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The aim of the article is to present structural and legal aspects of employment in both - the Polish forestry in general and in the State Forests National Forest Holding as the biggest participant of the market. In the structural aspect, the analysis concerns such factors and issues as employment levels, employment basis, newly created and closed down jobs and average monthly gross wages and salaries in both forestry sector and its biggest participant. The analysis of the structural aspects was based on data obtained from reports of the Polish Central Statistics Office (CSO). The analysis shows that both employment and remunerations rates in whole forestry industry are relatively stable and that the State Forests National Forest Holding assures most favorable salary conditions. In terms of legal aspects concerning issue of employment in the State Forests, the paper focuses particularly on the Forest Act of 1991 and presents an analysis of the evolution of legal measures regulating legal basis of the State Forests National Forest Holding employees’ employment contracts.