Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6 229 zł
Pension Insurance
- 608 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 153 zł
Disability Insurance
- 93.44 zł
Health Insurance
- 484 zł
Total tax
- 1 338 zł
Net pay
* 4 891 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
4 891 zł
Net pay
1 275 zł
Tax the employer pays
1 338 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 613 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 275 zł to pay you 6 229 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 6 229 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 1 338 zł. That means that your net pay will be 4 891 zł per year, or 408 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 21.47 zł, hence, your net pay will only increase by 78.53 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 3 927 zł of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PLN 5 778
7.2%
1
USA
PLN 5 690
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 6 081
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 5 762
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 5 734
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 5 731
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 5 640
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 5 632
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 5 575
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 5 544
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 5 450
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 5 170
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 5 133
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 5 102
18.1%
12
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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.