Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 136 zł
Pension Insurance
- 1 770 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 444 zł
Disability Insurance
- 272 zł
Health Insurance
- 1 408 zł
Total tax
- 3 895 zł
Net pay
* 14 241 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
14 241 zł
Net pay
3 713 zł
Tax the employer pays
3 895 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7 608 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3 713 zł to pay you 18 136 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 18 136 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 3 895 zł. That means that your net pay will be 14 241 zł per year, or 1 187 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
PLN 18 136
0.0%
1
Germany
PLN 18 136
0.0%
2
Austria
PLN 18 136
0.0%
3
Ireland
PLN 18 136
0.0%
4
Norway
PLN 18 136
0.0%
5
Spain
PLN 16 984
6.4%
6
Switzerland
PLN 16 791
7.4%
7
Italy
PLN 16 469
9.2%
8
France
PLN 16 377
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
PLN 16 141
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
PLN 16 132
11.1%
11
Russia
PLN 15 778
13.0%
12
Sweden
PLN 14 891
17.9%
13
Hungary
PLN 14 781
18.5%
14
Ukraine
PLN 14 599
19.5%
15
Poland
PLN 14 241
21.5%
16
Greece
PLN 14 173
21.9%
17
Portugal
PLN 13 502
25.6%
18
Finland
PLN 12 559
30.8%
19
Belgium
PLN 12 332
32.0%
20
Denmark
PLN 11 954
34.1%
21
Netherlands
PLN 11 412
37.1%
22
Romania
PLN 10 610
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PLN 16 565
8.7%
1
Canada
PLN 15 111
16.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 18 136
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 18 136
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 18 136
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 17 795
1.9%
4
Philippines
PLN 17 300
4.6%
5
Thailand
PLN 17 211
5.1%
6
Taiwan
PLN 16 531
8.9%
7
Indonesia
PLN 16 484
9.1%
8
South Korea
PLN 16 127
11.1%
9
Malaysia
PLN 15 994
11.8%
10
New Zealand
PLN 15 980
11.9%
11
India
PLN 15 960
12.0%
12
Vietnam
PLN 15 094
16.8%
13
Japan
PLN 14 737
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
PLN 14 364
20.8%
15
China
PLN 13 634
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 16 821
7.3%
1
Colombia
PLN 18 008
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 16 694
8.0%
3
Brazil
PLN 16 608
8.4%
4
Ecuador
PLN 16 422
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 16 397
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 16 232
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 16 141
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 15 869
12.5%
9
Chile
PLN 14 944
17.6%
10
Uruguay
PLN 14 491
20.1%
11
Argentina
PLN 11 993
33.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 17 955
1.0%
1
Morocco
PLN 16 461
9.2%
2
Cameroon
PLN 15 088
16.8%
3
Ivory Coast
PLN 15 055
17.0%
4
Kenya
PLN 14 918
17.7%
5
Mozambique
PLN 14 604
19.5%
6
Ghana
PLN 13 929
23.2%
7
Angola
PLN 13 742
24.2%
8
Zambia
PLN 13 651
24.7%
9
Senegal
PLN 13 038
28.1%
10
Uganda
PLN 12 991
28.4%
11
Nigeria
PLN 12 845
29.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 18 136
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 17 229
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 17 229
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 16 685
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 16 685
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 16 141
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 15 751
13.2%
7
Lebanon
PLN 14 376
20.7%
8
Egypt
PLN 14 327
21.0%
9
Turkey
PLN 11 338
37.5%
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.