Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
26 146 zł
Pension Insurance
- 2 552 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 641 zł
Disability Insurance
- 392 zł
Health Insurance
- 2 031 zł
Total tax
- 5 615 zł
Net pay
* 20 531 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
20 531 zł
Net pay
5 353 zł
Tax the employer pays
5 615 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10 969 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 353 zł to pay you 26 146 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 26 146 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 5 615 zł. That means that your net pay will be 20 531 zł per year, or 1 711 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 23 887
8.6%
1
Canada
PLN 20 674
20.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 26 146
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
PLN 26 146
0.0%
2
Pakistan
PLN 24 823
5.1%
3
Thailand
PLN 24 715
5.5%
4
Taiwan
PLN 23 832
8.9%
5
Philippines
PLN 23 670
9.5%
6
South Korea
PLN 23 122
11.6%
7
Indonesia
PLN 23 088
11.7%
8
Malaysia
PLN 23 071
11.8%
9
New Zealand
PLN 23 037
11.9%
10
India
PLN 21 992
15.9%
11
Singapore
PLN 21 490
17.8%
12
Vietnam
PLN 21 347
18.4%
13
Japan
PLN 21 246
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
PLN 20 708
20.8%
15
China
PLN 19 631
24.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
PLN 24 067
8.0%
1
Colombia
PLN 24 054
8.0%
2
Ecuador
PLN 23 675
9.5%
3
Guatemala
PLN 23 639
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
PLN 23 401
10.5%
5
Panama
PLN 23 270
11.0%
6
Brazil
PLN 23 190
11.3%
7
Mexico
PLN 23 165
11.4%
8
Peru
PLN 22 878
12.5%
9
Chile
PLN 21 544
17.6%
10
Uruguay
PLN 20 891
20.1%
11
Argentina
PLN 16 966
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 24 907
4.7%
1
Morocco
PLN 22 775
12.9%
2
Cameroon
PLN 20 899
20.1%
3
Ivory Coast
PLN 20 860
20.2%
4
Mozambique
PLN 20 772
20.6%
5
Kenya
PLN 20 475
21.7%
6
Angola
PLN 19 632
24.9%
7
Ghana
PLN 19 606
25.0%
8
Nigeria
PLN 18 293
30.0%
9
Uganda
PLN 18 198
30.4%
10
Senegal
PLN 18 177
30.5%
11
Zambia
PLN 18 177
30.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
PLN 24 839
5.0%
1
Qatar
PLN 24 839
5.0%
2
Bahrain
PLN 24 054
8.0%
3
Oman
PLN 24 054
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
PLN 23 531
10.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 23 270
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 22 708
13.2%
7
Egypt
PLN 20 535
21.5%
8
Lebanon
PLN 20 384
22.0%
9
Turkey
PLN 16 003
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.