Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
14 958 zł
Pension Insurance
- 1 460 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 366 zł
Disability Insurance
- 224 zł
Health Insurance
- 1 162 zł
Total tax
- 3 212 zł
Net pay
* 11 746 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
11 746 zł
Net pay
3 063 zł
Tax the employer pays
3 212 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
6 275 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3 063 zł to pay you 14 958 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 14 958 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 3 212 zł. That means that your net pay will be 11 746 zł per year, or 979 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 21.47 zł, hence, your net pay will only increase by 78.53 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 3 927 zł of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PLN 13 662
8.7%
1
Canada
PLN 12 836
14.2%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 14 808
1.0%
1
Morocco
PLN 13 793
7.8%
2
Kenya
PLN 12 735
14.9%
3
Ivory Coast
PLN 12 581
15.9%
4
Cameroon
PLN 12 573
16.0%
5
Mozambique
PLN 12 157
18.7%
6
Zambia
PLN 11 856
20.7%
7
Ghana
PLN 11 677
21.9%
8
Angola
PLN 11 399
23.8%
9
Senegal
PLN 10 991
26.5%
10
Uganda
PLN 10 929
26.9%
11
Nigeria
PLN 10 683
28.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 14 958
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 14 210
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 14 210
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 13 761
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 13 761
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 13 313
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 12 991
13.2%
7
Lebanon
PLN 11 993
19.8%
8
Egypt
PLN 11 795
21.1%
9
Turkey
PLN 9 487
36.6%
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.