Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 156
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 8.36
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 1.56
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 0.56
Total tax
- CHF 10.48
Net pay
* CHF 146
Marginal tax rate
7.2%
Average tax rate
6.7%
93.3%
Net pay
6.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 146
Net pay
CHF 23.70
Tax the employer pays
CHF 10.48
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 34.18
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 23.70 to pay you CHF 156. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.19 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.7% tax rate now rises to 19.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 156 a year living in the region of Aargau, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 10.48. That means that your net pay will be CHF 146 per year, or CHF 12.13 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.7% and your marginal tax rate is 7.2%. 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 7.16, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 92.84.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 928 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'642 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
CHF 154
1.6%
1
USA
CHF 142
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 152
2.4%
1
Brazil
CHF 144
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 144
8.0%
3
Colombia
CHF 144
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 141
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 141
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 140
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 139
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 137
12.5%
9
Argentina
CHF 129
17.0%
10
Chile
CHF 129
17.6%
11
Uruguay
CHF 128
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 154
1.0%
1
Uganda
CHF 148
5.0%
2
Ghana
CHF 147
5.5%
3
Zambia
CHF 147
6.0%
4
Morocco
CHF 145
6.7%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 144
7.5%
6
Senegal
CHF 141
9.4%
7
Angola
CHF 138
11.8%
8
Cameroon
CHF 132
15.6%
9
Nigeria
CHF 130
17.0%
10
Mozambique
CHF 128
17.8%
11
Kenya
CHF 127
18.8%
12
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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.