Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7 250 zł
Income Tax
- 1 042 zł
Pension Insurance
- 699 zł
Sickness Insurance
- 178 zł
Disability Insurance
- 107 zł
Health Insurance
- 564 zł
Total tax
- 2 591 zł
Net pay
* 4 659 zł
Marginal tax rate
47.2%
Average tax rate
35.7%
64.3%
Net pay
35.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4 659 zł
Net pay
1 471 zł
Tax the employer pays
2 591 zł
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
4 062 zł
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 471 zł to pay you 7 250 zł. In other words, every time you spend 10 zł of your hard-earned money, 5.60 zł goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.7% tax rate now rises to 46.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 174 000 zł a year living in Poland, you will be taxed 62 180 zł. That means that your net pay will be 111 820 zł per year, or 9 318 zł per month. Your average tax rate is 35.7% and your marginal tax rate is 47.2%. 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 47.16 zł, hence, your net pay will only increase by 52.84 zł.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 zł bonus will generate an extra 528 zł of net incomes. A 5 000 zł bonus will generate an extra 2 642 zł of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
PLN 138 478
20.4%
1
Canada
PLN 125 232
28.0%
2
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.