Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11 878 zł
Pension Insurance
- 1 159 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 291 zł
Disability Insurance
- 178 zł
Health Insurance
- 922 zł
Total tax
- 2 551 zł
Net pay
* 9 327 zł
Marginal tax rate
21.5%
Average tax rate
21.5%
78.5%
Net pay
21.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9 327 zł
Net pay
2 432 zł
Tax the employer pays
2 551 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
4 983 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 2 432 zł to pay you 11 878 zł. In other words, every time you spend 10 zł of your hard-earned money, 4.20 zł goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.5% tax rate now rises to 34.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11 878 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 2 551 zł. That means that your net pay will be 9 327 zł per year, or 777 zł per month. Your average tax rate is 21.5% and your marginal tax rate is 21.5%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 zł in your salary will be taxed 21.48 zł, hence, your net pay will only increase by 78.52 zł.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 zł bonus will generate an extra 785 zł of net incomes. A 5 000 zł bonus will generate an extra 3 926 zł of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
PLN 11 878
0.0%
1
Germany
PLN 11 878
0.0%
2
Austria
PLN 11 878
0.0%
3
Ireland
PLN 11 878
0.0%
4
Norway
PLN 11 878
0.0%
5
Spain
PLN 11 124
6.4%
6
Switzerland
PLN 10 959
7.7%
7
Italy
PLN 10 786
9.2%
8
France
PLN 10 726
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
PLN 10 571
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
PLN 10 565
11.1%
11
Sweden
PLN 10 544
11.2%
12
Russia
PLN 10 334
13.0%
13
Hungary
PLN 9 681
18.5%
14
Ukraine
PLN 9 562
19.5%
15
Poland
PLN 9 327
21.5%
16
Greece
PLN 9 283
21.9%
17
Portugal
PLN 8 843
25.6%
18
Finland
PLN 8 225
30.8%
19
Belgium
PLN 8 077
32.0%
20
Denmark
PLN 7 743
34.8%
21
Netherlands
PLN 7 472
37.1%
22
Romania
PLN 6 949
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PLN 10 849
8.7%
1
Canada
PLN 10 426
12.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 11 878
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 11 878
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 11 878
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 11 758
1.0%
4
Thailand
PLN 11 284
5.0%
5
Philippines
PLN 11 194
5.8%
6
Indonesia
PLN 10 916
8.1%
7
Taiwan
PLN 10 827
8.9%
8
South Korea
PLN 10 608
10.7%
9
Malaysia
PLN 10 472
11.8%
10
New Zealand
PLN 10 466
11.9%
11
India
PLN 10 453
12.0%
12
China
PLN 10 312
13.2%
13
Vietnam
PLN 10 053
15.4%
14
Japan
PLN 9 652
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
PLN 9 407
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 11 554
2.7%
1
Colombia
PLN 12 250
7.2%
2
Brazil
PLN 10 962
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
PLN 10 934
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 10 756
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 10 739
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 10 631
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 10 571
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 10 393
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 9 859
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 9 787
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 9 728
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 11 878
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 11 284
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 11 284
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 10 928
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 10 928
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 10 571
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 10 316
13.2%
7
Lebanon
PLN 9 683
18.5%
8
Egypt
PLN 9 331
21.4%
9
Turkey
PLN 7 693
35.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Polska tables of Poland, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.