In Poland, published freelance rates for a reporter are zł 850 a piece.
What reporter work in Poland pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
Month
Article
Piece or item
What reporter job ads in Poland offer
Open marketWhat employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 6 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.
Each published rate as a day's pay
US$ a day at the ECB rate for the month. A month is 12 payments over 260 working days, or 13 or 14 where the agreement says so; a year is 260 days; a shift counts as a day.
| Type of work | What | As printed | US$ a day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On staff | Base monthly salary, plus author fees | zł 4,806 a month | $56.49 | Employers’ offer |
| On staff | Median gross monthly pay | zł 7,190 a month | $84.51 | Survey |
| On staff | Interquartile range | zł 5,970–zł 9,950 a month | $93.56 | Survey |
| Freelance | TVP Info reporter with relatively little experience | zł 14,300 a month | $168.09 | Publisher’s rates · 8 Feb 2024 |
Every figure, as printed
Open a row for the wording in the document and its dates.
850 zł netto – stawka dla reportera (B2B) za materiałDocumentTVP pay list after the 2024 takeover (OKO.press), Feb 2024 · Publisher’s rates StatusIn force · 8 Feb 2024
14,3 tys. zł brutto tj. 12,5 tys. na umowie cywilnoprawnej B2B + 1,8 tys. podstawy na ZUSDocumentTVP pay list after the 2024 takeover (OKO.press), Feb 2024 · Publisher’s rates StatusIn force · 8 Feb 2024
Za artykuł na 5000 znaków … redakcja nierzadko płaci zaledwie 150-300 złotych.DocumentFreelance article fees at national dailies, Sejm interpellation 2019 · Survey StatusIn force · 17 Apr 2019
7 190 zł bruttoDocumentSedlak & Sedlak salary survey: journalist (undated) · Survey StatusIn force
5 970 / 9 950 złDocumentSedlak & Sedlak salary survey: journalist (undated) · Survey StatusIn force
4 806 złDocumentRadio Poznań job advert: journalist-editor, c. 2025-26 · Employers’ offer StatusIn talks
Questions people ask
In Poland, published freelance rates for a reporter are zł 850 a piece.
zł 6,500 a month in the middle of the ads from the last 12 months: middle half zł 6,050–zł 6,875 · 6 ads.
A reporter's minimum nearby
Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.
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