Authors, journalists and linguists
Literaci, dziennikarze i filolodzy · occupation group 264. What employees earned in October 2024, from Statistics Poland (GUS), with take-home pay. About 11 500 people worked in this group.
Typical jobs: Technical Writer · Author / Writer · Journalist / Reporter · Translator / Interpreter
Pay range
Most employees (the middle 80%) earned between 5 136 PLN and 15 251 PLN gross, which is about 3 831 PLN to 10 727 PLN take-home.
- 5 136
- 5 829
- 6 680
- 7 337
- 8 073
- 9 139
- 10 422
- 12 119
- 15 251
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.
- 10 558
- 9 866
- 10 161
- 8 882
- 9 147
- 9 284
Public or private sector
On average 9 448 PLN in the private sector and 10 224 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: Authors and Related Writers · Journalists · Translators, interpreters and linguistics.
- Dziennikarz
- Edytor materiałów źródłowych
- Filolog języka nowożytnego
- Filolog klasyczny
- Filolog polski
- Fotoedytor
- Krytyk artystyczny
- Krytyk kulinarny
- Pisarz
- Poeta
- Redaktor naczelny
- Redaktor programowy
- Redaktor serwisu internetowego
- Redaktor wydawniczy
- Reporter radiowy / telewizyjny / prasowy
- Scenarzysta
- Tłumacz
- Tłumacz języka migowego
- Tłumacz przysięgły
Related occupations
- Legal professionals · 14 745 PLN
- Librarians, archivists and curators · 7 283 PLN
- Social and religious professionals · 8 767 PLN
- Creative and performing artists · 7 840 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.