Waiters and bartenders
Kelnerzy i barmani · occupation group 513. What employees earned in October 2024, from Statistics Poland (GUS), with take-home pay. About 20 900 people worked in this group.
Typical jobs: Waiter / Bartender
Pay range
Most employees (the middle 80%) earned between 4 300 PLN and 6 800 PLN gross, which is about 3 262 PLN to 4 966 PLN take-home.
- 4 300
- 4 300
- 4 300
- 4 300
- 4 712
- 5 053
- 5 426
- 5 959
- 6 800
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.
- 5 246
- 5 078
- 5 231
- 5 263
- 5 234
- 5 408
Public or private sector
On average 5 159 PLN in the private sector and 6 415 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: Waiters · Bartenders.
- Barista
- Barman
- Kelner
- Sommelier
- Technik usług kelnerskich
Related occupations
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- Cooks · 5 400 PLN
- Hairdressers, beauticians and related workers · 4 300 PLN
- Building and housekeeping supervisors · 5 701 PLN
- Other personal services workers · 5 383 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.