Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19 750 zł
Pension Insurance
- 1 928 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 484 zł
Disability Insurance
- 296 zł
Health Insurance
- 1 534 zł
Total tax
- 4 242 zł
Net pay
* 15 508 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
15 508 zł
Net pay
4 044 zł
Tax the employer pays
4 242 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
8 285 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 044 zł to pay you 19 750 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 19 750 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 4 242 zł. That means that your net pay will be 15 508 zł per year, or 1 292 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 19 750
0.0%
1
Germany
PLN 19 750
0.0%
2
Austria
PLN 19 750
0.0%
3
Ireland
PLN 19 750
0.0%
4
Norway
PLN 19 750
0.0%
5
Spain
PLN 18 496
6.4%
6
Switzerland
PLN 18 295
7.4%
7
Italy
PLN 17 935
9.2%
8
France
PLN 17 834
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
PLN 17 578
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
PLN 17 568
11.1%
11
Russia
PLN 17 183
13.0%
12
Sweden
PLN 16 103
18.5%
13
Hungary
PLN 16 096
18.5%
14
Ukraine
PLN 15 899
19.5%
15
Poland
PLN 15 508
21.5%
16
Greece
PLN 15 435
21.9%
17
Portugal
PLN 14 704
25.6%
18
Finland
PLN 13 677
30.8%
19
Belgium
PLN 13 430
32.0%
20
Denmark
PLN 13 039
34.0%
21
Netherlands
PLN 12 427
37.1%
22
Romania
PLN 11 554
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PLN 18 039
8.7%
1
Canada
PLN 16 232
17.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 19 750
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
PLN 19 750
0.0%
2
Pakistan
PLN 19 227
2.7%
3
Singapore
PLN 18 948
4.1%
4
Thailand
PLN 18 715
5.2%
5
Philippines
PLN 18 606
5.8%
6
Taiwan
PLN 18 002
8.9%
7
Indonesia
PLN 17 815
9.8%
8
South Korea
PLN 17 536
11.2%
9
Malaysia
PLN 17 414
11.8%
10
New Zealand
PLN 17 402
11.9%
11
India
PLN 17 380
12.0%
12
Vietnam
PLN 16 394
17.0%
13
Japan
PLN 16 049
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
PLN 15 642
20.8%
15
China
PLN 14 847
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
PLN 19 492
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
PLN 18 180
8.0%
2
Brazil
PLN 17 979
9.0%
3
Ecuador
PLN 17 884
9.5%
4
Guatemala
PLN 17 856
9.6%
5
Mexico
PLN 17 816
9.8%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 17 676
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 17 578
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 17 281
12.5%
9
Chile
PLN 16 274
17.6%
10
Uruguay
PLN 15 780
20.1%
11
Argentina
PLN 12 864
34.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 19 517
1.2%
1
Morocco
PLN 17 815
9.8%
2
Cameroon
PLN 16 362
17.2%
3
Ivory Coast
PLN 16 225
17.9%
4
Kenya
PLN 16 032
18.8%
5
Mozambique
PLN 15 847
19.8%
6
Ghana
PLN 15 073
23.7%
7
Angola
PLN 14 932
24.4%
8
Zambia
PLN 14 563
26.3%
9
Senegal
PLN 14 077
28.7%
10
Uganda
PLN 14 040
28.9%
11
Nigeria
PLN 13 943
29.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 18 933
4.1%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 18 762
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 18 762
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 18 170
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 18 170
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 17 578
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 17 153
13.2%
7
Lebanon
PLN 15 587
21.1%
8
Egypt
PLN 15 578
21.1%
9
Turkey
PLN 12 278
37.8%
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.