Primary school and early childhood teachers
Nauczyciele szkół podstawowych i specjaliści do spraw wychowania małego dziecka · occupation group 234. What employees earned in October 2024, from Statistics Poland (GUS), with take-home pay. About 390 400 people worked in this group.
Typical jobs: Kindergarten Teacher
Pay range
Most employees (the middle 80%) earned between 5 981 PLN and 11 756 PLN gross, which is about 4 408 PLN to 8 344 PLN take-home.
- 5 981
- 6 702
- 7 360
- 8 006
- 8 651
- 9 287
- 9 987
- 10 746
- 11 756
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.
- 6 536
- 7 059
- 7 603
- 8 260
- 9 218
- 9 953
Public or private sector
On average 7 746 PLN in the private sector and 9 027 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: Primary School Teachers · Early Childhood Educators.
- Nauczyciel edukacji wczesnoszkolnej
- Nauczyciel innych form wychowania przedszkolnego
- Nauczyciel przedmiotu w szkole podstawowej
- Nauczyciel przedszkola
Related occupations
- University and higher education teachers · 10 313 PLN
- Vocational education teachers · 8 677 PLN
- Secondary education teachers · 9 447 PLN
- Other teaching professionals · 8 308 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.