Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4 863 zł
Pension Insurance
- 475 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 119 zł
Disability Insurance
- 72.95 zł
Health Insurance
- 378 zł
Total tax
- 1 044 zł
Net pay
* 3 819 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
3 819 zł
Net pay
996 zł
Tax the employer pays
1 044 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 040 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 996 zł to pay you 4 863 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 4 863 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 1 044 zł. That means that your net pay will be 3 819 zł per year, or 318 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 4 589
5.6%
1
USA
PLN 4 442
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 4 863
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 4 863
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 4 863
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 4 819
0.9%
4
Thailand
PLN 4 620
5.0%
5
Philippines
PLN 4 495
7.6%
6
Indonesia
PLN 4 452
8.5%
7
Taiwan
PLN 4 433
8.9%
8
South Korea
PLN 4 343
10.7%
9
New Zealand
PLN 4 285
11.9%
10
India
PLN 4 279
12.0%
11
Malaysia
PLN 4 269
12.2%
12
China
PLN 4 222
13.2%
13
Vietnam
PLN 4 135
15.0%
14
Japan
PLN 3 952
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
PLN 3 851
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 4 748
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 4 498
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 4 476
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 4 474
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 4 403
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 4 397
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 4 352
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 4 328
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 4 255
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 4 036
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 4 007
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 3 983
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 4 814
1.0%
1
Zambia
PLN 4 571
6.0%
2
Morocco
PLN 4 535
6.7%
3
Uganda
PLN 4 386
9.8%
4
Ivory Coast
PLN 4 370
10.1%
5
Kenya
PLN 4 248
12.7%
6
Senegal
PLN 4 215
13.3%
7
Cameroon
PLN 4 103
15.6%
8
Mozambique
PLN 4 088
15.9%
9
Ghana
PLN 4 054
16.6%
10
Angola
PLN 3 827
21.3%
11
Nigeria
PLN 3 712
23.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 4 863
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 4 620
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 4 620
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 4 474
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 4 474
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 4 328
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 4 224
13.2%
7
Lebanon
PLN 4 204
13.6%
8
Egypt
PLN 4 084
16.0%
9
Turkey
PLN 4 044
16.8%
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.