Income tax calculator Bern
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 41'160
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 151
Cantonal tax
- CHF 2'683
Communal tax
- CHF 1'366
Church tax
- CHF 245
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 2'181
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 453
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 165
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 803
Total tax
- CHF 8'046
Net pay
*
CHF 33'114
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
19.5%
80.5%
Net pay
19.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 33'114
Net pay
CHF 7'074
Tax the employer pays
CHF 8'046
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 15'120
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 7'074 to pay you CHF 41'160. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 3.67 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 19.5% tax rate now rises to 31.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 41'160 a year living in the region of Bern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 8'046. That means that your net pay will be CHF 33'114 per year, or CHF 2'760 per month. Your average tax rate is 19.6% and your marginal tax rate is 31.5%. 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 31.46, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 68.54.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 685 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'427 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Zug
CHF 36'767
10.7%
1
Schwyz
CHF 35'672
13.3%
2
Graubünden
CHF 35'627
13.4%
3
Ticino
CHF 35'273
14.3%
4
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 35'235
14.4%
5
Zurich
CHF 35'045
14.9%
6
Schaffhausen
CHF 34'892
15.2%
7
Aargau
CHF 34'862
15.3%
8
Geneva
CHF 34'847
15.3%
9
Thurgau
CHF 34'857
15.3%
10
Glarus
CHF 34'841
15.4%
11
Vaud
CHF 34'810
15.4%
12
Nidwalden
CHF 34'756
15.6%
13
Valais
CHF 34'691
15.7%
14
Obwalden
CHF 34'564
16.0%
15
Jura
CHF 34'507
16.2%
16
Uri
CHF 34'486
16.2%
17
Basel-Stadt
CHF 34'442
16.3%
18
Fribourg
CHF 34'360
16.5%
19
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 34'334
16.6%
20
Lucerne
CHF 34'228
16.8%
21
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 34'162
17.0%
22
St. Gallen
CHF 34'133
17.1%
23
Solothurn
CHF 33'610
18.3%
24
Neuchâtel
CHF 33'480
18.7%
25
Bern
CHF 33'114
19.5%
26
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Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
CHF 35'809
13.0%
1
Switzerland
CHF 35'045
14.9%
2
Hungary
CHF 33'545
18.5%
3
Ukraine
CHF 33'134
19.5%
4
United Kingdom
CHF 32'206
21.8%
5
Ireland
CHF 31'957
22.4%
6
France
CHF 31'754
22.9%
7
Czech Republic
CHF 31'598
23.2%
8
Norway
CHF 30'871
25.0%
9
Spain
CHF 29'951
27.2%
10
Luxembourg
CHF 29'334
28.7%
11
Sweden
CHF 28'965
29.6%
12
Austria
CHF 28'672
30.3%
13
Denmark
CHF 27'729
32.6%
14
Greece
CHF 27'218
33.9%
15
Germany
CHF 26'293
36.1%
16
Poland
CHF 26'121
36.5%
17
Netherlands
CHF 25'902
37.1%
18
Finland
CHF 24'866
39.6%
19
Italy
CHF 24'565
40.3%
20
Romania
CHF 24'079
41.5%
21
Portugal
CHF 23'714
42.4%
22
Belgium
CHF 20'129
51.1%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 32'550
20.9%
1
Canada
CHF 29'392
28.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 37'076
9.9%
1
Taiwan
CHF 35'751
13.1%
2
Thailand
CHF 34'123
17.1%
3
South Korea
CHF 33'259
19.2%
4
Kazakhstan
CHF 33'109
19.6%
5
Australia
CHF 32'465
21.1%
6
New Zealand
CHF 31'771
22.8%
7
Singapore
CHF 31'532
23.4%
8
Indonesia
CHF 31'071
24.5%
9
Pakistan
CHF 30'694
25.4%
10
Japan
CHF 30'548
25.8%
11
Malaysia
CHF 29'948
27.2%
12
Philippines
CHF 29'432
28.5%
13
Vietnam
CHF 28'200
31.5%
14
China
CHF 26'997
34.4%
15
India
CHF 25'418
38.3%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 37'114
9.8%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 34'599
15.9%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 34'403
16.4%
3
Chile
CHF 33'908
17.6%
4
Ecuador
CHF 33'041
19.7%
5
Panama
CHF 32'592
20.8%
6
Colombia
CHF 31'665
23.1%
7
Peru
CHF 30'862
25.0%
8
Brazil
CHF 30'336
26.3%
9
Mexico
CHF 30'156
26.7%
10
Uruguay
CHF 28'200
31.5%
11
Argentina
CHF 26'748
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
CHF 30'096
26.9%
1
South Africa
CHF 29'659
27.9%
2
Kenya
CHF 29'258
28.9%
3
Mozambique
CHF 28'702
30.3%
4
Nigeria
CHF 28'106
31.7%
5
Ghana
CHF 28'106
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
CHF 27'366
33.5%
7
Morocco
CHF 26'932
34.6%
8
Cameroon
CHF 26'146
36.5%
9
Uganda
CHF 25'784
37.4%
10
Senegal
CHF 25'703
37.6%
11
Zambia
CHF 25'571
37.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 39'102
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 39'102
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 37'867
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 37'867
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 37'044
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 36'632
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 32'482
21.1%
7
Egypt
CHF 31'113
24.4%
8
Lebanon
CHF 31'037
24.6%
9
Turkey
CHF 24'141
41.4%
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.