Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4 250 zł
Pension Insurance
- 415 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 104 zł
Disability Insurance
- 63.75 zł
Health Insurance
- 330 zł
Total tax
- 913 zł
Net pay
* 3 337 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
3 337 zł
Net pay
870 zł
Tax the employer pays
913 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 783 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 870 zł to pay you 4 250 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 4 250 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 913 zł. That means that your net pay will be 3 337 zł per year, or 278 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PLN 4 049
4.7%
1
USA
PLN 3 882
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 4 149
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 3 931
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 3 912
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 3 910
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 3 848
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 3 842
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 3 804
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 3 782
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 3 719
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 3 527
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 3 502
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 3 481
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 4 208
1.0%
1
Zambia
PLN 3 995
6.0%
2
Morocco
PLN 3 964
6.7%
3
Uganda
PLN 3 908
8.1%
4
Ivory Coast
PLN 3 845
9.5%
5
Senegal
PLN 3 722
12.4%
6
Kenya
PLN 3 711
12.7%
7
Cameroon
PLN 3 586
15.6%
8
Mozambique
PLN 3 585
15.6%
9
Ghana
PLN 3 576
15.9%
10
Angola
PLN 3 355
21.1%
11
Nigeria
PLN 3 275
23.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 4 250
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 4 037
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 4 038
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 3 910
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 3 910
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 3 783
11.0%
6
Lebanon
PLN 3 695
13.1%
7
Israel
PLN 3 691
13.2%
8
Egypt
PLN 3 615
15.0%
9
Turkey
PLN 3 557
16.3%
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.