Bitcoin in salaries: how many salaries does 1 BTC cost?
The Bitcoin price converted into the average Polish salary from GUS: today and in every year since 2018. Plus how many satoshis one salary buys and on how many days in history a purchase would be in profit today.
1 BTC equals
31.2 salaries
at a gross salary of 9,371 PLN (GUS, 2025)
One salary buys
3,200,455 sat
0.0320 BTC
1 ETH equals
0.89 salaries
8,305 PLN
Profitable days (BTC)
83%
of days since October 2017 with a price below today’s; ETH: 62%
How many average salaries 1 BTC cost (annual average)
Bitcoin’s average annual price in PLN divided by the average monthly gross salary for that year.
Year by year: Bitcoin, ether and salary
| Year | Average price of 1 BTC | Average salary | 1 BTC in salaries | Satoshis per salary | 1 ETH in salaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 35,199 PLN | 4,528 PLN | 7.8 | 12,863,536 | 0.35 |
| 2018 | 26,942 PLN | 4,835 PLN | 5.6 | 17,945,205 | 0.35 |
| 2019 | 28,344 PLN | 5,182 PLN | 5.5 | 18,281,330 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 42,863 PLN | 5,523 PLN | 7.8 | 12,885,868 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 183,720 PLN | 6,001 PLN | 30.6 | 3,266,387 | 1.80 |
| 2022 | 123,559 PLN | 6,706 PLN | 18.4 | 5,427,042 | 1.30 |
| 2023 | 120,557 PLN | 7,595 PLN | 15.9 | 6,300,167 | 0.99 |
| 2024 | 263,084 PLN | 8,630 PLN | 30.5 | 3,280,419 | 1.41 |
| 2025 | 381,389 PLN | 9,371 PLN | 40.7 | 2,457,098 | 1.23 |
| 2026 (to date) | 275,007 PLN | 9,371 PLN* | 29.3 | 3,407,584 | 0.88 |
Salary: the average monthly gross salary in the national economy, Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank (opens in a new tab). * For the current year, the salary from the latest published year is used. Prices: OKX daily closes at that day’s NBP average rate.
Bitcoin in salaries over the years
20177.8 salaries
20185.6 salaries
20195.5 salaries
20207.8 salaries
202130.6 salaries
202218.4 salaries
202315.9 salaries
202430.5 salaries
202540.7 salaries
202629.3 salaries
See also: Bitcoin price · BTC to PLN converter · DCA calculator · what it would be worth today
Frequently asked questions
How many salaries does one bitcoin cost?
At today’s price, 1 BTC equals about 31.2 average monthly gross salaries (GUS, 2025: 9,371 PLN). For comparison, in 2019 it averaged 5.5 salaries, and in 2025, 40.7.
How much bitcoin can I buy with one salary?
With one average gross salary, you can buy about 3,200,455 satoshis today, or 0.0320 BTC. A satoshi is the smallest unit of bitcoin: 1 BTC = 100 million satoshis. You don’t have to buy a whole bitcoin.
What are “profitable days”?
It’s the percentage of days since October 2017 on which buying bitcoin would be in profit today, because the closing price was lower than it is now. Today it’s 83%. It shows how rarely or how often the price has historically been below today’s level, but it says nothing about what comes next.
Where does the salary data come from?
From the Local Data Bank of Statistics Poland (GUS): the average monthly gross salary in the national economy, annual data since 2002. Bitcoin and ether prices are daily closes from OKX, converted at the NBP average rate for that day.
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