Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 850 zł
Pension Insurance
- 181 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 45.33 zł
Disability Insurance
- 27.75 zł
Health Insurance
- 144 zł
Total tax
- 397 zł
Net pay
* 1 453 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
1 453 zł
Net pay
379 zł
Tax the employer pays
397 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
776 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 379 zł to pay you 1 850 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 1 850 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 397 zł. That means that your net pay will be 1 453 zł per year, or 121 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
PLN 1 850
0.0%
1
Germany
PLN 1 850
0.0%
2
Austria
PLN 1 850
0.0%
3
Ireland
PLN 1 850
0.0%
4
Sweden
PLN 1 850
0.0%
5
Norway
PLN 1 850
0.0%
6
Spain
PLN 1 733
6.4%
7
Italy
PLN 1 680
9.2%
8
France
PLN 1 671
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
PLN 1 646
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
PLN 1 646
11.1%
11
Switzerland
PLN 1 614
12.8%
12
Russia
PLN 1 610
13.0%
13
Hungary
PLN 1 508
18.5%
14
Ukraine
PLN 1 489
19.5%
15
Poland
PLN 1 453
21.5%
16
Greece
PLN 1 446
21.9%
17
Portugal
PLN 1 377
25.6%
18
Finland
PLN 1 281
30.8%
19
Belgium
PLN 1 258
32.0%
20
Netherlands
PLN 1 161
37.2%
21
Romania
PLN 1 082
41.5%
22
Denmark
PLN 959
48.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PLN 1 821
1.6%
1
USA
PLN 1 690
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 1 850
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 1 850
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 1 850
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 1 806
2.4%
4
Thailand
PLN 1 757
5.0%
5
Indonesia
PLN 1 687
8.8%
6
Taiwan
PLN 1 686
8.9%
7
South Korea
PLN 1 652
10.7%
8
New Zealand
PLN 1 630
11.9%
9
India
PLN 1 628
12.0%
10
Philippines
PLN 1 628
12.0%
11
Malaysia
PLN 1 624
12.2%
12
China
PLN 1 606
13.2%
13
Vietnam
PLN 1 573
15.0%
14
Japan
PLN 1 503
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
PLN 1 465
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 1 806
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 1 711
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 1 703
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 1 702
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 1 675
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 1 673
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 1 656
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 1 646
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 1 619
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 1 535
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 1 524
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 1 515
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 1 831
1.0%
1
Uganda
PLN 1 753
5.3%
2
Zambia
PLN 1 739
6.0%
3
Morocco
PLN 1 725
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
PLN 1 711
7.5%
5
Senegal
PLN 1 685
8.9%
6
Ghana
PLN 1 678
9.3%
7
Kenya
PLN 1 636
11.6%
8
Mozambique
PLN 1 575
14.9%
9
Cameroon
PLN 1 561
15.6%
10
Nigeria
PLN 1 493
19.3%
11
Angola
PLN 1 488
19.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 1 850
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 1 757
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 1 757
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 1 702
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 1 702
8.0%
5
Lebanon
PLN 1 654
10.6%
6
Egypt
PLN 1 653
10.7%
7
Kuwait
PLN 1 647
11.0%
8
Israel
PLN 1 607
13.2%
9
Turkey
PLN 1 558
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.