Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 490 zł
Pension Insurance
- 145 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 36.51 zł
Disability Insurance
- 22.35 zł
Health Insurance
- 116 zł
Total tax
- 320 zł
Net pay
* 1 170 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
1 170 zł
Net pay
305 zł
Tax the employer pays
320 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
625 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 305 zł to pay you 1 490 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 1 490 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 320 zł. That means that your net pay will be 1 170 zł per year, or 97.50 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PLN 1 466
1.6%
1
USA
PLN 1 361
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 1 490
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 1 490
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 1 490
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 1 446
3.0%
4
Thailand
PLN 1 416
5.0%
5
Indonesia
PLN 1 359
8.8%
6
Taiwan
PLN 1 358
8.9%
7
South Korea
PLN 1 331
10.7%
8
New Zealand
PLN 1 313
11.9%
9
India
PLN 1 311
12.0%
10
Malaysia
PLN 1 299
12.8%
11
China
PLN 1 294
13.2%
12
Philippines
PLN 1 288
13.5%
13
Vietnam
PLN 1 267
15.0%
14
Japan
PLN 1 211
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
PLN 1 180
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 1 455
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 1 378
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 1 372
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 1 371
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 1 349
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 1 347
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 1 334
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 1 326
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 1 304
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 1 237
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 1 228
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 1 220
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 1 475
1.0%
1
Uganda
PLN 1 414
5.1%
2
Zambia
PLN 1 401
6.0%
3
Morocco
PLN 1 390
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
PLN 1 378
7.5%
5
Ghana
PLN 1 373
7.9%
6
Senegal
PLN 1 356
9.0%
7
Kenya
PLN 1 312
11.9%
8
Mozambique
PLN 1 262
15.3%
9
Cameroon
PLN 1 257
15.6%
10
Nigeria
PLN 1 213
18.6%
11
Angola
PLN 1 205
19.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 1 490
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 1 416
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 1 416
5.0%
3
Egypt
PLN 1 377
7.6%
4
Bahrain
PLN 1 371
8.0%
5
Oman
PLN 1 371
8.0%
6
Lebanon
PLN 1 337
10.2%
7
Kuwait
PLN 1 326
11.0%
8
Israel
PLN 1 294
13.2%
9
Turkey
PLN 1 255
15.8%
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.