Income tax calculator Bern
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 78'576
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 923
Cantonal tax
- CHF 7'131
Communal tax
- CHF 3'630
Church tax
- CHF 651
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 4'165
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 864
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 314
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 2'674
Total tax
- CHF 20'352
Net pay
*
CHF 58'224
Marginal tax rate
34.4%
Average tax rate
25.9%
74.1%
Net pay
25.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 58'224
Net pay
CHF 14'645
Tax the employer pays
CHF 20'352
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 34'997
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 14'645 to pay you CHF 78'576. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 4.45 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.9% tax rate now rises to 37.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 78'576 a year living in the region of Bern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 20'352. That means that your net pay will be CHF 58'224 per year, or CHF 4'852 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.9% and your marginal tax rate is 34.4%. 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 34.40, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 65.60.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 656 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'280 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Zug
CHF 67'020
14.7%
1
Schwyz
CHF 64'084
18.4%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 63'424
19.3%
3
Obwalden
CHF 62'383
20.6%
4
Nidwalden
CHF 62'152
20.9%
5
Zurich
CHF 61'984
21.1%
6
Uri
CHF 61'899
21.2%
7
Glarus
CHF 61'795
21.4%
8
Graubünden
CHF 61'739
21.4%
9
Schaffhausen
CHF 61'365
21.9%
10
Thurgau
CHF 61'344
21.9%
11
Aargau
CHF 60'780
22.6%
12
Ticino
CHF 60'745
22.7%
13
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 60'417
23.1%
14
Lucerne
CHF 60'445
23.1%
15
Valais
CHF 60'431
23.1%
16
Jura
CHF 59'819
23.9%
17
Fribourg
CHF 59'343
24.5%
18
Basel-Stadt
CHF 58'914
25.0%
19
Geneva
CHF 58'841
25.1%
20
St. Gallen
CHF 58'881
25.1%
21
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 58'729
25.3%
22
Solothurn
CHF 58'470
25.6%
23
Bern
CHF 58'224
25.9%
24
Vaud
CHF 58'098
26.1%
25
Neuchâtel
CHF 57'647
26.6%
26
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 57'228
27.2%
1
Canada
CHF 52'966
32.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 68'111
13.3%
1
Kazakhstan
CHF 64'724
17.6%
2
Taiwan
CHF 64'392
18.1%
3
Singapore
CHF 63'901
18.7%
4
Thailand
CHF 60'804
22.6%
5
South Korea
CHF 58'861
25.1%
6
China
CHF 56'961
27.5%
7
Australia
CHF 56'555
28.0%
8
Indonesia
CHF 56'393
28.2%
9
New Zealand
CHF 56'366
28.3%
10
Japan
CHF 55'653
29.2%
11
Pakistan
CHF 55'014
30.0%
12
Malaysia
CHF 54'142
31.1%
13
Philippines
CHF 53'877
31.4%
14
Vietnam
CHF 52'521
33.2%
15
India
CHF 44'423
43.5%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 70'230
10.6%
1
Chile
CHF 62'324
20.7%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 61'657
21.5%
3
Panama
CHF 58'311
25.8%
4
Puerto Rico
CHF 58'103
26.1%
5
Colombia
CHF 57'610
26.7%
6
Brazil
CHF 57'462
26.9%
7
Uruguay
CHF 57'352
27.0%
8
Ecuador
CHF 56'505
28.1%
9
Peru
CHF 55'073
29.9%
10
Mexico
CHF 54'428
30.7%
11
Argentina
CHF 51'068
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
CHF 57'317
27.1%
1
Kenya
CHF 55'449
29.4%
2
Nigeria
CHF 53'557
31.8%
3
Mozambique
CHF 53'022
32.5%
4
Ghana
CHF 52'856
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 52'565
33.1%
6
South Africa
CHF 51'738
34.2%
7
Morocco
CHF 49'606
36.9%
8
Cameroon
CHF 48'926
37.7%
9
Zambia
CHF 48'581
38.2%
10
Senegal
CHF 48'153
38.7%
11
Uganda
CHF 46'363
41.0%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 74'647
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 74'647
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 72'290
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 72'290
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 70'718
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 70'605
10.1%
6
Egypt
CHF 59'175
24.7%
7
Lebanon
CHF 59'099
24.8%
8
Israel
CHF 55'165
29.8%
9
Turkey
CHF 45'932
41.5%
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.