Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 37'068
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 121
Cantonal tax
- CHF 1'186
Communal tax
- CHF 1'474
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'965
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 408
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 148
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 598
Total tax
- CHF 5'900
Net pay
* CHF 31'168
Marginal tax rate
26.8%
Average tax rate
15.9%
84.1%
Net pay
15.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 31'168
Net pay
CHF 6'246
Tax the employer pays
CHF 5'900
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 12'146
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 6'246 to pay you CHF 37'068. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 3.28 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.9% tax rate now rises to 28.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 37'068 a year living in the region of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 5'900. That means that your net pay will be CHF 31'168 per year, or CHF 2'597 per month. Your average tax rate is 15.9% and your marginal tax rate is 26.8%. 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 26.80, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 73.20.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 732 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'660 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 29'522
20.4%
1
Canada
CHF 26'707
28.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 33'492
9.7%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 31'552
14.9%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 31'290
15.6%
3
Chile
CHF 30'373
18.1%
4
Ecuador
CHF 30'274
18.3%
5
Panama
CHF 29'496
20.4%
6
Colombia
CHF 28'900
22.0%
7
Peru
CHF 27'890
24.8%
8
Mexico
CHF 27'412
26.1%
9
Brazil
CHF 27'369
26.2%
10
Uruguay
CHF 25'715
30.6%
11
Argentina
CHF 24'088
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 27'190
26.7%
1
Angola
CHF 27'120
26.8%
2
Kenya
CHF 26'394
28.8%
3
Mozambique
CHF 26'042
29.8%
4
Ghana
CHF 25'399
31.5%
5
Nigeria
CHF 25'323
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
CHF 24'832
33.0%
7
Morocco
CHF 24'453
34.0%
8
Cameroon
CHF 23'654
36.2%
9
Uganda
CHF 23'534
36.5%
10
Senegal
CHF 23'248
37.3%
11
Zambia
CHF 23'054
37.8%
12
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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.