Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
160 zł
Pension Insurance
- 15.62 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 3.92 zł
Disability Insurance
- 2.40 zł
Health Insurance
- 12.43 zł
Total tax
- 34.36 zł
Net pay
* 126 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
126 zł
Net pay
32.76 zł
Tax the employer pays
34.36 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
67.12 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 32.76 zł to pay you 160 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 160 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 34.36 zł. That means that your net pay will be 126 zł per year, or 10.47 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
PLN 160
0.0%
1
Germany
PLN 160
0.0%
2
Austria
PLN 160
0.0%
3
Ireland
PLN 160
0.0%
4
Sweden
PLN 160
0.0%
5
Norway
PLN 160
0.0%
6
Spain
PLN 150
6.4%
7
Italy
PLN 145
9.2%
8
France
PLN 145
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
PLN 142
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
PLN 142
11.1%
11
Russia
PLN 139
13.0%
12
Hungary
PLN 130
18.5%
13
Ukraine
PLN 129
19.5%
14
Poland
PLN 126
21.5%
15
Greece
PLN 125
21.8%
16
Portugal
PLN 119
25.5%
17
Finland
PLN 111
30.8%
18
Belgium
PLN 109
32.0%
19
Netherlands
PLN 98
38.5%
20
Romania
PLN 94
41.5%
21
Switzerland
PLN 37
76.8%
22
Denmark
PLN 0
100.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PLN 157
1.6%
1
USA
PLN 146
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 160
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 160
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 160
0.0%
3
Thailand
PLN 152
5.0%
4
Indonesia
PLN 146
8.8%
5
Taiwan
PLN 146
8.9%
6
South Korea
PLN 143
10.7%
7
New Zealand
PLN 141
11.9%
8
India
PLN 141
12.0%
9
China
PLN 139
13.2%
10
Vietnam
PLN 136
15.0%
11
Japan
PLN 130
18.7%
12
Kazakhstan
PLN 127
20.8%
13
Malaysia
PLN 125
21.8%
14
Pakistan
PLN 116
27.6%
15
Philippines
PLN 66
59.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 156
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 148
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 147
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 147
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 145
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 145
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 143
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 142
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 140
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 133
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 132
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 131
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 158
1.0%
1
Angola
PLN 155
3.0%
2
Uganda
PLN 152
5.0%
3
Ghana
PLN 151
5.5%
4
Zambia
PLN 150
6.0%
5
Morocco
PLN 149
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
PLN 148
7.5%
7
Senegal
PLN 140
12.3%
8
Cameroon
PLN 135
15.6%
9
Nigeria
PLN 133
16.8%
10
Mozambique
PLN 105
34.5%
11
Kenya
PLN 27
83.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
PLN 160
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
PLN 160
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
PLN 152
5.0%
3
Qatar
PLN 152
5.0%
4
Lebanon
PLN 149
7.0%
5
Oman
PLN 147
8.0%
6
Bahrain
PLN 147
8.0%
7
Kuwait
PLN 142
11.0%
8
Israel
PLN 139
13.2%
9
Turkey
PLN 135
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.