Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 3'167
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 168
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 34.84
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 12.67
Total tax
- CHF 215
Net pay
* CHF 2'952
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 2'952
Net pay
CHF 482
Tax the employer pays
CHF 215
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 698
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 482 to pay you CHF 3'167. 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 3'167 a year living in the region of Bern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 215. That means that your net pay will be CHF 2'952 per year, or CHF 246 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
Uri
CHF 2'852
10.0%
1
Aargau
CHF 2'952
6.8%
2
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 2'952
6.8%
3
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 2'952
6.8%
4
Basel-Stadt
CHF 2'952
6.8%
5
Bern
CHF 2'952
6.8%
6
Glarus
CHF 2'952
6.8%
7
Graubünden
CHF 2'952
6.8%
8
Jura
CHF 2'952
6.8%
9
Obwalden
CHF 2'952
6.8%
10
Schwyz
CHF 2'952
6.8%
11
St. Gallen
CHF 2'952
6.8%
12
Thurgau
CHF 2'952
6.8%
13
Vaud
CHF 2'952
6.8%
14
Zug
CHF 2'952
6.8%
15
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 2'949
6.9%
16
Neuchâtel
CHF 2'942
7.1%
17
Ticino
CHF 2'932
7.4%
18
Zurich
CHF 2'928
7.6%
19
Geneva
CHF 2'917
7.9%
20
Valais
CHF 2'918
7.9%
21
Lucerne
CHF 2'902
8.4%
22
Nidwalden
CHF 2'902
8.4%
23
Schaffhausen
CHF 2'892
8.7%
24
Solothurn
CHF 2'882
9.0%
25
Fribourg
CHF 2'864
9.6%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 3'167
0.0%
1
Germany
CHF 3'167
0.0%
2
Austria
CHF 3'167
0.0%
3
Ireland
CHF 3'167
0.0%
4
Norway
CHF 3'167
0.0%
5
Spain
CHF 2'966
6.4%
6
Switzerland
CHF 2'928
7.6%
7
Italy
CHF 2'876
9.2%
8
France
CHF 2'860
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
CHF 2'819
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
CHF 2'817
11.1%
11
Russia
CHF 2'755
13.0%
12
Sweden
CHF 2'691
15.0%
13
Hungary
CHF 2'581
18.5%
14
Ukraine
CHF 2'549
19.5%
15
Poland
CHF 2'487
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 2'475
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 2'358
25.6%
18
Finland
CHF 2'193
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 2'154
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 2'077
34.4%
21
Netherlands
CHF 1'992
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 1'853
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 2'893
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 2'725
14.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 3'167
0.0%
1
Singapore
CHF 3'167
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CHF 3'167
0.0%
3
Pakistan
CHF 3'126
1.3%
4
Thailand
CHF 3'009
5.0%
5
Philippines
CHF 3'001
5.2%
6
Indonesia
CHF 2'910
8.1%
7
Taiwan
CHF 2'887
8.9%
8
South Korea
CHF 2'826
10.8%
9
Malaysia
CHF 2'793
11.8%
10
New Zealand
CHF 2'790
11.9%
11
India
CHF 2'787
12.0%
12
China
CHF 2'727
13.9%
13
Vietnam
CHF 2'655
16.2%
14
Japan
CHF 2'573
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
CHF 2'508
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 3'032
4.3%
1
Colombia
CHF 3'198
7.3%
2
Brazil
CHF 2'915
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
CHF 2'915
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 2'868
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 2'863
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 2'834
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 2'819
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 2'771
12.5%
9
Chile
CHF 2'610
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 2'555
19.3%
11
Argentina
CHF 2'240
29.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 3'135
1.0%
1
Morocco
CHF 2'925
7.7%
2
Kenya
CHF 2'705
14.6%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 2'666
15.8%
4
Cameroon
CHF 2'665
15.9%
5
Mozambique
CHF 2'576
18.7%
6
Zambia
CHF 2'522
20.4%
7
Ghana
CHF 2'476
21.8%
8
Angola
CHF 2'415
23.8%
9
Senegal
CHF 2'332
26.4%
10
Uganda
CHF 2'318
26.8%
11
Nigeria
CHF 2'264
28.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CHF 3'167
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CHF 3'009
5.0%
2
Qatar
CHF 3'009
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CHF 2'914
8.0%
4
Oman
CHF 2'914
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 2'819
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 2'751
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CHF 2'542
19.7%
8
Egypt
CHF 2'497
21.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 2'011
36.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Bern 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.