Cost of Living in Poland. Cost of living in Poland is 43.60% lower than in United States (aggregate data for all cities, rent is not taken into account). Rent in Poland is 59.87% lower than in United States (average data for all cities). Average salary for Manager(Poland) is PLN 166,651 (US$ 49,399). Detailed salary report based on location, education, experience, gender, age etc.
The mean average salary in Poland is blown out of proportion by extremely high salaries of people in management and government jobs. Meanwhile, finding a 'common' job that pays anywhere close to the country's average is very difficult.
I believe using median average would show the more realistic salary level, and what common people can actually afford - but my search for any sources that would give median salary as opposite to mean average have proven unsuccessful so far.
Both gross income and net pay are okay - converting between one and the other for incomes in the lower range is rather straightforward. A source of this data, that either records it over time or gives current value, updated over time would be preferred, but in absence of such, a momentary, current/recent data point would suffice.
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Have a look at Eurostat's earnings database. There you will find the mean, median, 10th percentile and 90th percentile for hourly, monthly and annual earnings. These are gross earnings. For the moment there is data for 2002, 2006 and 2010. According to Eurostat, an update is due in 2016, with figures for 2014.
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You can get the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita from the Work Bank statistics:
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has summary employment and economic statistics per country:
UPDATE: The Central Statistics Office of Poland publishes macro-economic information on a monthly and annual basis (e.g., average salary, unemployment, etc):
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