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Salary after tax calculator for Poland

Enter a gross salary to see the income tax, social contributions and take-home pay a month. An estimate for a single person without children, not tax advice.

On a B2B contract, enter what you invoice (net of VAT).

Take-home pay on 253,000 zł a year in Poland

Take-home pay a month
13,114 zł
After income tax and social contributions
Take-home pay a year
157,366 zł
After income tax and social contributions
Total deductions
37.8%
of your gross pay goes to tax and contributions
If you earn 100 zł more
52 zł
more take-home pay

Your deductions

ItemPer yearPer month
Gross pay253,000 zł21,083 zł
Income tax (PIT)podatek dochodowy (PIT)−41,300 zł−3,442 zł
Pension insuranceskładka emerytalna−24,693 zł−2,058 zł
Disability insuranceskładka rentowa−3,795 zł−316 zł
Sickness insuranceskładka chorobowa−6,198 zł−517 zł
Health insuranceskładka zdrowotna−19,648 zł−1,637 zł
Total deductions−95,634 zł−7,970 zł
Take-home pay157,366 zł13,114 zł

What your employer pays

ContributionPer yearPer month
Pension insuranceskładka emerytalna24,693 zł2,058 zł
Disability insuranceskładka rentowa16,445 zł1,370 zł
Accident insuranceskładka wypadkowa4,225 zł352 zł
Labour Fund and Solidarity FundFundusz Pracy i Fundusz Solidarnościowy6,198 zł517 zł
Guaranteed Employee Benefits FundFundusz Gwarantowanych Świadczeń Pracowniczych (FGŚP)253 zł21 zł
Total cost to the employer304,814 zł25,401 zł

About this estimate (2026 rules, checked 15 October 2026)

Assumptions

  • Employment contract (umowa o pracę) for the whole of 2026, paid in 12 equal monthly salaries
  • Single, aged 26 or over (no youth relief), tax return filed alone
  • Lives in the town where they work: standard employee costs of 250 zł a month (3,000 zł a year)
  • Opted out of the PPK workplace pension plan
  • No 50% author's-rights costs (autorskie koszty uzyskania przychodów)
  • Income tax is the yearly tax settled in the PIT-37 return; the monthly advances withheld by the employer can differ by a few złoty
  • The health contribution (9%) is not deductible from the tax
  • Employer accident insurance at 1.67%, the rate for employers insuring up to 9 people; larger employers have their own rate

Sources

This is an estimate under the 2026 rules, not tax advice. Your actual pay depends on your personal situation (family, other income, deductions you claim); check the official sources listed here or ask a tax adviser.

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