Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
55 731 zł
Income Tax
- 3 075 zł
Pension Insurance
- 5 439 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 1 365 zł
Disability Insurance
- 836 zł
Health Insurance
- 4 328 zł
Total tax
- 15 044 zł
Net pay
* 40 687 zł
Marginal tax rate
36.1%
Average tax rate
27.0%
73.0%
Net pay
27.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
40 687 zł
Net pay
11 411 zł
Tax the employer pays
15 044 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26 455 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 11 411 zł to pay you 55 731 zł. In other words, every time you spend 10 zł of your hard-earned money, 4.75 zł goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27% tax rate now rises to 39.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 55 731 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 15 044 zł. That means that your net pay will be 40 687 zł per year, or 3 391 zł per month. Your average tax rate is 27.0% and your marginal tax rate is 36.2%. 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 36.15 zł, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.85 zł.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 zł bonus will generate an extra 639 zł of net incomes. A 5 000 zł bonus will generate an extra 3 193 zł of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PLN 49 777
10.7%
1
Canada
PLN 42 349
24.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 54 348
2.5%
1
Hong Kong
PLN 52 944
5.0%
2
Thailand
PLN 51 833
7.0%
3
Taiwan
PLN 50 798
8.9%
4
Pakistan
PLN 49 050
12.0%
5
South Korea
PLN 48 754
12.5%
6
Malaysia
PLN 47 824
14.2%
7
New Zealand
PLN 47 593
14.6%
8
Indonesia
PLN 47 481
14.8%
9
Philippines
PLN 45 800
17.8%
10
Japan
PLN 45 269
18.8%
11
Singapore
PLN 44 589
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
PLN 44 157
20.8%
13
Vietnam
PLN 43 107
22.7%
14
India
PLN 41 132
26.2%
15
China
PLN 39 485
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
PLN 51 044
8.4%
1
Guatemala
PLN 50 387
9.6%
2
Ecuador
PLN 50 260
9.8%
3
Colombia
PLN 50 233
9.9%
4
Costa Rica
PLN 49 879
10.5%
5
Panama
PLN 48 918
12.2%
6
Mexico
PLN 45 832
17.8%
7
Chile
PLN 45 680
18.0%
8
Uruguay
PLN 44 332
20.5%
9
Peru
PLN 43 439
22.1%
10
Brazil
PLN 43 198
22.5%
11
Argentina
PLN 36 197
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 48 592
12.8%
1
Mozambique
PLN 42 383
24.0%
2
Morocco
PLN 42 172
24.3%
3
Angola
PLN 41 253
26.0%
4
Ivory Coast
PLN 41 113
26.2%
5
Kenya
PLN 41 085
26.3%
6
Ghana
PLN 40 575
27.2%
7
Cameroon
PLN 39 083
29.9%
8
Nigeria
PLN 38 417
31.1%
9
Uganda
PLN 37 428
32.8%
10
Senegal
PLN 37 215
33.2%
11
Zambia
PLN 35 469
36.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
PLN 52 944
5.0%
1
Qatar
PLN 52 944
5.0%
2
Bahrain
PLN 51 273
8.0%
3
Oman
PLN 51 272
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
PLN 50 158
10.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 49 601
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 48 402
13.2%
7
Egypt
PLN 42 929
23.0%
8
Lebanon
PLN 42 573
23.6%
9
Turkey
PLN 30 781
44.8%
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.