Hi Matt, First off, congratulations on the job offer. It is a good offer. Depending on your experience and the company, etc..you could do better. I'd say ask for at the very least 10 000zl brutto (aim high and negotiate down). While the cost of living in Poland is lower than London, etc..it is rising.
You can work out your tax on the following website:
praca.gazeta.pl/gazetapraca/0,75037.html
Just enter your gross monthly salary and select "brutto", "umowa o prace", "Nie" and "Nie". Click the "Policz" button. Click the "Obliczenia roczne" tab. The "Wynagrodzenie netto" column will give you a breakdown of your net income by month (yes it varies - so a budget is essential!)
Additionally, check your contract. Most Polish contracts are for a year...and then is renewed by mutual consent.
Please be aware that the tax is progressive i.e. the percentage raises after certain yearly income level is passed. Therefore with 6000 gross salary starting on January 1st you will have about 4200 net January to September and will drop down to about 3600 net starting October. As you are starting now you will not pass the first level (44490) which means you will not observe the decrease this year but it is something good to know. Honestly speaking it is even more funny as social security has the opposite effect i.e. increases net salary. The system is quite complex. Anyhow 6000 is correct salary and you will be able to save some money. Good luck.
which means you will not observe the decrease this year
I think that he will not observe it in 2009 either. Because in 2009 there will be new income tax rules. By earning 6000 gross he will pay 18% income tax. 32% income tax will be above 85 000 a year, so with 6k he won't reach it.
im not an expert in polish salary, i work with polish people in england and they tell that they what they earn in england is five times as much as in poland, which thats why we get so many polish people in our country.....
1500zl, huh? If the $ is about 2.5 zl (thank YOU, Mr. Bush!) then that's $600. Is it a week or a month? If it's $600 a month, that's about $133/week = $3.33/hour.
Shana: What would a sales person earn in Poland , any idea ?
about 1500 retail food cashier/help (small town possibly less then that)
With a sale person I mean someone is selling products for a company in a whole country, area, etc... , sorry I don't know the name of it in Polish. So would that be a base salary + commissions (any idea how much) or ???
hmmm...I work for myself and have clients in the states, etc. with only a small amount of clients (small like one, so far) in Poland. Pretty sure I'll be alright money-wise but got to wonder what the tax issues are.
HI THERE Poland is certainly a beautiful place to live. Its people is very friendly and helpful specially if they know you are an outsider. I lived there for at least six months. People was amazingly nice at all times.Also most of the young people who work in international companies speak English, so you are safe on that side. However, the salaries are extremely low in comparison with other countries from the E.U.,but I recommend you to try. My husband is an engineer with master, great credentials and qualities. Nevertheles, his salary was not at the same level of his qualifications.
One thing that I forgot to mention is that Poland surprised me because of its history. As you know they went through all that crap and they are still standing and they will move forward. Who knows, with such amazing strenght they may become a powerful country if their youth knows how to take advantage of this new changes going on now. By the way, Krakow is cool.
It's an office job at a multinational company. In the finance department, but I am native Dutch-speaking, which is also the main reason why they need me.
dx, Krakow, beautiful, but crowded city. 5K is quite good, you can even save some money, because living costs are much lower than in Warsaw, but higher than in Wroclaw or Lublin.
I am an IT Contractor my wife is Polish so i live in Warsaw...Standard of life here is so much better than most other countries.....i now need to work 6 mnths of the year
lol some of the posts here are hillarious. Ive just read a Polish guy that wrote 6719PLN after tax every month is 'peanuts' !!! What a clown. My girlfriend is Polish and lives in krakow which is pretty expensive compared to other areas in Poland. Ive lived in krakow for a while and plan on returning again soon teaching. The average salary in poland is about 2000PLN a month and people seem to get by. I have met people working in village shops working for 1300PLN a month (minimum salary is about 1,126 PLN) but I would imagine living on that would be very tight. For someone to receive 6719 PLN a month would be considered a good salary and I would imagine it would be on a par with what a dentist for example might expect. Some of the posts here regarding salaries are pretty funny, so take most of them with a pinch of salt
Average salary in Poland now is ~2250PLN net but generally salaries vary very much between different regions, sectors or given companies. Sometimes people doing exactly the same job can make in comapny X two or even three times than in Y.
I get an offer in Krakow can somebody advice on reasonable salary? How much can I expect to pay renting an apartment (studio, or one room apartment), how much on bills(electricity, heating, etc), Food(weekly), cell(phone), sport acivities(monthly)
