The take-home salary calculator for Poland. It takes your gross income and calculates all your take-home (netto) earnings month by month. It also displays all parts of salary: polish national insurance (ZUS), income taxes and other costs of working as an employee in Poland.

Earnings within the selected year#

Year and agreement type
Year of work
Employment contract type
Settings related to employee tax situation
Joint declaration for married couple
Extended tax deductible costs (working far from place of living)
Deductible Cost
How insurance (ZUS) is being paid
optional sickness insurance (ZUS based)
Include tax-relief for people before 26 y.o.
Participation to Employee Capital Plans (polish: PPK)
Employee capital plans: Worker contribution	%
Settings related to employer (no influence on employee's salary)
Accident insurance (ZUS)	%
working at employer's site
Employee capital plans: Employer contribution	%
Gross earnings (brutto)
Gross monthly earnings (same for all months)	zł
January	zł
February	zł
March	zł
April	zł
May	zł
June	zł
July	zł
August	zł
September	zł
October	zł
November	zł
December	zł

Common sense tells#

Your annual revenue is 36000.00 zł.
During the year, you spent 4935.60 zł on social security (polish: ZUS) and 2795.76 zł on health insurance (polish: NFZ), thanks to which you could use public medical services during this period.
After taking into account the deductible costs, you earned a total of 28064.00 zł. This amount is the tax base for the Tax Office.
Your income has been taxed at 17%. After taking into account your allowances, the amount of income tax (PIT) is 1815.00 zł.

What's going on with my money#

month	brutto (gross)	employee (worker) costs							net salary	employer (company) costs								total cost
		ZUS (insurance)				health (NFZ)	PPK	income tax		ZUS (insurance)				labour fund (FP)	fund of guaranteed employee benefits (FGŚP)	PPK	all
		pension	disability	sickness	all	health (NFZ)	PPK	income tax		pension	disability	accident	all	labour fund (FP)	fund of guaranteed employee benefits (FGŚP)	PPK	all
1 January	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
2 February	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
3 March	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
4 April	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
5 May	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
6 June	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
7 July	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
8 August	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
9 September	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
10 October	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
11 November	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
12 December	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
Annual sum	36000.00	3513.60	540.00	882.00	4935.60	2795.76	0.00	1836.00	26432.64	3513.60	2340.00	601.20	6454.80	882.00	36.00	0.00	7372.80	43372.80
Monthly average	3000.00	292.80	45.00	73.50	411.30	232.98	0.00	153.00	2202.72	292.80	195.00	50.10	537.90	73.50	3.00	0.00	614.40	3614.40
Percent	100.00	9.76	1.50	2.45	13.71	7.77	0.00	5.10	73.42	9.76	6.50	1.67	17.93	2.45	0.10	0.00	20.48	120.48

Annual summary#

Incomes, expenses and costs of getting incomes
Gross income	36000.00
Payed social insurance contribution (polish: ZUS)	4935.60
Payed health contributions (polish: NFZ)	2795.76
Cost of getting income	3000.00
Tax
Tax base	28064.00
Applied tax rate (level)	17%
Tax reduction amount	548.30
Part of health contributions (polish: NFZ), which we may deduct from the tax (no more than 7.75%)	2407.49
Tax after taking into account the tax-free amount	1815.00
Additional payment or tax return
Annual tax	1815.00
Payed tax advances	1836.00
Tax difference to return	21.00
Tax difference to pay

