Blacksmiths, toolmakers and related trades workers
Kowale, ślusarze i pokrewni · occupation group 722. What employees earned in October 2024, from Statistics Poland (GUS), with take-home pay. About 179 800 people worked in this group.
Pay range
Most employees (the middle 80%) earned between 4 614 PLN and 10 487 PLN gross, which is about 3 475 PLN to 7 479 PLN take-home.
- 4 614
- 5 309
- 5 794
- 6 267
- 6 768
- 7 312
- 7 963
- 8 911
- 10 487
Each bar is the most that the lowest-paid 10%, 20%, … 90% of employees earned. 50% is the median. k = thousand PLN.
Pay by years of experience
Average gross pay by total length of service.
- 6 239
- 6 445
- 6 962
- 7 444
- 7 584
- 7 583
Public or private sector
On average 7 138 PLN in the private sector and 9 463 PLN in the public sector.
October 2024 figures. Statistics Poland runs this survey every two years; the next edition covers October 2026. Since then pay has kept rising: the national average grew 8.6% in 2025. It covers employees of employers with 10 or more staff, so B2B contractors and very small firms are not included.
Job titles in this group
Includes: Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press workers · Toolmakers and Related Workers · Metal Working Machine Tool Setters and Operators · Metal polishers, wheel grinders and tool sharpeners.
- Docieracz-polerowacz
- Eguterzysta
- Frezer
- Kowal
- Kowal wyrobów zdobniczych
- Operator automatycznej linii obróbki skrawaniem
- Operator maszyn do obróbki skrawaniem
- Operator maszyn do produkcji wyrobów z drutu, lin, siatek i kabli
- Operator maszyn do produkcji wyrobów z metalu
- Operator maszyn i urządzeń do produkcji łożysk tocznych
- Operator maszyn i urządzeń do produkcji opakowań blaszanych
- Operator obrabiarek skrawających
- Operator obrabiarek sterowanych numerycznie
- Operator obrabiarek zespołowych
- Operator pras kuźniczych
- Operator urządzeń do wyważania i centrowania
- Płatnerz
- Podkuwacz koni
- Rusznikarz
- Strugacz
- Szlifierz metali
- Szlifierz-ostrzarz
- Ślusarz
- Ślusarz galanterii metalowej
- Ślusarz narzędziowy
- Tokarz / frezer obrabiarek sterowanych numerycznie
- Tokarz w metalu
- Traser
- Ustawiacz maszyn do obróbki skrawaniem
- Wiertacz w metalu
Related occupations
- Sheet and structural metal workers, moulders and welders, and related workers · 7 384 PLN
- Machinery mechanics and repairers · 7 697 PLN
Source: Statistics Poland (GUS), “Struktura wynagrodzeń według zawodów za październik 2024 r.”, detailed tables published 2026-02-10: average gross pay (table 5), deciles (table 13), pay by length of service (table 10), employees (table 4). Job titles: occupation classification KZiS (2025-11-27); English group names: GUS and ILO ISCO-08. Retrieved 2026-09-25.
Take-home is a regular month on an employment contract under 2026 rules, worked out with this site's calculator: age 26 or over, standard employee costs (250 PLN), the 300 PLN monthly tax relief, no PPK, before the 32% tax bracket.