Hire and pay employees in Poland, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Poland. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries. The average onboarding time frame in the Poland is 5 days with Deel.
Onboard, pay and manage employees in Poland with Deel
Usually, to hire in Poland, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.
Now you can hire employees in Poland quickly, easily, and compliantly. Automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.
Currency Polish Złoty (PLN)
Capital Warsaw
Official language Polish
Payroll cycle Monthly
All the necessary benefits for Poland built right in
Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Poland within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard in a single HR platform.
- Guaranteed Employee Benefits Fund
- Social Security
- Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
- Private Health Insurance - LuxMed (optional)
- Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)
- Global Life Insurance - Allianz
Our quickstart guide to hiring in Poland
Navigate the tabs below to learn everything you need to know about hiring an employee in Poland
Minimum Wage Requirements
The minimum wage from January 1, 2025 is PLN 4,666 per month and PLN 30.50 per hour.
Individual Income Tax
Tax rates are calculated on income according to rates set by the Polish Government.
There are two tax rates: a basic rate of 12% up to 120,000 PLN and an excess rate of 32% for all income above 120,000 PLN.
A tax-free amount of 30,000 PLN is available to all Polish Taxpayers. This amount takes the form of a tax reduction of 3,600 PLN (300 PLN per month).
A high-income Solidarity Tax of 4% applies to income in excess of 1 million PLN.
Payroll Cost
The employer cost is generally estimated at 19.48% of the employee salary.
- Pre-employment medical fee - PLN 200
- Pension - 9.76%*
- Disability - 6.50%*
- Accident - 0.67%
- Labor Fund - 2.45%
- Guaranteed Employee Benefits Fund - 0.10%
- PPK - 1.50% (mandatory if the employee opts in)
- Telework Allowance - PLN 100
- PFRON - The amount varies from month to month
*Up to a maximum yearly salary of PLN 260,190
These costs are provided as estimates and are intended solely for general informational purposes. To fully comprehend all associated costs and fees related to the terms of any employment agreement for this country, please contact our Sales team for a quote.
Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours
Overtime payment is mandatory. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 5 hours of overtime daily. Employees can work a maximum of 48 hours of overtime per week and 150 hours per year.
For additional hours, employees are paid in addition to normal wage:
- 100% of hourly wage for overtime at night time, on Sunday and public holidays being non-working days for an employee, on a non-working day being time off in lieu for working on a Sunday or public holiday and for each hour of work exceeding weekly working time norm.
- 50% of hourly wage for each overtime hours worked on a day different than in case of 100% hourly wage (mentioned above).
- 20% of hourly minimum wage for each hour worked during night time specified in company internal regulations.
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Hiring in Poland, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Poland with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Poland and 150+ countries.
Management fee
Starting at
$599
/month
Estimated Employer Cost
19.48%
of employee salary