Some facts#

Currently (as of 2020), taxpayers who settle on general rules are subject to the so-called tax thresholds. This means that the tax rate (percentage) depends on achieved incomes. Until September 2019, income below 85 528 PLN was taxed with 18% rate. Starting from October 2019 the rate for the first threshold was reduced to 17%. Income above this amount is taxed with 32% rate.
⚠ WARNING! Because the tax rates changed during the tax year, the annual settlement for income earned during 2019 should use effective 17.75% tax rate:
$\frac{9}{12} \times 18\% + \frac{3}{12} \times 17\% = 17.75\%$
The tax base (ie the amount from which the tax is calculated) is the sum of revenues obtained in a given year decreased by social insurance contributions (polish: ZUS) and costs of getting incomes.
tax base = gross earnings - social insurance - cost of getting income
There is a tax-free amount in the Poland, from which we will not pay any tax. In this case, the final tax would be slightly lower than it would appear from the tax thresholds alone.
Before 2017 year the tax-free amount was fixed (in 2009-2016 it amounted to 3091.00 PLN) and was entitled to all taxpayers using general rules.
Starting from 2017, the tax-free amount depends on income, in such a way that the taxpayers with very small income are fully covered, then the tax-free amount is gradually reduced as revenue increases.
In practice, the so-called tax reduction amount is more common, when calculating income tax (PIT). This is the effective amount that should be deducted from the tax already calculated, to apply the allowance associated with the tax-free amount.
To calculate the tax for 2019 year, use the below formula:
- in the case of income below 85 528 PLN:
  tax = 17.75% × tax base - tax reduction amount
- in the case of an income of 85 528 PLN or more :
  tax = 15181.22 PLN + 32% × (tax base - 85528 zł) - tax reduction amount
To calculate the tax for 2020 year, use the below formula:
- in the case of income below 85 528 PLN:
  tax = 17% × tax base - tax reduction amount
- in the case of an income of 85 528 PLN or more :
  tax = 14539.76 PLN + 32% × (tax base - 85528 zł) - tax reduction amount
To calculate the tax reduction amount for income earned in 2019 or 2020 year, use the following formula:
- in case of income in the amount of 8000 PLN or less:
  tax reduction amount = 1420 PLN,
- in case of income from 8001 PLN to 13000 PLN:
  tax reduction amount = 1420 PLN - 871.70 PLN × (tax base - 8000 zł) / 5000 zł,
- in case of income from 13001 PLN to 85528 PLN:
  tax reduction amount = 548.30 PLN,
- in case of income from 85529 PLN to 127000 PLN:
  tax reduction amount = 548.30 PLN - 548.30 PLN × (tax base - 85528 zł) / 41472 zł,
- in case of income above 127000 PLN there is no tax-free amount, so tax reduction amount is 0.

In addition, tax should be decreased by health insurance (polish: NFZ), but not more than 7,75% of the basis.

⚠ WARNING! Health insurance contributions (polish: NFZ) are deducted from already calculated tax, instead of tax base like in case of other expenses.

Starting from August 2019, people under 26 y.o. in Poland do not need to pay income tax (PIT).
In 2019, the tax-relief covers annual revenues up to 35636.67 PLN, and from 2020, this limit will be increased to 85528 PLN. Revenues exceeding the annual limit remain taxed using tax-scale.

How to use this tool#

To calculate net earnings (take-home earnings), taxes and other salary components, you have to include huge number of factors (type of work agreement, costs of generating income, the insurance participation and a lot more). This calculator takes major factors for consideration, but it ignores a lot of minor things specified by employment and taxes law.
In most cases the numbers computed by this calculator will be perfectly accurate. But you should understand that in more advanced cases (for example having additional tax reliefs or specific family situation) the results may be only estimation and details may change your take-home earnings slightly.
For detailed estimation of your earnings - ask your accountant or employer (or contact us directly).

What is the meaning of each calculator field ?#

Quick take-home estimation
If you want just quickly estimate your net salary, skip all the detailed settings and just type your gross salary into Gross Salary input window.

Detailed estimation
If you have more time and want to give more details, try to fill all the input fields:

