Average monthly wage and salary in national economy diminished by obligatory social insurance taxes paid by the insured person in 2018 was PLN 4003,88 and in the second half-year of 2018 was PLN 4134,02

Price index of construction and assembly production in the fourth quarter of 2018 as compared to the third quarter of 2017 increased by 1,1%.

Average monthly wage and salary in enterprise sector excluding payments from profit in January 2019 was PLN 4931,76

Average monthly gross wage and salary in enterprise sector in January 2019 was PLN 4931,80

In January 2019, average paid employment in enterprise sector was higher by 2.9% y/y and amounted to 6368.4 thousand, and average gross wages and salaries were higher by 7.5% y/y and amounted to 4931.80 zl.

Price indexes of consumer goods and services for January 2019

In January 2019 the consumer prices, according to prelimanary data, were higher by 0,1% compared with December of the previous year. Compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, consumer prices increased by 0,9%.

The data is preliminary and can be subject to revision, in accordance with the revision policy of quarterly national accounts, in the first “regular” estimate of GDP for the fourth quarter of 2018 which will be released on February 28, 2018. In the 4th quarter of 2018 seasonally adjusted GDP (constant prices, reference year 2010) was higher by 0.5% than in the previous quarter and 4.6% higher than in the 4th quarter of the previous year. Seasonally unadjusted GDP (constant average prices of the previous year) was higher by 4.9% than in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.