Poland
Latest Average Wage
+16.4% · 5 years
$49,074
Country Comparison
Poland vs Portugal
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Poland
vs
Portugal
$49,0742025
Latest Average Wage
Poland +9.2%
(vs Portugal)
$44,9372025
+16.4%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Poland +2.5 pts
(vs Portugal)
+13.9%2025
+42.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Poland +19.0 pts
(vs Portugal)
+23.1%2025
45.72024
Overall Price Level
Portugal +10.0 index points
(vs Poland)
55.72024
Wages are PPP-adjusted average annual wages; price levels use the United States reference of 100. Years shown are each country's latest reported observation.
How Wages Have Changed
Follow PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices across both economies.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Portugal
Latest Average Wage
+13.9% · 5 years
$44,937
Wage Milestones
Poland
10 Years Ago
$34,551 (2015)
Historical Peak
$49,074 (2025)
Latest Wage
$49,074 (2025)
Portugal
10 Years Ago
$36,520 (2015)
Historical Peak
$44,937 (2025)
Latest Wage
$44,937 (2025)
Compare Everyday Price Levels
See how eight consumer price categories compare with the United States reference value of 100.
United States = 100 · Differences shown in index points
Poland (POL)Portugal (PRT)
Overall
−10.0 index points
100
45.7vs55.7
Food
−13.1 index points
100
74.5vs87.6
Clothing
+8.8 index points
100
91.2vs82.4
Housing
−17.0 index points
100
27.7vs44.7
Health
−10.2 index points
100
29.3vs39.5
Transport
−10.1 index points
100
81.9vs92
Recreation
−8.4 index points
100
58.1vs66.5
Restaurants & Accommodation
+15.5 index points
100
77.2vs61.7
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Poland's latest average wage is $49,074 for 2025, about 9.2% higher than Portugal's $44,937 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $4,137 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Poland shows the stronger movement at +4.6%, against +1.8% for Portugal. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +16.4% against +13.9%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Housing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 27.7 for Poland against 44.7 for Portugal. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 17.0 index points apart, Portugal above Poland. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Recreation: Poland reads 58.1 and Portugal 66.5 for 2024, just 8.4 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 8.8 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Poland's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $49,074 for 2025, moderately higher than Portugal's $44,937 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 9.2% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $4,137 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. Because both values already sit on the same USD PPP, constant-2025-price footing, the comparison adjusts for price-level differences between the two economies. For scale, neither series has moved by that much within any single reported year, so the gap is structural rather than the product of one unusual observation. Over ten years Poland recorded +42.0% and Portugal +23.1%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. Poland sits at the highest point of its series — $49,074 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +42.0%. Portugal sits at the highest point of its series — $44,937 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +23.1%. Poland's five-year change of +16.4% outpaces Portugal's +13.9% in magnitude, so the common direction does not mean the two levels are holding a fixed distance. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Poland's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 45.7, and Portugal's reads 55.7, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Portugal sits higher in 6 of the 8 comparable categories. Housing separates the two most: Poland reads 27.7 and Portugal 44.7, 17.0 index points apart. The two sit closest in Recreation (58.1 versus 66.5), only 8.4 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 0 of Poland's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 0 of Portugal's 8. These are index values for 2024, not currency amounts; categories without a reported value on either side are left out of the comparison.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
