Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 6'250
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 331
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 68.75
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 25
Total tax
- CHF 425
Net pay
* CHF 5'825
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 5'825
Net pay
CHF 952
Tax the employer pays
CHF 425
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'377
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 952 to pay you CHF 6'250. 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 6'250 a year living in the region of Aargau, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 425. That means that your net pay will be CHF 5'825 per year, or CHF 485 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 5'825
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 5'825
6.8%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 5'825
6.8%
3
Basel-Stadt
CHF 5'825
6.8%
4
Bern
CHF 5'825
6.8%
5
Glarus
CHF 5'825
6.8%
6
Graubünden
CHF 5'825
6.8%
7
Jura
CHF 5'825
6.8%
8
Obwalden
CHF 5'825
6.8%
9
Schwyz
CHF 5'825
6.8%
10
St. Gallen
CHF 5'825
6.8%
11
Thurgau
CHF 5'825
6.8%
12
Vaud
CHF 5'825
6.8%
13
Zug
CHF 5'825
6.8%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 5'815
7.0%
15
Ticino
CHF 5'805
7.1%
16
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 5'802
7.2%
17
Zurich
CHF 5'801
7.2%
18
Valais
CHF 5'791
7.3%
19
Geneva
CHF 5'790
7.4%
20
Lucerne
CHF 5'775
7.6%
21
Nidwalden
CHF 5'775
7.6%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 5'765
7.8%
23
Solothurn
CHF 5'755
7.9%
24
Fribourg
CHF 5'737
8.2%
25
Uri
CHF 5'725
8.4%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 6'250
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 6'250
0.0%
2
Norway
CHF 5'978
4.4%
3
Spain
CHF 5'853
6.4%
4
Switzerland
CHF 5'801
7.2%
5
Italy
CHF 5'676
9.2%
6
France
CHF 5'644
9.7%
7
Austria
CHF 5'597
10.5%
8
Czech Republic
CHF 5'562
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
CHF 5'559
11.1%
10
Russia
CHF 5'438
13.0%
11
Hungary
CHF 5'094
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 5'031
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 5'020
19.7%
14
Sweden
CHF 4'969
20.5%
15
Poland
CHF 4'908
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 4'884
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 4'632
25.9%
18
Finland
CHF 4'328
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 4'250
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 4'152
33.6%
21
Netherlands
CHF 3'933
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 3'656
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 5'711
8.6%
1
Canada
CHF 4'882
21.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 6'250
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 6'250
0.0%
2
Thailand
CHF 5'911
5.4%
3
Pakistan
CHF 5'887
5.8%
4
Taiwan
CHF 5'697
8.9%
5
Philippines
CHF 5'580
10.7%
6
South Korea
CHF 5'520
11.7%
7
Malaysia
CHF 5'515
11.8%
8
New Zealand
CHF 5'507
11.9%
9
Indonesia
CHF 5'483
12.3%
10
India
CHF 5'152
17.6%
11
Japan
CHF 5'079
18.7%
12
Vietnam
CHF 5'068
18.9%
13
Singapore
CHF 5'003
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
CHF 4'950
20.8%
15
China
CHF 4'491
28.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 5'753
8.0%
1
Colombia
CHF 5'750
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 5'659
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 5'651
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 5'594
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 5'562
11.0%
6
Mexico
CHF 5'482
12.3%
7
Brazil
CHF 5'470
12.5%
8
Peru
CHF 5'469
12.5%
9
Chile
CHF 5'150
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 4'994
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 4'056
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 5'865
6.2%
1
Morocco
CHF 5'326
14.8%
2
Mozambique
CHF 4'950
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 4'928
21.2%
4
Cameroon
CHF 4'926
21.2%
5
Kenya
CHF 4'837
22.6%
6
Angola
CHF 4'681
25.1%
7
Ghana
CHF 4'661
25.4%
8
Nigeria
CHF 4'361
30.2%
9
Uganda
CHF 4'321
30.9%
10
Senegal
CHF 4'298
31.2%
11
Zambia
CHF 4'264
31.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 5'937
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 5'937
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 5'750
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 5'750
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 5'625
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 5'562
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 5'428
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 4'902
21.6%
8
Lebanon
CHF 4'854
22.3%
9
Turkey
CHF 3'807
39.1%
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.