Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 923 zł
Pension Insurance
- 1 847 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 464 zł
Disability Insurance
- 284 zł
Health Insurance
- 1 470 zł
Total tax
- 4 064 zł
Net pay
* 14 859 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
14 859 zł
Net pay
3 874 zł
Tax the employer pays
4 064 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7 938 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3 874 zł to pay you 18 923 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 18 923 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 4 064 zł. That means that your net pay will be 14 859 zł per year, or 1 238 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
USA
PLN 17 284
8.7%
1
Canada
PLN 15 657
17.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
PLN 18 732
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
PLN 17 419
8.0%
2
Mexico
PLN 17 306
8.5%
3
Brazil
PLN 17 291
8.6%
4
Ecuador
PLN 17 135
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 17 109
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 16 936
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 16 841
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 16 558
12.5%
9
Chile
PLN 15 593
17.6%
10
Uruguay
PLN 15 119
20.1%
11
Argentina
PLN 12 417
34.4%
12
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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.