The presented publication “Employment, wages and salaries in national economy in 2013” is the successive issue of the quarterly publication concerning the matters of labour and earnings. The publication objective is presentation of the current changes on the labour market regarding the number of the employed in large and medium units and the work time of employees, as well as the number of the unemployed registered in labour offices. The presented data concern the level of average nominal earnings in the national economy and the real wages indicator, data on employment and earnings in public administration and in financial and insurance activities. There is also presented the information on the number of persons who did not receive due remuneration and on the amount of delayed payments, as well as the information on the number of work permits granted to foreigners in Poland.