Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 13'050
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 692
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 144
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 52.20
Total tax
- CHF 887
Net pay
* CHF 12'163
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 12'163
Net pay
CHF 1'988
Tax the employer pays
CHF 887
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'876
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'988 to pay you CHF 13'050. 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 13'050 a year living in the region of Aargau, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 887. That means that your net pay will be CHF 12'163 per year, or CHF 1'014 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 13'050
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 12'964
0.7%
2
Spain
CHF 12'221
6.4%
3
Switzerland
CHF 12'138
7.0%
4
France
CHF 11'547
11.5%
5
Norway
CHF 11'479
12.0%
6
Russia
CHF 11'353
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 11'297
13.4%
8
Austria
CHF 11'095
15.0%
9
Italy
CHF 10'970
15.9%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 10'797
17.3%
11
Hungary
CHF 10'636
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 10'505
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 10'482
19.7%
14
Greece
CHF 9'961
23.7%
15
Sweden
CHF 9'881
24.3%
16
Poland
CHF 9'431
27.7%
17
Portugal
CHF 9'016
30.9%
18
Finland
CHF 8'897
31.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 8'857
32.1%
20
Denmark
CHF 8'726
33.1%
21
Netherlands
CHF 8'212
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 7'634
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 11'535
11.6%
1
Canada
CHF 9'872
24.4%
2
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.