Wynagrodzenie chorobowe and zasiłek chorobowy on an L4: 80% or 100%, 33 or 14 days
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 15 Oct 2026.On 8,000 zł gross a month, 10 days of sick leave in Poland pay 1,840.90 zł in 2026. Sick pay is 80% of the 12-month average pay after the 13.71% social contributions (6,903.20 zł), divided by 30, so 184.09 zł a day. The employer pays the first 33 days of the year, ZUS the rest.
2026 · Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 15 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
Type the average monthly gross pay of the last 12 months, before any deduction.
Tap how many days the L4 lasts, or type the number, and pick the cause: illness, pregnancy, an accident on the way to work, organ donation or an accident at work.
If the employer already paid sick days this year, type them; switch on 50 or older if you turned 50 before this year.
Read the total, the daily rate, and how much the employer and ZUS each pay.
This calculator shows what an employee on an umowa o pracę receives for the days of a medical certificate (L4), and who pays it: the employer's sick pay (wynagrodzenie chorobowe) or ZUS's sickness benefit (zasiłek chorobowy).
The base. Take the average gross pay of the 12 calendar months before the month the illness began and subtract the employee's social contributions: 9.76% pension, 1.5% disability and 2.45% sickness, 13.71% in all. For full-time work the base is never below the 2026 minimum wage of 4,806 zł minus 13.71%, which is 4,147.10 zł. One day is one thirtieth of the base.
The rate. Ordinary illness pays 80%. Illness during pregnancy, an accident on the way to or from work, and the tests and procedure of an organ, tissue or cell donor pay 100%. In the consolidated text of the sickness benefit act the old lower rate for a hospital stay is repealed, so hospital days are paid at 80% like any other.
Who pays. The employer pays for the first 33 days of illness in a calendar year, or 14 days from the year after the one in which you turned 50. After that ZUS pays the zasiłek, for at most 182 days, or 270 days in pregnancy. An accident at work or an occupational disease is paid by ZUS at 100% from the first day.
What comes off. No ZUS social contributions are charged on sick pay, but payroll still takes the PIT advance and the 9% health contribution, so the amount on your account is lower than the figure here.
What it does not do. It takes one average pay rather than twelve separate months, and it does not handle months with less than half the working time, pay above the annual ZUS cap, part-time minimum bases, the 30-day waiting period for a new job, or a collective agreement that pays more. The Poland Salary Calculator shows the full payslip.
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In 2026, 184.09 zł for each day of ordinary illness: 8,000 zł minus 13.71% social contributions leaves a base of 6,903.20 zł, and 80% of a thirtieth of it is 184.09 zł. Ten days of L4 pay 1,840.90 zł before the PIT advance and the health contribution.
Ordinary illness pays 80% of the base. You get 100% when the illness falls during pregnancy, after an accident on the way to or from work, for the tests and procedure of an organ donor, and, paid by ZUS, after an accident at work or an occupational disease.
The employer pays wynagrodzenie chorobowe for the first 33 days of illness in a calendar year, counted across all sick leaves of that year. From the year after you turn 50 the employer pays only 14 days. After that, ZUS pays the zasiłek chorobowy at the same rate.
The base is the average monthly pay of the 12 calendar months before the month you fell ill, after the employee's 13.71% social contributions. For full-time work it cannot be lower than the minimum wage minus 13.71%, which is 4,147.10 zł in 2026. One day is a thirtieth of the base.
No. In the consolidated text of the sickness benefit act (Dz.U. 2026 poz. 854), the provisions on the lower hospital rate in art. 11 are marked repealed. A hospital stay is paid at 80%, or at 100% in the cases the law lists, like any other day of illness.
For at most 182 days of one period of illness, or 270 days when the illness falls in pregnancy or is tuberculosis. The days the employer paid count towards that limit. After it, you can apply to ZUS for the rehabilitation benefit (świadczenie rehabilitacyjne).
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