Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 8'100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 429
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 89.10
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 32.40
Total tax
- CHF 551
Net pay
* CHF 7'549
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 7'549
Net pay
CHF 1'234
Tax the employer pays
CHF 551
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'785
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'234 to pay you CHF 8'100. 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 8'100 a year living in the region of Bern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 551. That means that your net pay will be CHF 7'549 per year, or CHF 629 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 8'100
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 8'100
0.0%
2
Italy
CHF 7'674
5.3%
3
Spain
CHF 7'586
6.4%
4
Switzerland
CHF 7'525
7.1%
5
Norway
CHF 7'452
8.0%
6
France
CHF 7'314
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 7'183
11.3%
8
Czech Republic
CHF 7'134
11.9%
9
Russia
CHF 7'047
13.0%
10
Austria
CHF 6'887
15.0%
11
Hungary
CHF 6'601
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 6'521
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 6'506
19.7%
14
Sweden
CHF 6'359
21.5%
15
Greece
CHF 6'330
21.9%
16
Poland
CHF 6'270
22.6%
17
Portugal
CHF 5'913
27.0%
18
Finland
CHF 5'609
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 5'508
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 5'396
33.4%
21
Netherlands
CHF 5'097
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 4'739
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 7'349
9.3%
1
Canada
CHF 6'227
23.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 7'457
7.9%
1
Colombia
CHF 7'452
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 7'335
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 7'323
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 7'250
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 7'209
11.0%
6
Peru
CHF 7'088
12.5%
7
Mexico
CHF 6'909
14.7%
8
Brazil
CHF 6'803
16.0%
9
Chile
CHF 6'674
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 6'472
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 5'259
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 7'364
9.1%
1
Morocco
CHF 6'564
19.0%
2
Mozambique
CHF 6'318
22.0%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 6'204
23.4%
4
Cameroon
CHF 6'141
24.2%
5
Kenya
CHF 6'120
24.4%
6
Angola
CHF 6'036
25.5%
7
Ghana
CHF 5'972
26.3%
8
Nigeria
CHF 5'619
30.6%
9
Uganda
CHF 5'524
31.8%
10
Senegal
CHF 5'497
32.1%
11
Zambia
CHF 5'309
34.5%
12
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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.