Sheet and structural metal workers, moulders and welders, and related workers
Formierze odlewniczy, spawacze, blacharze, monterzy konstrukcji metalowych i pokrewni · occupation group 721. What employees earned in October 2024, from Statistics Poland (GUS), with take-home pay. About 85 300 people worked in this group.
Pay range
Most employees (the middle 80%) earned between 4 500 PLN and 11 570 PLN gross, which is about 3 398 PLN to 8 217 PLN take-home.
- 4 500
- 5 385
- 6 072
- 6 707
- 7 384
- 8 105
- 8 857
- 9 806
- 11 570
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.
- 7 070
- 7 184
- 7 701
- 7 865
- 8 218
- 8 320
Public or private sector
On average 7 896 PLN in the private sector and 9 206 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: Metal Moulders and Coremakers · Welders and Flame Cutters · Sheet Metal Workers · Structural Metal Preparers and Erectors · Riggers and Cable Splicers.
- Blacharz
- Blacharz budowlany
- Blacharz izolacji przemysłowych
- Blacharz lotniczy
- Blacharz okrętowy
- Blacharz samochodowy
- Brązownik
- Formierz odlewnik
- Ludwisarz
- Lutowacz
- Modelarz odlewniczy
- Monter / konserwator kolei linowych, wyciągów narciarskich i zjeżdżalni grawitacyjnych
- Monter bram
- Monter kadłubów i jednostek pływających
- Monter kadłubów okrętowych
- Monter konstrukcji aluminiowych
- Monter konstrukcji linowych stałych
- Monter konstrukcji stalowych
- Monter wiertni
- Oczyszczacz konstrukcji stalowych
- Operator robotów spawalniczych
- Operator zgrzewarek
- Spawacz
- Takielarz
- Zalewacz form
- Zgrzewacz
Related occupations
- Blacksmiths, toolmakers and related trades workers · 6 768 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.