That's how much students earn in Poland

According to data from the “Student at Work” study, conducted as part of the Career Program of the Polish Business Council shows that the average salary of Żaków in Poland amounts to PLN 3,622.91 per hand.

A year ago average net salary It amounted to PLN 3,429.82 per month. This means year -on -year increase by 5.6 percent.

The median of current earnings is between three and four thousand zlotys. Such earnings are declared by every fifth examined person. The amount of two to three thousand zlotys net is currently earning 16 percent. people, and earnings of four or thousands of thousands are declared by 14 percent. working students.

Compared to 2024, there is a large decline in the number of students earning in the range between thousands and two thousand zlotys (from 19.9 percent to 12.1 percent).

At the same time from 15.3 percent up to 19.8 percent The percentage of those who receive between three and four thousand zlotys increased for work. A group of earning over five thousand zlotys net per month also increased (from approx. 15 percent to over 20 %).

The highest average monthly earnings can boast Students from Wrocław (PLN 4224.14). At the other end of the scale were attending universities in Krakow – Their salary is only PLN 3,107.14 per month.

Most people earning more than seven thousand zlotys are studying in Wrocław (11.8 percent) and in the Tri -City (11.4 percent). In Warsaw, customary associated with high earnings, over seven thousand zlotys net for work receives only 5.7 percent. students. In turn, in Krakow and in Rzeszów, no respondent indicated such an answer.

At the other end of the scale they were found Poznań, Białystok and Szczecin. In these cities, the largest percentage of working students receive a salary below a thousand zlotys – 12.5 percent, respectively, 11.1 percent. and 10.8 percent However, there were no such answers in Olsztyn and Wrocław.

The study also shows that students would like to earn twice as much as today. The average earnings currently desired are PLN 7,643.21 per month on hand. At the current stage of their careers, most students (17.5 percent) dream of earnings over PLN 12,000. Every fourth would like his salary between four and six thousand zlotys.

After a year of work, the average expected salary is PLN 9,082.72 per month, with more than PLN 12,000 every third student. After three years, the expected average is PLN 10,471.60 per month, and half of the respondents would like to get more than PLN 12,000. In 10 years, in 2035, the average salary is PLN 11,634.57 per month, and above PLN 12,000 they would like to earn nearly three -quarters of respondents.

The “Student at Work” study was conducted by the SW Research studio. The Career Program team calculated the average based on the answers obtained. In the study, students were asked to indicate the compartments in which their earnings contain. Each assignment was assigned an average value, e.g. if someone indicated that they earn between PLN 3001 and PLN 4,000, PLN 3,500 was accepted for calculations.

The study was conducted by an online interview method (CAWI). As part of it, 800 surveys were conducted with students from 13 Polish cities.

The Career Program of the Polish Business Council is the largest multi -track and multi -corporate paid internship program in Poland. Applications to the Career Program can be submitted via the programkariera.pl website until May 15 this year. CVs are rated on a regular basis and some companies close their recruitment earlier.

The average gross salary in the enterprise sector in February 2025 was 8613.14 zlotys and increased by 7.9 percent per annum – according to the data, the Central Statistical Office. In a monthly terms, the salary increased by 1.5 percent.