In the first half of 2015, average monthly gross wages and salaries in the national economy amounted to 3953.72 zl (about 8718 SEK)* and has increased by 3.6% since the same period of the last year. In the public sector it amounted to 4481.42 zl (an increase by 2.5% as compared to the same period of the last year), while in the private sector it amounted to 3721.11 zl (an increase by 4.2%).
The buying power of the average monthly gross wages and salaries in the national economy was by 5.0% higher than in the previous year. The increase was higher than the respective increase observed last year (the previous year it was 3.5%). Compared to the first half of 2014, an increase in wages and salaries was observed in all sections.
The highest growth was observed in sections: administrative and support service activities (by 5.7%), information and communication (by 5.5%), financial and insurance activities (by 4.9%), professional, scientific and technical activities (by 4.7%), construction (by 4.6%), accommodation and catering (by 4.5%), trade and repair of motor vehicles (by 4.3%). The lowest growth in wages and salaries was observed in mining and quarrying (by 0.4%), transportation and storage (by 1.3%), in public administration and defence, compulsory social security (by 2.5%).
Compared to the first half of 2014, the highest growth in gross average monthly wages and salaries was observed in voivodeships: Małopolskie (respectively by 5.2% and by 5.3%), Dolnośląskie (respectively by 4.4%), Pomorskie (respectively by 4.0% and by 4.1%), Świętokrzyskie (respectively by 0.4%), Łódzkie (respectively by 3.9%), and Zachodniopomorskie (respectively by 3.7% and by 3.8%); while the lowest increase was observed in voivodeships Wielkopolskie (respectively by 2.5% and by 2.6%), Lubelskie (respectively by 2.6% and by 2.7%) and Śląskie (respectively by 2.7%).
*1000zl = 2205,07 SEK
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