Food processing and related trades workers
Robotnicy w przetwórstwie spożywczym i pokrewni · occupation group 751. What employees earned in October 2024, from Statistics Poland (GUS), with take-home pay. About 82 200 people worked in this group.
Typical jobs: Baker / Confectioner (services)
Pay range
Most employees (the middle 80%) earned between 4 300 PLN and 8 464 PLN gross, which is about 3 262 PLN to 6 100 PLN take-home.
- 4 300
- 4 473
- 4 897
- 5 300
- 5 711
- 6 110
- 6 607
- 7 349
- 8 464
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.
- 5 624
- 5 753
- 5 846
- 6 139
- 6 126
- 6 399
Public or private sector
On average 6 099 PLN in the private sector and 5 973 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: Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers · Bakers, pastry cooks and confectionery makers · Dairy Products Makers · Fruit, vegetable and related food preservers · Food and Beverage Tasters and Graders · Tobacco Preparers and Tobacco Products Makers.
- Cukiernik
- Dekorator wyrobów cukierniczych
- Garmażer
- Grzyboznawca
- Karmelarz
- Klasyfikator dziczyzny i ptactwa
- Klasyfikator grzybów
- Klasyfikator jaj, drobiu i pierza
- Klasyfikator ryb
- Maślarz
- Młynarz
- Piekarz
- Pracownik rozbioru mięsa
- Przetwórca mięsa
- Przetwórca owoców i warzyw
- Przetwórca ryb
- Rozbieracz–wykrawacz
- Rzeźnik-wędliniarz
- Serowar
- Ubojowy
- Wędliniarz
- Wędzarz
Related occupations
- Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers · 5 275 PLN
- Garment and related trades workers · 5 174 PLN
- Other craft and related workers · 5 442 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.