Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17 801 zł
Pension Insurance
- 1 737 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 436 zł
Disability Insurance
- 267 zł
Health Insurance
- 1 382 zł
Total tax
- 3 823 zł
Net pay
* 13 978 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
13 978 zł
Net pay
3 645 zł
Tax the employer pays
3 823 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7 468 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3 645 zł to pay you 17 801 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 17 801 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 3 823 zł. That means that your net pay will be 13 978 zł per year, or 1 165 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 17 801
0.0%
1
Germany
PLN 17 801
0.0%
2
Austria
PLN 17 801
0.0%
3
Ireland
PLN 17 801
0.0%
4
Norway
PLN 17 801
0.0%
5
Spain
PLN 16 671
6.4%
6
Switzerland
PLN 16 479
7.4%
7
Italy
PLN 16 165
9.2%
8
France
PLN 16 074
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
PLN 15 843
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
PLN 15 834
11.1%
11
Russia
PLN 15 487
13.0%
12
Sweden
PLN 14 654
17.7%
13
Hungary
PLN 14 508
18.5%
14
Ukraine
PLN 14 330
19.5%
15
Poland
PLN 13 978
21.5%
16
Greece
PLN 13 912
21.9%
17
Portugal
PLN 13 253
25.6%
18
Finland
PLN 12 327
30.8%
19
Belgium
PLN 12 105
32.0%
20
Denmark
PLN 11 728
34.1%
21
Netherlands
PLN 11 201
37.1%
22
Romania
PLN 10 414
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PLN 16 259
8.7%
1
Canada
PLN 14 878
16.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 17 801
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 17 801
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 17 801
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 17 483
1.8%
4
Philippines
PLN 16 984
4.6%
5
Thailand
PLN 16 896
5.1%
6
Taiwan
PLN 16 225
8.9%
7
Indonesia
PLN 16 208
9.0%
8
South Korea
PLN 15 834
11.1%
9
Malaysia
PLN 15 700
11.8%
10
New Zealand
PLN 15 684
11.9%
11
India
PLN 15 665
12.0%
12
Vietnam
PLN 14 824
16.7%
13
Japan
PLN 14 465
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
PLN 14 098
20.8%
15
China
PLN 13 382
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 16 614
6.7%
1
Colombia
PLN 17 699
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 16 386
8.0%
3
Brazil
PLN 16 310
8.4%
4
Ecuador
PLN 16 119
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 16 094
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 15 932
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 15 843
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 15 576
12.5%
9
Chile
PLN 14 668
17.6%
10
Uruguay
PLN 14 223
20.1%
11
Argentina
PLN 11 812
33.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 17 623
1.0%
1
Morocco
PLN 16 179
9.1%
2
Cameroon
PLN 14 823
16.7%
3
Ivory Coast
PLN 14 813
16.8%
4
Kenya
PLN 14 687
17.5%
5
Mozambique
PLN 14 346
19.4%
6
Ghana
PLN 13 692
23.1%
7
Angola
PLN 13 495
24.2%
8
Zambia
PLN 13 462
24.4%
9
Senegal
PLN 12 822
28.0%
10
Uganda
PLN 12 774
28.2%
11
Nigeria
PLN 12 617
29.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 17 801
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 16 911
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 16 911
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 16 377
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 16 377
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 15 843
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 15 460
13.2%
7
Lebanon
PLN 14 125
20.7%
8
Egypt
PLN 14 063
21.0%
9
Turkey
PLN 11 143
37.4%
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.