Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 13'850
Cantonal tax
- CHF 17.60
Communal tax
- CHF 22
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 734
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 152
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 55.40
Total tax
- CHF 981
Net pay
* CHF 12'869
Marginal tax rate
10.4%
Average tax rate
7.1%
92.9%
Net pay
7.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 12'869
Net pay
CHF 2'110
Tax the employer pays
CHF 981
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 3'091
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'110 to pay you CHF 13'850. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.23 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.1% tax rate now rises to 19.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 13'850 a year living in the region of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 981. That means that your net pay will be CHF 12'869 per year, or CHF 1'072 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.1% and your marginal tax rate is 10.4%. 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 10.40, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 89.60.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 896 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'480 of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 12'908
6.8%
1
Basel-Stadt
CHF 12'908
6.8%
2
Bern
CHF 12'908
6.8%
3
Glarus
CHF 12'908
6.8%
4
Graubünden
CHF 12'908
6.8%
5
Jura
CHF 12'908
6.8%
6
Obwalden
CHF 12'908
6.8%
7
St. Gallen
CHF 12'908
6.8%
8
Thurgau
CHF 12'908
6.8%
9
Vaud
CHF 12'908
6.8%
10
Zug
CHF 12'908
6.8%
11
Neuchâtel
CHF 12'898
6.9%
12
Ticino
CHF 12'888
6.9%
13
Schwyz
CHF 12'876
7.0%
14
Valais
CHF 12'874
7.0%
15
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 12'869
7.1%
16
Geneva
CHF 12'873
7.1%
17
Zurich
CHF 12'868
7.1%
18
Lucerne
CHF 12'858
7.2%
19
Nidwalden
CHF 12'858
7.2%
20
Schaffhausen
CHF 12'848
7.2%
21
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 12'835
7.3%
22
Solothurn
CHF 12'838
7.3%
23
Fribourg
CHF 12'820
7.4%
24
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 12'808
7.5%
25
Uri
CHF 12'808
7.5%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 12'157
12.2%
1
Canada
CHF 10'417
24.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 13'155
5.0%
1
Australia
CHF 13'134
5.2%
2
Thailand
CHF 12'766
7.8%
3
Taiwan
CHF 12'625
8.8%
4
South Korea
CHF 12'056
13.0%
5
Pakistan
CHF 11'948
13.7%
6
New Zealand
CHF 11'748
15.2%
7
Malaysia
CHF 11'722
15.4%
8
Indonesia
CHF 11'698
15.5%
9
Japan
CHF 11'212
19.1%
10
Philippines
CHF 11'195
19.2%
11
Singapore
CHF 11'070
20.1%
12
Kazakhstan
CHF 10'993
20.6%
13
Vietnam
CHF 10'606
23.4%
14
India
CHF 9'906
28.5%
15
China
CHF 9'792
29.3%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 11'831
14.6%
1
Mozambique
CHF 10'458
24.5%
2
Morocco
CHF 10'273
25.8%
3
Angola
CHF 10'228
26.2%
4
Kenya
CHF 10'141
26.8%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 10'070
27.3%
6
Ghana
CHF 10'031
27.6%
7
Nigeria
CHF 9'530
31.2%
8
Cameroon
CHF 9'527
31.2%
9
Uganda
CHF 9'261
33.1%
10
Senegal
CHF 9'178
33.7%
11
Zambia
CHF 8'775
36.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 13'158
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 13'158
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 12'742
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 12'742
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 12'465
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 12'327
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 12'029
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 10'631
23.2%
8
Lebanon
CHF 10'554
23.8%
9
Turkey
CHF 7'798
43.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Appenzell Ausserrhoden 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.