Year of work - select the year of the employment.
Every year is slightly different. The employment taxation rules and rates in Poland are little bit changing from time to time. Most of the time the changes are just minor adjustments to rates (numbers, factors, percentages). When you select the year of the employment here, the calculator will use the rules and rates for particular year.
This calculator supports all years from 2007 to 2020 including changes introduced in-the-middle of 2019 tax year and we will update it every year to follow changes of the labour law and tax rates in Poland.
Employment contract type - depending on needs, there is one of the following types of contract signed:
- employment contract (PL: umowa o pracę),
- contract to perform a specific task (PL: umowa o dzieło),
- job order contract (PL: umowa zlecenie).
Joint declaration for married couple - check it when you've decided to have a joint declaration (it's not mandatory).
Important: if only one of partners works (the other one has no income), then the results displayed here will be perfectly correct. But if both partners work, then the net salary displayed by this calculator will be not fully accurate (the real net salary will be slightly lower than displayed here). This calculator is not able to correctly compute net salary for two working partners.
Extended tax deductible costs (employment contract only) - check, if you travel to work from another town (ask you accountant for details).
Deductible cost (non-employment contract only) - in most cases select 20%. For some selling of copyrights, selling the right to patents/innovations etc. check 50%. Consult some polish accountant before going for 50% here.
How insurance (ZUS) is being paid (job order contract only) - in some cases of job order contract, you don't have to pay ZUS and health contributions. For example, if this is your 2nd work and you work for another employer and he's paying you at least full minimum wage, you don't have to pay contributions for this job order contract.
This calculator understands 3 specific cases:
- this job is the primary way of paying ZUS - check, if you think you are not exempt from paying ZUS/health contributions. If you're not a student and you have no other employer paying your ZUS contributions, you probably have to check this one.
- some other employer is paying the ZUS insurance - check, if you work in another job and you have your ZUS/health contributions paid there in the ammount as for at least minimal polish salary.
  You can definitely check that, if you work somewhere else with full-time employment.
  If this is checked, you pay only health part of insurance (called NFZ) and you are exempt from other ZUS contributions.
- student at age below or equal to 26 - if you are student below or at age 26, then you don't have to pay ZUS contributions and no health contributions.
Optional sickness insurance (ZUS based) - check it, if you WANT to pay sickness insurance (it's not mandatory).
Accident insurance (ZUS) - this is paid by your employer (so it doesn't influence your gross-net salary), if:
- you work on employment contract,
- or you work on any other type of contract, but when working you physically do it on site of the company you're working for.
This contribution is calculated as percent of gross salary. The percentage rate depends on following rules:
- for small company, employing no more than 9 workers (<=9) - the rate is flat for all workers. It equals to 50% of max rate for this particular year. Max rate is taken from table specifing rates for each industry type published by government agencies.
  This rate is/was:
  - from 01.01.2003 to 31.03.2006 - 1,93%,
  - 01.04.2006 - 31.03.2009 - 1,80%,
  - 01.04.2009 - 31.03.2012 - 1,67%,
  - 01.04.2012 - 31.03.2015 - 1,93%,
  - 01.04.2015 - 31.03.2018 - 1,80%,
  - od 01.04.2018 - 1,63% (rate currently in use).
- for company larger than 9 workers (>=10) - the rate is specified separately for each employee - depending on type of work he is doing. The rate may be in range of 0.67% to almost 4% and it is changing over time (usually each few months).
- If you want to learn more about accident insurance and related rates in Poland check out our other calculator: Polish accident insurance.
Gross earnings (brutto) - the most important number for your salary ! You can type your gross earning for each month separately - if this differs over a year for any reason (for example if you got a raise in June). If you have same salary through whole year, simply type it in a input window called "Gross monthly earnings (same for all months)".
PPK contributions - voluntary contributions related to employee capital plans (polish: PPK). Contributions are paid both by the employee (worker part) and the employer (employer part). However, employer contribution is treated as worker income and is taxed by personal income tax. To learn more about employee capital plans, checkout our other calculator: Polish Employee Capital Plans (PPK).

Annual tax vs monthly tax advances#

To calculate the exact tax amount for a given tax year, you need to know your total income earned during all 12 months.
Because we have only partial information in the middle of the tax yearr, monthly tax advances are approximations of the final amount due.
If total sum of advances paid during the year is higher than the final annual tax, then the the tax office pays back difference to the taxpayer. Similarly, if the amount of advances is lower, then there is a need to pay the missing tax to the Tax Office.

Calculating the take-home earnings in Poland#

The rules of calculating net earnings, taxes, insurance etc. in Poland are quite complex. There is a huge number of documents you should read to really understand the law base for whole process. The document for good start is "The personal income taxation act" (polish: "ustawa o podatku dochodowym od osób fizycznych").

