Income tax calculator Bern
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 53'595
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 306
Cantonal tax
- CHF 4'147
Communal tax
- CHF 2'111
Church tax
- CHF 379
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 2'841
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 590
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 214
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 1'425
Total tax
- CHF 12'013
Net pay
*
CHF 41'582
Marginal tax rate
33.1%
Average tax rate
22.4%
77.6%
Net pay
22.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 41'582
Net pay
CHF 9'590
Tax the employer pays
CHF 12'013
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 21'603
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 9'590 to pay you CHF 53'595. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 4.03 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.4% tax rate now rises to 34.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 53'595 a year living in the region of Bern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 12'013. That means that your net pay will be CHF 41'582 per year, or CHF 3'465 per month. Your average tax rate is 22.4% and your marginal tax rate is 33.1%. 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 33.08, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 66.92.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 669 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'346 of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Zug
CHF 47'030
12.3%
1
Schwyz
CHF 45'317
15.4%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 44'753
16.5%
3
Graubünden
CHF 44'580
16.8%
4
Zurich
CHF 44'331
17.3%
5
Glarus
CHF 44'014
17.9%
6
Nidwalden
CHF 44'002
17.9%
7
Ticino
CHF 44'015
17.9%
8
Schaffhausen
CHF 43'967
18.0%
9
Obwalden
CHF 43'836
18.2%
10
Thurgau
CHF 43'808
18.3%
11
Aargau
CHF 43'692
18.5%
12
Uri
CHF 43'693
18.5%
13
Valais
CHF 43'596
18.7%
14
Jura
CHF 43'224
19.4%
15
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 43'131
19.5%
16
Geneva
CHF 43'145
19.5%
17
Lucerne
CHF 43'038
19.7%
18
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 42'756
20.2%
19
Fribourg
CHF 42'753
20.2%
20
Basel-Stadt
CHF 42'684
20.4%
21
St. Gallen
CHF 42'584
20.5%
22
Vaud
CHF 42'310
21.1%
23
Solothurn
CHF 42'026
21.6%
24
Bern
CHF 41'582
22.4%
25
Neuchâtel
CHF 41'572
22.4%
26
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 41'221
23.1%
1
Canada
CHF 37'963
29.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 47'377
11.6%
1
Taiwan
CHF 45'506
15.1%
2
Thailand
CHF 43'317
19.2%
3
Kazakhstan
CHF 43'181
19.4%
4
South Korea
CHF 42'159
21.3%
5
Singapore
CHF 41'793
22.0%
6
Australia
CHF 40'610
24.2%
7
New Zealand
CHF 39'929
25.5%
8
Indonesia
CHF 39'506
26.3%
9
Japan
CHF 39'460
26.4%
10
Pakistan
CHF 38'777
27.7%
11
Malaysia
CHF 38'030
29.0%
12
China
CHF 37'998
29.1%
13
Philippines
CHF 37'557
29.9%
14
Vietnam
CHF 36'283
32.3%
15
India
CHF 31'604
41.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 48'120
10.2%
1
Chile
CHF 44'282
17.4%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 43'770
18.3%
3
Puerto Rico
CHF 42'974
19.8%
4
Panama
CHF 41'636
22.3%
5
Ecuador
CHF 41'509
22.6%
6
Peru
CHF 39'606
26.1%
7
Colombia
CHF 39'568
26.2%
8
Brazil
CHF 39'351
26.6%
9
Uruguay
CHF 39'107
27.0%
10
Mexico
CHF 38'291
28.6%
11
Argentina
CHF 34'831
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
CHF 39'143
27.0%
1
Kenya
CHF 37'963
29.2%
2
South Africa
CHF 36'999
31.0%
3
Mozambique
CHF 36'784
31.4%
4
Nigeria
CHF 36'565
31.8%
5
Ghana
CHF 36'331
32.2%
6
Ivory Coast
CHF 35'520
33.7%
7
Morocco
CHF 34'468
35.7%
8
Cameroon
CHF 33'717
37.1%
9
Zambia
CHF 33'218
38.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 33'164
38.1%
11
Uganda
CHF 32'624
39.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 50'915
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 50'915
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 49'307
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 49'307
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 48'235
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 47'747
10.9%
6
Israel
CHF 40'494
24.4%
7
Egypt
CHF 40'440
24.6%
8
Lebanon
CHF 40'363
24.7%
9
Turkey
CHF 31'383
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.