Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7 851 zł
Pension Insurance
- 766 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 192 zł
Disability Insurance
- 118 zł
Health Insurance
- 610 zł
Total tax
- 1 686 zł
Net pay
* 6 165 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
6 165 zł
Net pay
1 607 zł
Tax the employer pays
1 686 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3 294 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 607 zł to pay you 7 851 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 7 851 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 1 686 zł. That means that your net pay will be 6 165 zł per year, or 514 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
PLN 7 851
0.0%
1
Germany
PLN 7 851
0.0%
2
Austria
PLN 7 851
0.0%
3
Ireland
PLN 7 851
0.0%
4
Norway
PLN 7 851
0.0%
5
Sweden
PLN 7 765
1.1%
6
Spain
PLN 7 352
6.4%
7
Switzerland
PLN 7 206
8.2%
8
Italy
PLN 7 129
9.2%
9
France
PLN 7 089
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
PLN 6 987
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
PLN 6 983
11.1%
12
Russia
PLN 6 830
13.0%
13
Hungary
PLN 6 399
18.5%
14
Ukraine
PLN 6 320
19.5%
15
Poland
PLN 6 165
21.5%
16
Greece
PLN 6 136
21.9%
17
Portugal
PLN 5 845
25.6%
18
Finland
PLN 5 437
30.8%
19
Belgium
PLN 5 339
32.0%
20
Denmark
PLN 5 034
35.9%
21
Netherlands
PLN 4 942
37.1%
22
Romania
PLN 4 593
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PLN 7 171
8.7%
1
Canada
PLN 7 135
9.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 7 851
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 7 851
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 7 851
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 7 804
0.6%
4
Thailand
PLN 7 458
5.0%
5
Philippines
PLN 7 371
6.1%
6
Indonesia
PLN 7 205
8.2%
7
Taiwan
PLN 7 156
8.9%
8
South Korea
PLN 7 012
10.7%
9
Malaysia
PLN 6 919
11.9%
10
New Zealand
PLN 6 918
11.9%
11
India
PLN 6 909
12.0%
12
China
PLN 6 816
13.2%
13
Vietnam
PLN 6 675
15.0%
14
Japan
PLN 6 380
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
PLN 6 218
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 7 665
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 7 262
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 7 227
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 7 223
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 7 109
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 7 098
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 7 027
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 6 987
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 6 870
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 6 516
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 6 469
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 6 430
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 7 772
1.0%
1
Zambia
PLN 7 373
6.1%
2
Morocco
PLN 7 322
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
PLN 6 871
12.5%
4
Kenya
PLN 6 853
12.7%
5
Cameroon
PLN 6 624
15.6%
6
Mozambique
PLN 6 536
16.8%
7
Senegal
PLN 6 414
18.3%
8
Ghana
PLN 6 383
18.7%
9
Uganda
PLN 6 364
18.9%
10
Angola
PLN 6 108
22.2%
11
Nigeria
PLN 5 825
25.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 7 851
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 7 458
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 7 458
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 7 223
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 7 223
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 6 987
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 6 819
13.2%
7
Lebanon
PLN 6 565
16.4%
8
Egypt
PLN 6 246
20.4%
9
Turkey
PLN 5 313
32.3%
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.