Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 zł
Pension Insurance
- 2.05 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 0.51 zł
Disability Insurance
- 0.32 zł
Health Insurance
- 1.63 zł
Total tax
- 4.51 zł
Net pay
* 16.49 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
16.49 zł
Net pay
4.30 zł
Tax the employer pays
4.51 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
8.81 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4.30 zł to pay you 21 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 21 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 4.51 zł. That means that your net pay will be 16.49 zł per year, or 1.37 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PLN 21
1.7%
1
USA
PLN 19
8.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 21
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 21
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 21
0.0%
3
Thailand
PLN 20
5.0%
4
Malaysia
PLN 19
7.9%
5
Indonesia
PLN 19
8.8%
6
Taiwan
PLN 19
8.9%
7
South Korea
PLN 19
10.7%
8
New Zealand
PLN 19
11.9%
9
India
PLN 18
12.0%
10
China
PLN 18
13.2%
11
Vietnam
PLN 18
15.0%
12
Japan
PLN 17
18.7%
13
Kazakhstan
PLN 17
20.8%
14
Philippines
PLN 9
59.1%
15
Pakistan
PLN 21
210.6%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
PLN 21
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
PLN 21
0.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 20
5.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
PLN 20
5.0%
4
Lebanon
PLN 20
7.0%
5
Bahrain
PLN 19
7.8%
6
Oman
PLN 19
8.1%
7
Kuwait
PLN 19
10.8%
8
Israel
PLN 18
13.2%
9
Turkey
PLN 18
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.