Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 233 zł
Pension Insurance
- 2 072 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 520 zł
Disability Insurance
- 319 zł
Health Insurance
- 1 649 zł
Total tax
- 4 560 zł
Net pay
* 16 673 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
16 673 zł
Net pay
4 347 zł
Tax the employer pays
4 560 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
8 907 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 347 zł to pay you 21 233 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 21 233 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 4 560 zł. That means that your net pay will be 16 673 zł per year, or 1 389 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 19 394
8.7%
1
Canada
PLN 17 262
18.7%
2
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.