Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6 831 zł
Pension Insurance
- 667 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 167 zł
Disability Insurance
- 102 zł
Health Insurance
- 531 zł
Total tax
- 1 467 zł
Net pay
* 5 364 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
5 364 zł
Net pay
1 399 zł
Tax the employer pays
1 467 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 866 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 399 zł to pay you 6 831 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 6 831 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 1 467 zł. That means that your net pay will be 5 364 zł per year, or 447 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 6 831
0.0%
1
Germany
PLN 6 831
0.0%
2
Austria
PLN 6 831
0.0%
3
Ireland
PLN 6 831
0.0%
4
Norway
PLN 6 831
0.0%
5
Sweden
PLN 6 793
0.6%
6
Spain
PLN 6 397
6.4%
7
Switzerland
PLN 6 255
8.4%
8
Italy
PLN 6 203
9.2%
9
France
PLN 6 168
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
PLN 6 080
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
PLN 6 076
11.1%
12
Russia
PLN 5 943
13.0%
13
Hungary
PLN 5 567
18.5%
14
Ukraine
PLN 5 499
19.5%
15
Poland
PLN 5 364
21.5%
16
Greece
PLN 5 338
21.9%
17
Portugal
PLN 5 086
25.6%
18
Finland
PLN 4 730
30.8%
19
Belgium
PLN 4 645
32.0%
20
Denmark
PLN 4 348
36.4%
21
Netherlands
PLN 4 299
37.1%
22
Romania
PLN 3 996
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
PLN 6 282
8.0%
1
USA
PLN 6 239
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 6 831
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 6 831
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 6 831
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 6 787
0.7%
4
Thailand
PLN 6 489
5.0%
5
Philippines
PLN 6 389
6.5%
6
Indonesia
PLN 6 265
8.3%
7
Taiwan
PLN 6 226
8.9%
8
South Korea
PLN 6 101
10.7%
9
New Zealand
PLN 6 019
11.9%
10
Malaysia
PLN 6 012
12.0%
11
India
PLN 6 011
12.0%
12
China
PLN 5 930
13.2%
13
Vietnam
PLN 5 808
15.0%
14
Japan
PLN 5 551
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
PLN 5 410
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 6 669
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 6 319
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 6 288
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 6 285
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 6 185
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 6 176
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 6 114
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 6 080
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 5 977
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 5 670
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 5 629
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 5 595
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 6 763
1.0%
1
Zambia
PLN 6 421
6.0%
2
Morocco
PLN 6 371
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
PLN 6 028
11.8%
4
Kenya
PLN 5 965
12.7%
5
Cameroon
PLN 5 763
15.6%
6
Uganda
PLN 5 716
16.3%
7
Mozambique
PLN 5 702
16.5%
8
Senegal
PLN 5 689
16.7%
9
Ghana
PLN 5 588
18.2%
10
Angola
PLN 5 335
21.9%
11
Nigeria
PLN 5 104
25.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 6 831
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 6 489
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 6 489
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 6 285
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 6 284
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 6 080
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 5 933
13.2%
7
Lebanon
PLN 5 759
15.7%
8
Egypt
PLN 5 520
19.2%
9
Turkey
PLN 5 218
23.6%
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.