Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4 981 zł
Pension Insurance
- 486 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 122 zł
Disability Insurance
- 74.72 zł
Health Insurance
- 387 zł
Total tax
- 1 070 zł
Net pay
* 3 911 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
3 911 zł
Net pay
1 020 zł
Tax the employer pays
1 070 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 090 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 020 zł to pay you 4 981 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 4 981 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 1 070 zł. That means that your net pay will be 3 911 zł per year, or 326 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
Canada
PLN 4 693
5.8%
1
USA
PLN 4 550
8.7%
2
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.