Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 12'900
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 684
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 142
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 51.60
Total tax
- CHF 877
Net pay
* CHF 12'023
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
6.8%
93.2%
Net pay
6.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 12'023
Net pay
CHF 1'965
Tax the employer pays
CHF 877
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'843
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'965 to pay you CHF 12'900. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.20 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.8% tax rate now rises to 19.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 12'900 a year living in the region of Aargau, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 877. That means that your net pay will be CHF 12'023 per year, or CHF 1'002 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.8% and your marginal tax rate is 6.8%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of CHF 100 in your salary will be taxed CHF 6.80, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 93.20.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 932 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'660 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 12'023
6.8%
1
Basel-Stadt
CHF 12'023
6.8%
2
Bern
CHF 12'023
6.8%
3
Glarus
CHF 12'023
6.8%
4
Graubünden
CHF 12'023
6.8%
5
Jura
CHF 12'023
6.8%
6
Obwalden
CHF 12'023
6.8%
7
St. Gallen
CHF 12'023
6.8%
8
Thurgau
CHF 12'023
6.8%
9
Vaud
CHF 12'023
6.8%
10
Zug
CHF 12'023
6.8%
11
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 12'015
6.9%
12
Neuchâtel
CHF 12'013
6.9%
13
Schwyz
CHF 12'003
7.0%
14
Ticino
CHF 12'003
7.0%
15
Zurich
CHF 11'999
7.0%
16
Geneva
CHF 11'988
7.1%
17
Valais
CHF 11'989
7.1%
18
Lucerne
CHF 11'973
7.2%
19
Nidwalden
CHF 11'973
7.2%
20
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 11'957
7.3%
21
Schaffhausen
CHF 11'963
7.3%
22
Solothurn
CHF 11'953
7.3%
23
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 11'946
7.4%
24
Fribourg
CHF 11'935
7.5%
25
Uri
CHF 11'923
7.6%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 11'418
11.5%
1
Canada
CHF 9'770
24.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 11'759
8.9%
1
Guatemala
CHF 11'663
9.6%
2
Ecuador
CHF 11'596
10.1%
3
Colombia
CHF 11'566
10.3%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 11'545
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 11'213
13.1%
6
Mexico
CHF 10'551
18.2%
7
Chile
CHF 10'548
18.2%
8
Uruguay
CHF 10'192
21.0%
9
Peru
CHF 10'030
22.3%
10
Brazil
CHF 9'870
23.5%
11
Argentina
CHF 8'379
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 11'128
13.7%
1
Mozambique
CHF 9'774
24.2%
2
Morocco
CHF 9'660
25.1%
3
Angola
CHF 9'537
26.1%
4
Kenya
CHF 9'476
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 9'444
26.8%
6
Ghana
CHF 9'374
27.3%
7
Cameroon
CHF 8'955
30.6%
8
Nigeria
CHF 8'884
31.1%
9
Uganda
CHF 8'644
33.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 8'580
33.5%
11
Zambia
CHF 8'191
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 12'255
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 12'255
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 11'868
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 11'868
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 11'610
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 11'481
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 11'204
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 9'918
23.1%
8
Lebanon
CHF 9'842
23.7%
9
Turkey
CHF 7'197
44.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aargau tables of Switzerland, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.