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The chapter presents data on the number of em­ploy­ees, earnings, gender pay gap, job vacancies, strikes and other statistical indicators and their changes. Mini­mum rates approved in accordance with the procedure established by legislation are presented as well.

In 2018, average gross monthly earnings in the whole economy (including individual enterprises) totalled EUR 924.1 and, against 2017, increased by 10 per cent (EUR 83.7). A faster growth in gross earnings was observed in the public sector, where they increased by 10.7 per cent and amounted to EUR 946.2; in the private sector, they increased by 9.6 per cent and totalled EUR 914.1. Over the year, the gap between earnings in the public and private sectors increased by EUR 11 and stood at EUR 32.1.

In 2018, average net monthly earnings totalled EUR 720 and, compared to 2017, grew by EUR 59.8, or 9.1 per cent. In the public sector, net earnings increased by 9.7 per cent (EUR 65.1) and amounted to EUR 735.1; in the private sector, they increased by 8.8 per cent (EUR 57.6) and amounted to EUR 713.1.

In 2018, the index of real earnings was as follows: in the whole economy – 6.2, in the public sector – 6.8, in the private sector – 5.9 per cent.

The increase in earnings in 2018 was influenced by the increased minimum monthly wage and basic wages for politicians, judges, civil servants, public service employees and employees of budgetary institutions, revised minimal coefficients of the fixed component of wage of qualified employees of budgetary institutions (according to the provisions of the Labour Code), increased (since 1 May 2018) salary for the employees of health care establishments (doctors and nurses), new pay system for teachers (applied since 1 September 2018), and other reasons.

In 2018, average gross monthly earnings of women in the whole economy totalled EUR 858.2, those of men – EUR 990.5.

In October 2018, the proportion of employees, whether full- or part-time, receiving a minimum monthly wage or less (including individual enterprises) in the whole economy stood at 10.9 per cent (in October 2017, 13.6 per cent), in the public sector – 8.8 per cent (in October 2017, 10.3 per cent), in the private sector – 11.8 per cent (in October 2017, 15.1 per cent).

Employees working full-time and receiving a minimum monthly wage, com­pa­red to the total number of employees working full-time, in the whole economy accounted for 2.5 per cent (in 2017, 3.3 per cent). In 2018, the largest proportion of full-time em­ploy­ees earning the minimum monthly wage was among those working in enterprises engaged in accommodation and food service activity – 9 per cent, and real estate activity – 8.9 per cent.

The proportion of full-time employees aged under 30 earning the MMW, compared to the total number of employees of this age, stood at 1.6 per cent and, against 2017, this figure dropped by 0.6 percentage points. In 2018, 7.4 per cent of employees aged under 30 earned EUR 1 601 and more; over the year, this figure grew by 2.5 percentage points.

The proportion of full-time employees of small enterprises (1–9 employees) earning the MMW, compared to that of all full-time employees of small enterprises, stood at 10.4 per cent; compared to the previous year, this figure dropped by 0.9 percentage points. The largest proportion of full-time employees earning the EUR 1 601 and more was recorded in enterprises having 50–249 employees – 33.5 thousand or by 2.5 percentage points more than a year ago.

In 2018, against 2017, labour costs per hour worked in industrial, construction and service enterprises increased by 10.3 per cent and amounted to EUR 8.68. An increase in labour costs per hour worked was observed in all economic activities, with the largest increase recorded for human health and social work activities (14.7 per cent), Information and communication (13 per cent) and accommodation and food service activities (12.3 per cent).

The smallest growth was recorded for enterprises engaged in mining and quarrying (5.6 per cent), electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (6 per cent) and water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (6.1 per cent).

In 2018, the gender pay gap in industry, construction and service activities stood at 13 per cent and, over a year, decreased by 1.2 percentage points.

In 2018, the largest gender pay gap was recorded in enterprises engaged in financial and insurance activities – 37.3, information and communication – 27.8, human health and social work activities – 26.9, manufacturing – 24.8, wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles – 20.8 per cent, the smallest – education (2 per cent), public administration and defence, compulsory social security (3.7 per cent). In enterprises engaged in transportation and storage and construction activities, average gross hourly earnings exceeded that of men; therefore, the gap was negative and stood at minus 10.1 and minus 3.2 per cent respectively.

In 2018, the gender pay gap in the whole economy, except for agriculture, forestry and fishing enterprises, as well as public administration and defence, compulsory social security, stood at 14 per cent (in the public sector – 14.1, in the private sector – 14.2 per cent) and, against 2017, decreased by 1.2 percentage points: in the public sector – by 0.1, in the private sector – 1.5 percentage points. The decrease in gender pay gap in the private sector was mainly influenced by the higher growth rates of women’s earnings compared to those of men.

In 2018, the gender pay gap in the whole economy, except for agriculture, forestry and fishing enterprises, as well as public administration and defence, compulsory social security, decreased in all age groups, from 0.2 (in the employees’ age group under 25) to 1.9 percentage points (in the employees’ age group of 45–54).

In 2018, the number of job va­can­cies for employees totalled 18.5 thousand, which is by 1.5 thousand (7.7 per cent) less than in 2017. Over a year, the largest decrease in the number of job vacancies was recorded in trade (1 thousand), construction (0.7 thousand), while increase – in transport (0.4 thousand), industry (0.2 thousand).

In 2018, the largest number of job vacancies was registered in industry – 4.3 thousand (23 per cent of the total number of job vacancies), public administration and defence, compulsory social security – 2.6 thousand (14 per cent), wholesale – 2.4 thousand (13.2 per cent).

In 2018, the job vacancy rate in the country stood at 1.4 per cent, which is by 0.2 percentage points less than in 2017. The highest job vacancy rate was registered in financial and insurance activities – 3.3, public administration and defence, compulsory social security – 3.1, information and commu­nication – 2.6 per cent. The lowest job vacancy rate was registered in education (0.3 per cent), other service activities and professional, scientific and technical activities (0.7 per cent each).

In 2018, employees of educational institutions organised 196 strikes, of which 47 warning strikes. In total, 4 498 employees participated in strikes; due to strikes, 32.2 thousand working days were lost.

Average gross monthly earnings

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Average net monthly earnings

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Average number of employees in full-time units

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Average monthly earnings in the whole economy by sector and sex, 2018

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Average gross monthly earnings n the whole economy by economic activity, 2018
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Minimum monthly wage, average gross monthly earnings and ratio of the minimum monthly wage to average gross monthly earnings

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Number of full-time employees in the whole economy by gross earnings class and economic activity
October, all full-time employees – 100 per cent

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Gender pay gap by employees’ age in the whole economy

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Gender pay gap in the whole economy by economic activity, 2018

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Number of strikes and average duration of a strike

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Average number of employees involved in strikes and time not worked 

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Indices of average monthly earnings

Indices of the average number of employees in full-time units

Number of employees received a minimum monthly wage and under, October

Number of employees by gross earnings class

Number of full-time employees in the whole economy by gross earnings and age

Number of full-time employees in the whole economy by gross earnings and enterprise size class

Average labour costs per hour actually worked and their structure in the whole economy by aggregated economic activity

Gender pay gap by sector in the whole economy

Job vacancies and job vacancy rate by economic activity

Kind of economic activity

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