Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
25 960 zł
Pension Insurance
- 2 534 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 636 zł
Disability Insurance
- 389 zł
Health Insurance
- 2 016 zł
Total tax
- 5 575 zł
Net pay
* 20 385 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
20 385 zł
Net pay
5 315 zł
Tax the employer pays
5 575 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10 891 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 315 zł to pay you 25 960 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 25 960 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 5 575 zł. That means that your net pay will be 20 385 zł per year, or 1 699 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
PLN 25 960
0.0%
1
Austria
PLN 25 960
0.0%
2
Ireland
PLN 25 960
0.0%
3
Norway
PLN 25 466
1.9%
4
Spain
PLN 24 312
6.4%
5
Switzerland
PLN 24 083
7.2%
6
Italy
PLN 23 574
9.2%
7
France
PLN 23 442
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
PLN 23 104
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
PLN 23 091
11.1%
10
Russia
PLN 22 585
13.0%
11
Hungary
PLN 21 157
18.5%
12
Germany
PLN 21 036
19.0%
13
Ukraine
PLN 20 898
19.5%
14
Sweden
PLN 20 770
20.0%
15
Poland
PLN 20 385
21.5%
16
Greece
PLN 20 288
21.9%
17
Portugal
PLN 19 327
25.6%
18
Finland
PLN 17 977
30.8%
19
Belgium
PLN 17 653
32.0%
20
Denmark
PLN 17 217
33.7%
21
Netherlands
PLN 16 337
37.1%
22
Romania
PLN 15 187
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PLN 23 717
8.6%
1
Canada
PLN 20 544
20.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 25 960
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
PLN 25 960
0.0%
2
Pakistan
PLN 24 661
5.0%
3
Thailand
PLN 24 538
5.5%
4
Taiwan
PLN 23 662
8.9%
5
Philippines
PLN 23 523
9.4%
6
South Korea
PLN 22 960
11.6%
7
Indonesia
PLN 22 935
11.7%
8
Malaysia
PLN 22 907
11.8%
9
New Zealand
PLN 22 873
11.9%
10
India
PLN 21 892
15.7%
11
Singapore
PLN 21 416
17.5%
12
Vietnam
PLN 21 205
18.3%
13
Japan
PLN 21 095
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
PLN 20 560
20.8%
15
China
PLN 19 515
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
PLN 23 896
8.0%
1
Colombia
PLN 23 883
8.0%
2
Ecuador
PLN 23 507
9.5%
3
Guatemala
PLN 23 471
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
PLN 23 234
10.5%
5
Panama
PLN 23 104
11.0%
6
Brazil
PLN 23 044
11.2%
7
Mexico
PLN 23 014
11.4%
8
Peru
PLN 22 715
12.5%
9
Chile
PLN 21 391
17.6%
10
Uruguay
PLN 20 742
20.1%
11
Argentina
PLN 16 846
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 24 757
4.6%
1
Morocco
PLN 22 648
12.8%
2
Cameroon
PLN 20 771
20.0%
3
Ivory Coast
PLN 20 725
20.2%
4
Mozambique
PLN 20 629
20.5%
5
Kenya
PLN 20 347
21.6%
6
Angola
PLN 19 496
24.9%
7
Ghana
PLN 19 475
25.0%
8
Nigeria
PLN 18 167
30.0%
9
Uganda
PLN 18 077
30.4%
10
Zambia
PLN 18 072
30.4%
11
Senegal
PLN 18 063
30.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
PLN 24 662
5.0%
1
Qatar
PLN 24 662
5.0%
2
Bahrain
PLN 23 883
8.0%
3
Oman
PLN 23 883
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
PLN 23 364
10.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 23 104
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 22 546
13.2%
7
Egypt
PLN 20 391
21.5%
8
Lebanon
PLN 20 244
22.0%
9
Turkey
PLN 15 895
38.8%
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.