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| Polish Economic
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| Wages and salaries
and social benefits in 2002 |
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The average gross wages
and salaries in enterprise sector (including obligatory
social security premium) shaped at the level of PLN
2,277.43 and was higher by 3.4 per cent than a year
before (a rise of 7.1 per cent in 2001). Despite low
inflation rate average wages and salaries increased
by 1.5 per cent in real terms (against 1.6 per cent
in 2001).
Average gross wages and salaries growth was recorded
in all sections of enterprise sector, but the diversification
in growth dynamics turned out to be considerable.
The highest increase occurred in transport, storage
and communication (significant rise in land and pipeline
transport entities and in postal and telecommunication
ones), mining and quarrying, electricity, gas and
water supply. Wages and salaries picked up slower
in real estates and business activities, hotels and
restaurants as well as in construction. In manufacturing
industry wages and salaries were by 2.7 per cent higher
than a year before. In this section the most pronounced
gains were recorded in the manufacture of radio, television
and communication equipment and apparatus, tobacco
products and chemical ones.
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| Average nominal gross wages and
salaries in enterprise sector |
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2002 |
2001 |
2001 =
100 |
| Total |
2,277.43
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2,203.14
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103.4 |
| Industry |
2,284.93
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2,209.07
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103.4 |
| - mining and quarrying |
3,712.42
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3,512.36
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105.7 |
| - manufacturing |
2,064.17
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2,009.80
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102.7 |
| - electricity, gas and water supply |
2,957.95
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2,849.76
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103.8 |
| Construction |
2,081.74
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2,044.33
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101.8 |
| Trade and repairs |
2,149.40
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2,080.58
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103.3 |
| Hotels and restaurants |
1,688.57
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1,661.93
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101.6 |
| Transport, storage and communication |
2,625.38
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2,459.03
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106.8 |
| Real estates and business activities |
2,341.28
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2,320.60
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100.9 |
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The highest average
wages and salaries in enterprise sector, similarly to
the previous years, were recorded in mining and quarrying
and in electricity, gas and water supply. The lowest
average wages and salaries occurred in several divisions
of manufacturing industry (textile, leather and footwear
industry, manufacture of wood and wood products) and
in hotels and restaurants.
In 2002 average number of retirees
and pensioners amounted to 9,236.7 thousand persons
and was by 0.8 per cent lower than in 2001. Average
monthly retirement pay and pension from non-agricultural
social security system amounted to PLN 1,039.34 and
was by 6.9 per cent higher than a year before (purchasing
power increased by 4.6 per cent in comparison with previous
year).
Average monthly retirement pay and
pension of farmers shaped at the level of PLN 700.11
(nominal rise of 5.4 per cent over last year and of
3.1 per cent in real terms).
Average nominal wages and salaries
in enterprise sector, at the presence of curbing inflation,
are expected to increase by PLN 100.0 (real growth of
about 1.3 per cent).
Source: Ministry of Economy, Labour
and Social Policy "A study of Poland's economic
performance in 2002"
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