Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
24 159 zł
Pension Insurance
- 2 358 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 592 zł
Disability Insurance
- 362 zł
Health Insurance
- 1 876 zł
Total tax
- 5 188 zł
Net pay
* 18 971 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
18 971 zł
Net pay
4 947 zł
Tax the employer pays
5 188 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10 135 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 947 zł to pay you 24 159 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 24 159 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 5 188 zł. That means that your net pay will be 18 971 zł per year, or 1 581 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 22 067
8.7%
1
Canada
PLN 19 294
20.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
PLN 22 238
8.0%
1
Colombia
PLN 22 226
8.0%
2
Ecuador
PLN 21 876
9.5%
3
Guatemala
PLN 21 843
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
PLN 21 622
10.5%
5
Brazil
PLN 21 606
10.6%
6
Mexico
PLN 21 551
10.8%
7
Panama
PLN 21 501
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 21 139
12.5%
9
Chile
PLN 19 907
17.6%
10
Uruguay
PLN 19 303
20.1%
11
Argentina
PLN 15 675
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
PLN 22 951
5.0%
1
Qatar
PLN 22 951
5.0%
2
Bahrain
PLN 22 226
8.0%
3
Oman
PLN 22 226
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
PLN 21 743
10.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 21 502
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 20 982
13.2%
7
Egypt
PLN 18 995
21.4%
8
Lebanon
PLN 18 894
21.8%
9
Turkey
PLN 14 846
38.6%
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.