GUS: 1.5 mln Poles with minimum wage in 2016

According to data released by the Central Statistics Office GUS, in 2016, as many as 1.46 million Poles received minimum wage (set then at PLN 1,850 gross), which is about 13 percent of all people employed under a contract. The biggest number of them worked in trade, car repair, hospitality, and catering. Last year, the minimum wage increased to PLN 2,000 gross, and PLN 13 per hour, while starting from 2018, the minimum wage has been set at PLN 2,100 and PLN 13.7 per hour. This is 47.3 percent of the forecasted average salary in Poland.