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Mental Health & Counselling jobs in Poland for international graduates

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Job market at a glance

The jobs Mental Health & Counselling leads to, added together. Each label compares Mental Health & Counselling with the other Polish fields.

Average pay (calculated)PLN 105,500 WeakGUS
Entry-level pay (calculated)PLN 88,700 ModerateGUS
Growth to 2035 (Cedefop)+18.9% WeakCedefop
Change since 2024-3.5% WeakEurostat
Jobs in shortage (Barometr zawodów 2026)43% ModerateBarometr zawodów

Change in people employed: the broader occupation groups these jobs belong to (Eurostat Labour Force Survey, Poland). Yearly pay is calculated by UNIFER from GUS's median full-time monthly pay (October 2024) × 12; it includes 1/12 of the 13th-month pay public-sector employees receive. GUS publishes pay for occupation groups, read through the official KZiS–ISCO-08 key. Shortage: occupations rated "deficyt" nationally in the Barometr zawodów (labour offices' forecast); a job counts when most of its Polish occupations are.

Jobs this degree leads to

The jobs Mental Health & Counselling courses most often lead to in Poland, and how each one is doing.

JobShareAverage pay GUSEntry pay GUSGrowth to 2035 Cedefop
1.Social work and counselling professionalsPLN 105,991est.PLN 88,968+16.3%
2.PsychologistsPLN 105,205est.PLN 88,438+16.3%
3.Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionalsPLN 103,348est.PLN 88,333+67.3%

Share: how common each job is among Mental Health & Counselling destinations. Entry pay: the 25th percentile, interpolated between GUS's published 2nd and 3rd deciles. Polish figures are published for Polish occupation groups; each job shows its group's figures ("est."). Swipe the table sideways for more.

What graduates like you earned

What graduates of Polish master's programmes in Poradnictwo rozwojowe i pomoc psychologiczna earned in their first year after graduating.

Master's graduates of these programmesmedian per programme, first year · 24 graduates of 2024PLN 56,200 ELA
All master's graduates in medical and health sciencesaverage, first year, for comparisonPLN 114,900 ELA

Programme pay: ELA (Ekonomiczne Losy Absolwentów, ZUS records), each university programme's median gross monthly pay from all sources per month worked (not converted to full time), averaged by UNIFER weighted by graduates (an average of medians, not a national median); yearly = monthly × 12. The study-domain figure is ELA's average for all master's graduates of that domain. Poland publishes no figure for international graduates on their own.

Staying to work after you graduate

How international students stay to work in Poland after studying Mental Health & Counselling.

1
Finish your course

A master's or a PhD from a Polish university.

2
Permit to look for work
9 months UDSC / MRPiPS

to look for a job in Poland. Apply right after you get your diploma; it is granted only once.

3
Working in Poland

No work permit needed: graduates of Polish universities can work for any employer without a work permit. There is no salary minimum on this route.

EU Blue Card: an option for highly qualified jobs paying at least PLN 160,264 a year (2026).

Mental Health & Counselling jobs in shortage in Poland (Barometr zawodów 2026) Barometr zawodów43%

In 2025, 2,448 non-EU students in Poland switched from a study permit to a work permit, 85 of them Indian citizens Eurostat.

Graduates living in Poland who are citizens of non-EU countries: 85.2% in work, against 92.1% of Polish graduates (ages 25–64, 2025) Eurostat.

Mental Health & Counselling in other countries

Typical pay for the same jobs (in US dollars in brackets, at October 2026 exchange rates), projected growth, and post-study work after a master's.

PolandPLN 105,500 ($26,900)Growth +18.9% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 9 monthsGermany€61,000 ($68,300)Growth +4.1% (2023–40) · 18 monthsDenmarkDKK 609,300 ($91,200)Growth +23.7% (2022–35) · Job-seeking permit 12 monthsUnited Kingdom£43,800 ($58,600)Growth +10% (2025–35) · Graduate visa 18 monthsUnited States$60,800Growth +12.9% (2025–35) · OPT 12 months, 36 with the STEM extensionCanadaCA$81,300 ($58,100)Growth +21.9% (2023–33) · PGWP up to 36 months
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AustraliaAU$112,500 ($79,000)Growth +25.3% (2025–35) · 24 monthsIreland€45,100 ($50,500)Growth +5.1% (2025–28) · Stamp 1G 24 monthsNetherlands€63,600 ($71,200)Growth +5.2% (2025–30) · Orientation year 12 monthsSwedenSEK 526,700 ($53,000)Growth +27.2% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 12 monthsFinland€51,800 ($58,000)Growth +18.9% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 24 monthsFrance€30,200 net ($33,800)Growth +14.2% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 12 monthsSpain€33,300 ($37,300)Growth +10.4% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 24 monthsItaly€20,400 net ($22,800)Growth +22.6% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work up to 12 monthsBelgium€62,200 ($69,600)Growth +37.4% (2022–35) · Search year 12 monthsSwitzerlandCHF 108,800 ($132,000)Job search 6 months

Questions students ask

How much do Mental Health & Counselling graduates earn in Poland?

Graduates of Polish master's programmes in this field earned PLN 56,200 a year in their first year after graduating (each programme's median pay, averaged; ELA, graduates of 2024); all master's graduates in medical and health sciences earned an average PLN 114,900. Across all workers in these jobs, typical pay is PLN 105,500 and starting pay about PLN 88,700.

Is Mental Health & Counselling in demand in Poland?

Employment in these jobs is projected to grow 18.9% from 2022 to 2035.

Can I stay and work in Poland after a Mental Health & Counselling master's?

Yes, for 9 months on a permit to look for work, granted once right after your diploma. Graduates of Polish universities can then work for any employer without a work permit.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure comes from an official Polish source. Tap a source tag next to any number for its details.

Barometr zawodów 2026 — national forecast (WUP Kraków for the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy)Wojewódzki Urząd Pracy w Krakowie / Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej · Report: copying and distribution permitted with the source given (website: all rights reserved) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Cedefop Skills Forecast — future employment growth by occupation group, Poland, 2022–2035European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) · Cedefop: reuse with acknowledgement of the source (CC BY 4.0) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Ekonomiczne Losy Absolwentów (ELA) — earnings of master's graduates by study domain; yearly figure calculated by UNIFERMinisterstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego / OPI PIB (ZUS data) · © Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego; reuse terms not published (used with credit for educational purposes) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Ekonomiczne Losy Absolwentów (ELA) — pay of master's graduates by programme, first year after the diploma; national figures calculated by UNIFERMinisterstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego / OPI PIB (ZUS data) · © Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego; reuse terms not published (used with credit for educational purposes) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Employed persons by detailed occupation (ISCO-08 two-digit), Poland — EU Labour Force Survey (lfsa_egai2d)Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Change of immigration status permits, education to employment, Poland (migr_reschange)Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Employment rates by educational attainment and citizenship, tertiary education, ages 25–64, Poland (lfsa_ergaedn)Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Polish post-study and work rules — Office for Foreigners (mos.cudzoziemcy.gov.pl) and labour ministry (psz.praca.gov.pl), manually verifiedUrząd do Spraw Cudzoziemców; Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej — transcribed and verified by UNIFER · Official government information · loaded 19 Oct 2026

Indicative figures from official Polish sources. They describe groups of graduates and workers, not what any individual will earn or be offered. Visa rules change, so check mos.cudzoziemcy.gov.pl before you decide.