TVP puts an end to the guesswork. This is how much Kurski earned as president during the PiS government. He certainly didn’t complain

he started working in the media in the early 1980s, but he gained real fame only in 2016. It was then that, after PiS won the elections, he took over as president. He decided to resign from the position, which was politicized during his term of office, after 6 years and decided to go abroad. After moving to Washington, he started working as a deputy executive director at the World Bank, but lost that job when Donald Tusk’s coalition took power in the country.

Jacek Kurski is running for the European Parliament. He revealed how much he earned at the World Bank

When Kurski announced his candidacy for the European Parliament, he gave an interview for the program “Guest of Radio Zet”. In a conversation with Bogdan Rymanowski, he said, among others: about working at the World Bank. He claimed his annual earnings in Washington were $236,000. dollars, i.e. over 920 thousand zloty. He also referred to reports that he received exorbitant rates on TVP. He argued that his remuneration was “the lowest possible”, i.e. seven times the average salary from 2016. – As long as the issue of TV license support is not regulated by law and as long as there are financial problems, I want to have the lowest possible salary, and that’s what I had, he said on the air. It goes without saying that hardly anyone believed it.

This is how much Jacek Kurski earned as the president of TVP. The station shared information about his earnings

After Kurski’s statements about his earnings, the Konkret24 editorial team asked the current TVP management board to provide information about his actual remuneration. The station agreed to present data that was published on the TVN24 website on June 7, 2024. It quickly turned out that the “lowest possible” fee for holding the office allowed him to earn as much as PLN 4,637,000 during his term of office. PLN 223 gross.

Moreover, each year the politician’s salary gradually increased, as he started with PLN 308,000. PLN 333 for 2016, and for 2020 he already received PLN 1,129,000. PLN 286. It is worth mentioning that throughout this time he was employed simultaneously under an employment contract and a civil law contract, to which he was assigned the vast majority of amounts. His prime minister was also huge. In 2021, he received over 651,000. PLN of remuneration, including over PLN 272,000. PLN was an additional gratification. It was similar in 2022, when he received PLN 844,000. PLN 653, of which almost PLN 370 thousand PLN was a bonus and over PLN 184,000. PLN as compensation for the non-competition clause. If you feel like it, vote in our poll below.