The main towns of Mazovia are Warsaw, that is the capital city of Poland, Radom, Płock, Siedlce, Ciechanów and Ostrołęka. The main advantages of the region are: high research potential, the highest in the country index of foreign investments, existence of main offices of financial institutions, skilled employees, and people with the highest income in Poland who live in Warsaw. An average gross salary in the enterprise sector in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, in December 2006, amounted to PLN 3 425 (states for about EUR 890). The unemployment rate in the Mazovian Voivodship is 11,9%. In the region, there are qualified and relatively cheap employees.
The Voivodeship is a good communication junction for the whole country. Here there is the most important airport in Poland – Okęcie, which takes over 80 percent of passengers who arrive in Poland. A complex system of roads and railway routes connects Mazovia with the other regions.
In the Mazowieckie Voivodeship predominate agricultural, food, petrochemical, chemical (mainly pharmaceutical), publishing, printing industry, but also automotive, power industry, telecommunications, banking, finances, insurance and computer technologies sectors.
Mazovia is the province with the greatest economic potential in Poland, well placed to play a major role among European regions. For a few years now, Mazovia has played an increasingly important role in the economy of the enlarging European Union. Trade with EU countries now accounts for over 70 per cent of Poland's overall trade. Given the size and potential of the Polish market, this role will continue to grow.
