Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
162 zł
Pension Insurance
- 15.81 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 3.97 zł
Disability Insurance
- 2.43 zł
Health Insurance
- 12.58 zł
Total tax
- 34.79 zł
Net pay
* 127 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
127 zł
Net pay
33.17 zł
Tax the employer pays
34.79 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
67.96 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 33.17 zł to pay you 162 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 162 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 34.79 zł. That means that your net pay will be 127 zł per year, or 10.60 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PLN 159
1.6%
1
USA
PLN 148
8.7%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
PLN 162
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
PLN 162
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
PLN 154
5.0%
3
Qatar
PLN 154
5.0%
4
Lebanon
PLN 151
7.0%
5
Bahrain
PLN 149
8.0%
6
Oman
PLN 149
8.0%
7
Kuwait
PLN 144
11.0%
8
Israel
PLN 141
13.2%
9
Turkey
PLN 136
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.