General rules are:

Zloty or PLN
This calculator uses polish national currency for all computations - Zloty.
Gross Salary (brutto)
You make an agreement between you and your employer. In this agreement the employer declares to pay the employee a gross salary (in Poland called "brutto"). Typically in Poland the gross salary is specified in monthly basis.
The gross salary is a base number for all calculations. For example if your bank is asking you "how much you earn" to assess your mortgage/loan max amount, then the bank asks for your "gross earnings".
Net Salary (netto)
The taxes and insurance-system contributions are taken from your gross salary automatically by your employer. Then the employer will pay you remaining cash: it's your net salary (in Poland called "netto") - and it simply means "cash on hand" or "cash you take home".
Employer contributions
The insurance-system contributions taken from employee's gross salary is not all. There is also some amount of insurance the employer pays on top of gross salary.
If you're employee (worker) - you don't have to worry about it, because you don't even see it.
If you're the employer (bussiness) - your overal cost of employment is the Gross Salary plus employer's insurance contributions (so, a lot more than the gross salary itself).

This calculator displays all parts of the salary (brutto, netto and employer's contributions).

Legal base#

The legal basis determining how to calculate personal income tax (both for annual settlement and tax advances payed during tax year) and so-called tax-decreasing amount in Poland is Act of 26 July 1991. on personal income tax with later changes.
Amending acts:
- 2019-07-04: Exemption of persons under 26 y.o. from personal income tax - Act of 4 July 2019 amending the Act on personal income tax, the Act on family benefits and the Act on health care benefits financed from public funds,
- 2019-08-30: Reduced personal income tax rate to 17%, increased tax deductible costs and changes in the method of calculating the tax advance for month, in which the first tax threshold is exceeded - Act on on August 30, 2019, on the amendment to the Personal Income Tax Act and the act on amending the Personal Income Tax Act and some other acts.
Consolidation acts:
- 2018-08-08: D20181509Lj.pdf,
- 2019-07-25: D20191387Lj.pdf

Income tax (PIT) in Poland in 2018 year (archive)#

Currently (as of 2018) taxpayers who settle on general rules are subject to the so-called tax thresholds. This means that the tax rate (percent) depends on achieved incomes. The current thresholds are: 18% for income below PLN 85 528 and 32% for income above this amount.
The tax base (ie the amount from which the tax is calculated) is the sum of revenues obtained in a given year decreased by social insurance contributions (polish: ZUS) and costs of getting incomes.
tax base = gross earnings - social insurance - cost of getting income
There is a tax-free amount in the Poland, from which we will not pay any tax. In this case, the final tax would be slightly lower than it would appear from the tax thresholds alone.
Before 2017 year the tax-free amount was fixed (in 2009-2016 it amounted to 3091.00 PLN) and was entitled to all taxpayers using general rules.
Starting from 2017, the tax-free amount depends on income, in such a way that the taxpayers with very small income are fully covered, then the tax-free amount is gradually reduced as revenue increases.
In practice, the so-called tax reduction amount is more common, when calculating income tax (PIT). This is the effective amount that should be deducted from the tax already calculated, to apply the allowance associated with the tax-free amount.
To calculate the tax for 2018 year (and also 2017), use the below formula:
- in the case of income below 85 528 PLN:
  tax = 18% × tax base - tax reduction amount
- in the case of an income of 85 528 PLN or more :
  tax = 15395.04 PLN + 32% × (tax base - 85528 zł) - tax reduction amount
To calculate the tax reduction amount for income earned in 2018 year, use the following formula:
- in case of income in the amount of 6600 PLN or less:
  tax reduction amount = 1188 PLN,
- in case of income from 6601 PLN to 11000 PLN:
  tax reduction amount = 1188 PLN - 631.98 PLN × (tax base - 6600 zł) / 4400 zł,
- in case of income from 11101 PLN to 85528 PLN:
  tax reduction amount = 556.02 PLN,
- in case of income from 85529 PLN to 127000 PLN:
  tax reduction amount = 556.02 PLN - 556.02 PLN × (tax base - 85528 zł) / 41472 zł,
- in case of income above 127000 PLN there is no tax-free amount, so tax reduction amount is 0.

The legal basis defining how to calculate the amount that reduces tax for the purposes of annual settlement is Art. 27 sec. 1a of the Act of July 26, 1991 on personal income tax (Journal of Laws 1991 No. 80, item 350, consolidated text).

In addition, tax should be decreased by health insurance (polish: NFZ), but not more than 7,75% of the basis.

⚠ WARNING! Health insurance contributions (polish: NFZ) are deducted from already calculated tax, instead of tax base like in case of other expenses.

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