Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 21'252
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 9.52
Cantonal tax
- CHF 303
Communal tax
- CHF 376
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'126
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 234
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 85.01
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 44.82
Total tax
- CHF 2'178
Net pay
* CHF 19'074
Marginal tax rate
22.8%
Average tax rate
10.2%
89.8%
Net pay
10.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 19'074
Net pay
CHF 3'283
Tax the employer pays
CHF 2'178
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 5'461
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'283 to pay you CHF 21'252. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.57 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.2% tax rate now rises to 22.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 21'252 a year living in the region of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 2'178. That means that your net pay will be CHF 19'074 per year, or CHF 1'590 per month. Your average tax rate is 10.3% and your marginal tax rate is 22.8%. 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 22.76, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 77.24.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 772 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'862 of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
CHF 19'305
9.2%
1
Ireland
CHF 19'188
9.7%
2
United Kingdom
CHF 18'918
11.0%
3
Russia
CHF 18'489
13.0%
4
France
CHF 18'142
14.6%
5
Norway
CHF 17'720
16.6%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 17'436
18.0%
7
Hungary
CHF 17'320
18.5%
8
Austria
CHF 17'315
18.5%
9
Spain
CHF 17'112
19.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 17'108
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 16'867
20.6%
12
Italy
CHF 15'675
26.2%
13
Germany
CHF 15'516
27.0%
14
Greece
CHF 15'411
27.5%
15
Sweden
CHF 15'378
27.6%
16
Poland
CHF 14'668
31.0%
17
Denmark
CHF 14'245
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 14'111
33.6%
19
Portugal
CHF 13'826
34.9%
20
Netherlands
CHF 13'374
37.1%
21
Belgium
CHF 12'935
39.1%
22
Romania
CHF 12'432
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 17'808
16.2%
1
Canada
CHF 15'787
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 20'062
5.6%
1
Taiwan
CHF 19'094
10.2%
2
Thailand
CHF 18'975
10.7%
3
Australia
CHF 18'786
11.6%
4
South Korea
CHF 17'905
15.8%
5
New Zealand
CHF 17'752
16.5%
6
Pakistan
CHF 17'333
18.4%
7
Indonesia
CHF 17'188
19.1%
8
Kazakhstan
CHF 16'984
20.1%
9
Malaysia
CHF 16'962
20.2%
10
Japan
CHF 16'910
20.4%
11
Singapore
CHF 16'820
20.9%
12
Philippines
CHF 16'252
23.5%
13
Vietnam
CHF 15'623
26.5%
14
China
CHF 14'955
29.6%
15
India
CHF 14'111
33.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 19'214
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 18'901
11.1%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 18'887
11.1%
3
Ecuador
CHF 18'366
13.6%
4
Colombia
CHF 17'830
16.1%
5
Panama
CHF 17'531
17.5%
6
Chile
CHF 17'153
19.3%
7
Mexico
CHF 16'730
21.3%
8
Peru
CHF 16'315
23.2%
9
Brazil
CHF 15'902
25.2%
10
Uruguay
CHF 15'480
27.2%
11
Argentina
CHF 13'808
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 17'109
19.5%
1
Mozambique
CHF 15'722
26.0%
2
Angola
CHF 15'613
26.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 15'323
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 14'942
29.7%
5
Ghana
CHF 14'937
29.7%
6
Morocco
CHF 14'868
30.0%
7
Nigeria
CHF 14'565
31.5%
8
Uganda
CHF 14'073
33.8%
9
Cameroon
CHF 14'025
34.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 13'757
35.3%
11
Zambia
CHF 13'327
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 20'189
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 20'189
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 19'552
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 19'552
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 19'127
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 18'914
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 18'119
14.7%
7
Egypt
CHF 16'182
23.9%
8
Lebanon
CHF 16'106
24.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 12'479
41.3%
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.