Wynagrodzenia cudzoziemców pracujących legalnie w Polsce (na przykładzie badań z województwa opolskiego)

The aim of this article is to discuss selected results of research conducted in Opole Province among foreigners working legally in Poland. One of the key tasks was to establish the salaries earned by foreigners taking up regular employment. Respondents were divided according to the theory of dual labor market by M. Piore on representing the primary and second segment of the labour market. The study involved 29 people working in the primary labour market (including foreign languages, teachers, managers of foreign companies, medical staff), and 188 people from the secondary labour market (skilled and unskilled workers). During the study it was found that the average wage in the primary labour market are little more than 5303 PLN net, while the secondary labour market is the amount of nearly 3,000 PLN net. It also specifies that there are differences in performance pay between men and women - men attain higher salaries than women, and the difference is greater for primary than for secondary labour market. The study also made it possible to obtain information that the highest salaries receive foreigners employed in services, while the lowest people who work in agriculture.