000/per month in Poland

I'm curious about the earning potential for non-medical professions in Poland. While I know doctors, dentists, lawyers, and scientists often earn well, I'm wondering if other jobs can pay comparable salaries.

Given the cost of living and the high taxes, I'm surprised to see people driving nice cars and seemingly living comfortably on salaries that seem relatively low compared to the US or Euro countries. I've heard friends recommend Poland for job opportunities, but the wage levels I've seen don't quite align with my expectations. Considering the intelligence and work ethic of Polish people, it's intriguing that salaries are on this scale. Any jobs that pay US$5,000 a month in Warsaw?

What knowledge, skills, abilities and experience do you possess that are worth $5,000 a month?

People often earn in the grey zone, avoiding excessive taxation.


A good plumber in Gdańsk can earn that, so I imagine it's similar or even better in Warsaw. I had a plumber refusing to even come for a job that would earn him about $150 for an hour of his time (maybe not even an hour), and another had first free possible appointment in December :) It's similar with electricians for example. If you're a skilled professional in construction related trade, you will be quite well off too. In general, we have too many university graduates with worthless degrees (and they very often earn peanuts) and too few professionals and tradesman.

What you are quoting - 72k Euro per year isn't just high for Poland, but for Europe in general. The average salary in both Paris and London is circa 55k euro.

American salaries have pulled away considerably from European salaries in the last 10 years. Lots of reasons for that but you would be lucky to get a 25k zloty salary in Warsaw working for someone else. As GK says above you are best off in an in demand tradesmen's job, though of course that is hard work

Yes, but if you had a cat in hell's chance of getting one, you'd not need to ask.