Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8 417 zł
Pension Insurance
- 822 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 206 zł
Disability Insurance
- 126 zł
Health Insurance
- 654 zł
Total tax
- 1 808 zł
Net pay
* 6 609 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
6 609 zł
Net pay
1 723 zł
Tax the employer pays
1 808 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3 531 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 723 zł to pay you 8 417 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 8 417 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 1 808 zł. That means that your net pay will be 6 609 zł per year, or 551 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PLN 7 688
8.7%
1
Canada
PLN 7 609
9.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
PLN 8 417
0.0%
1
Singapore
PLN 8 417
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
PLN 8 417
0.0%
3
Pakistan
PLN 8 367
0.6%
4
Thailand
PLN 7 996
5.0%
5
Philippines
PLN 7 908
6.1%
6
Indonesia
PLN 7 727
8.2%
7
Taiwan
PLN 7 672
8.9%
8
South Korea
PLN 7 517
10.7%
9
Malaysia
PLN 7 423
11.8%
10
New Zealand
PLN 7 416
11.9%
11
India
PLN 7 407
12.0%
12
China
PLN 7 307
13.2%
13
Vietnam
PLN 7 157
15.0%
14
Japan
PLN 6 840
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
PLN 6 666
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
PLN 8 217
2.4%
1
Brazil
PLN 7 786
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
PLN 7 748
8.0%
3
Colombia
PLN 7 744
8.0%
4
Ecuador
PLN 7 622
9.5%
5
Guatemala
PLN 7 610
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
PLN 7 533
10.5%
7
Panama
PLN 7 491
11.0%
8
Peru
PLN 7 365
12.5%
9
Argentina
PLN 6 986
17.0%
10
Chile
PLN 6 936
17.6%
11
Uruguay
PLN 6 894
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
PLN 8 333
1.0%
1
Morocco
PLN 7 850
6.7%
2
Zambia
PLN 7 761
7.8%
3
Kenya
PLN 7 346
12.7%
4
Ivory Coast
PLN 7 339
12.8%
5
Cameroon
PLN 7 102
15.6%
6
Mozambique
PLN 6 997
16.9%
7
Ghana
PLN 6 825
18.9%
8
Senegal
PLN 6 817
19.0%
9
Uganda
PLN 6 724
20.1%
10
Angola
PLN 6 537
22.3%
11
Nigeria
PLN 6 225
26.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
PLN 8 417
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
PLN 7 996
5.0%
2
Qatar
PLN 7 996
5.0%
3
Bahrain
PLN 7 744
8.0%
4
Oman
PLN 7 744
8.0%
5
Kuwait
PLN 7 491
11.0%
6
Israel
PLN 7 310
13.2%
7
Lebanon
PLN 7 012
16.7%
8
Egypt
PLN 6 649
21.0%
9
Turkey
PLN 5 667
32.7%
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.