Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4 962 zł
Pension Insurance
- 484 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 122 zł
Disability Insurance
- 74.43 zł
Health Insurance
- 385 zł
Total tax
- 1 066 zł
Net pay
* 3 896 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
3 896 zł
Net pay
1 016 zł
Tax the employer pays
1 066 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 082 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 016 zł to pay you 4 962 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 4 962 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 1 066 zł. That means that your net pay will be 3 896 zł per year, or 325 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
PLN 4 962
0.0%
1
Germany
PLN 4 962
0.0%
2
Austria
PLN 4 962
0.0%
3
Ireland
PLN 4 962
0.0%
4
Sweden
PLN 4 962
0.0%
5
Norway
PLN 4 962
0.0%
6
Spain
PLN 4 647
6.4%
7
Switzerland
PLN 4 513
9.1%
8
Italy
PLN 4 506
9.2%
9
France
PLN 4 481
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
PLN 4 416
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
PLN 4 414
11.1%
12
Russia
PLN 4 317
13.0%
13
Hungary
PLN 4 044
18.5%
14
Ukraine
PLN 3 994
19.5%
15
Poland
PLN 3 896
21.5%
16
Greece
PLN 3 878
21.9%
17
Portugal
PLN 3 694
25.6%
18
Finland
PLN 3 436
30.8%
19
Belgium
PLN 3 374
32.0%
20
Netherlands
PLN 3 122
37.1%
21
Denmark
PLN 3 090
37.7%
22
Romania
PLN 2 903
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PLN 4 677
5.8%
1
USA
PLN 4 532
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 4 962
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 4 962
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 4 962
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 4 918
0.9%
4
Thailand
PLN 4 714
5.0%
5
Philippines
PLN 4 589
7.5%
6
Indonesia
PLN 4 543
8.4%
7
Taiwan
PLN 4 523
8.9%
8
South Korea
PLN 4 432
10.7%
9
New Zealand
PLN 4 372
11.9%
10
India
PLN 4 367
12.0%
11
Malaysia
PLN 4 356
12.2%
12
China
PLN 4 308
13.2%
13
Vietnam
PLN 4 219
15.0%
14
Japan
PLN 4 032
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
PLN 3 930
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 4 844
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 4 590
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 4 568
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 4 565
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 4 493
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 4 486
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 4 441
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 4 416
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 4 342
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 4 118
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 4 089
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 4 064
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 4 912
1.0%
1
Zambia
PLN 4 664
6.0%
2
Morocco
PLN 4 628
6.7%
3
Uganda
PLN 4 459
10.1%
4
Ivory Coast
PLN 4 455
10.2%
5
Kenya
PLN 4 335
12.7%
6
Senegal
PLN 4 294
13.5%
7
Cameroon
PLN 4 187
15.6%
8
Mozambique
PLN 4 169
16.0%
9
Ghana
PLN 4 131
16.7%
10
Angola
PLN 3 903
21.4%
11
Nigeria
PLN 3 782
23.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 4 962
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 4 714
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 4 714
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 4 565
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 4 565
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 4 416
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 4 309
13.2%
7
Lebanon
PLN 4 283
13.7%
8
Egypt
PLN 4 159
16.2%
9
Turkey
PLN 4 123
16.9%
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.