Pay range in a job advertisement — template and free generator
Enter the job title and amounts — you will get a ready pay text for a job advertisement or for a message to the candidate before the interview. Since 24 December 2025, every employer must provide this information.
Legal status as of 10 November 2026
Ready text
The job title should be gender-neutral, e.g. "Bricklayer (m/f)" or "Driver (m/f)".
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What exactly the law says
Art. 18³ca § 1 of the Labour Code: a person applying for a job receives information about pay — its starting amount or range — based on objective, gender-neutral criteria, and, if the employer has a collective agreement or a pay regulation, also about their relevant provisions.
§ 2: the information is provided in advance, on paper or electronically: in the job advertisement; if it is not there — before the job interview; if there was no advertisement or interview — before the employment relationship begins.
§ 3: job advertisements and job titles must be gender-neutral, and recruitment must be non-discriminatory.
Example
Pay: Driver (m/f) — from 6,000 to 7,500 zł gross per month (employment contract). We set pay on the basis of objective, gender-neutral criteria: skills, effort, responsibility and working conditions. We do not ask about pay at the current or previous workplaces.
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Frequently asked questions
An amount or a range?
The law allows you to give either the starting pay or a pay range. What matters is that they are based on objective, neutral criteria.
Can I give the pay range only at the interview?
Not at the interview, but before it — in advance, so that the candidate has time to read it, on paper or electronically (e.g. by email).
Can I ask the candidate how much they earn now?
No. Since 24 December 2025, art. 22¹ § 1 pkt 6 of the Labour Code excludes information about pay in the current and previous employment relationships.
Gross or net?
The law does not specify the form. It is clearest to give the gross amount, the period (per month or per hour) and the type of contract.
What is the penalty?
For breaches of labour law, PIP may impose a fine — currently from 1,000 to 30,000 zł.
Sources
- Ustawa z 4 czerwca 2025 r. o zmianie ustawy – Kodeks pracy, Dz.U. 2025 poz. 807
- Dyrektywa (UE) 2023/970 (EUR-Lex)
- Projekt ustawy (UC127) — Rządowy Proces Legislacyjny
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