Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2 190 zł
Pension Insurance
- 214 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 53.66 zł
Disability Insurance
- 32.85 zł
Health Insurance
- 170 zł
Total tax
- 470 zł
Net pay
* 1 720 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
1 720 zł
Net pay
448 zł
Tax the employer pays
470 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
919 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 448 zł to pay you 2 190 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 2 190 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 470 zł. That means that your net pay will be 1 720 zł per year, or 143 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PLN 2 155
1.6%
1
USA
PLN 2 000
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 2 190
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 2 190
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 2 190
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 2 146
2.0%
4
Thailand
PLN 2 081
5.0%
5
Indonesia
PLN 1 997
8.8%
6
Taiwan
PLN 1 996
8.9%
7
South Korea
PLN 1 956
10.7%
8
Philippines
PLN 1 947
11.1%
9
New Zealand
PLN 1 930
11.9%
10
India
PLN 1 927
12.0%
11
Malaysia
PLN 1 915
12.6%
12
China
PLN 1 901
13.2%
13
Vietnam
PLN 1 862
15.0%
14
Japan
PLN 1 780
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
PLN 1 734
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 2 138
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 2 026
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 2 016
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 2 015
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 1 983
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 1 980
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 1 960
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 1 949
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 1 916
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 1 818
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 1 805
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 1 794
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 2 168
1.0%
1
Uganda
PLN 2 073
5.3%
2
Zambia
PLN 2 059
6.0%
3
Morocco
PLN 2 042
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
PLN 2 026
7.5%
5
Senegal
PLN 1 996
8.9%
6
Ghana
PLN 1 966
10.2%
7
Kenya
PLN 1 942
11.3%
8
Mozambique
PLN 1 871
14.6%
9
Cameroon
PLN 1 848
15.6%
10
Angola
PLN 1 756
19.8%
11
Nigeria
PLN 1 754
19.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 2 190
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 2 080
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 2 081
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 2 015
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 2 015
8.0%
5
Lebanon
PLN 1 953
10.8%
6
Kuwait
PLN 1 949
11.0%
7
Egypt
PLN 1 929
11.9%
8
Israel
PLN 1 902
13.2%
9
Turkey
PLN 1 845
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.