Creative and performing artists
Twórcy i artyści · occupation group 265. What employees earned in October 2024, from Statistics Poland (GUS), with take-home pay. About 8 500 people worked in this group.
Typical jobs: Illustrator · Music Producer / Composer (selling own works) · Musician / Performer / Singer (live) · DJ / Music Licensing · Songwriter / Lyricist · Podcast Producer · Film / TV Director · Painter / Fine Artist · Actor / Voice Actor · Dancer / Choreographer · Influencer / Content Creator
Pay range
Most employees (the middle 80%) earned between 5 083 PLN and 15 020 PLN gross, which is about 3 795 PLN to 10 569 PLN take-home.
- 5 083
- 5 732
- 6 284
- 6 998
- 7 840
- 8 785
- 10 038
- 11 424
- 15 020
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.
- 6 974
- 9 687
- 9 503
- 8 387
- 10 069
- 9 571
Public or private sector
On average 11 878 PLN in the private sector and 8 661 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: Visual Artists · Musicians singers and composers · Dancers and Choreographers · Film stage and related directors and producers · Actors · Announcers on radio, Television and other media · Creative and Performing Artists (other).
- Aktor
- Aktor lalkarz
- Artysta fotografik
- Artysta grafik
- Artysta malarz
- Artysta rzeźbiarz
- Asystent reżysera filmowego
- Blogier / vloger
- Choreograf
- Dyrygent
- Instrumentalista
- Kierownik produkcji filmowej / telewizyjnej / radiowej
- Komentator sportowy
- Kompozytor
- Konferansjer
- Konserwator dzieł sztuki
- Konserwator zabytków architektury
- Lektor dialogów filmowych i radiowych
- Mim
- Muzykolog
- Operator obrazu
- Piosenkarz
- Prezenter muzyczny (DJ / didżej)
- Prezenter telewizyjny
- Producent filmowy
- Producent muzyczny
- Producent teatralny
- Producent telewizyjny
- Realizator programu telewizyjnego / radiowego
- Reżyser dźwięku
- Reżyser filmowy
- Reżyser teatralny
- Reżyser telewizyjny / radiowy
- Scenograf
- Spiker radiowy
- Tancerz baletowy
- Twórca ludowy
- Wokalista
Related occupations
- Legal professionals · 14 745 PLN
- Librarians, archivists and curators · 7 283 PLN
- Social and religious professionals · 8 767 PLN
- Authors, journalists and linguists · 8 073 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.