The share of foreigners in the Polish labour market
According to the latest information from Statistics Poland (GUS) (published on 10 February 2026), at the end of August 2025, over one million foreigners (1.1 million) were working in Poland. Their share in the total number of people working in Poland was thus 6.7% which represents a 5.6% increase in the number of foreigners working in Poland (compared to the previous year's data).
According to information from GUS, a significant proportion of foreigners employed in Poland worked under civil law contracts. At the end of August last year, there were 424,700 such persons.
Foreigners working in August 2025 came from over 150 countries, the vast majority of them from Ukraine (approx. 67%). Every fifth foreigner resided in the Warsaw metropolitan area (20.1%).
Own study based on data from GUS