Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 950
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 50.50
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 10.50
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 4
Total tax
- CHF 65
Net pay
* CHF 885
Marginal tax rate
6.4%
Average tax rate
6.8%
93.2%
Net pay
6.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 885
Net pay
CHF 145
Tax the employer pays
CHF 65
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 210
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 145 to pay you CHF 950. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.21 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.8% tax rate now rises to 19.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 950 a year living in the region of Bern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 65. That means that your net pay will be CHF 885 per year, or CHF 73.75 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.8% and your marginal tax rate is 6.4%. 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 6.40, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 93.60.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 936 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'680 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
CHF 903
5.0%
1
USA
CHF 868
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 950
0.0%
1
Singapore
CHF 950
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CHF 950
0.0%
3
Pakistan
CHF 940
1.0%
4
Thailand
CHF 902
5.0%
5
Philippines
CHF 875
7.9%
6
Indonesia
CHF 869
8.5%
7
Taiwan
CHF 866
8.9%
8
South Korea
CHF 848
10.7%
9
New Zealand
CHF 837
11.9%
10
India
CHF 836
12.0%
11
Malaysia
CHF 834
12.3%
12
China
CHF 825
13.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 808
15.0%
14
Japan
CHF 772
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
CHF 752
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 927
2.4%
1
Brazil
CHF 879
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 874
8.0%
3
Colombia
CHF 874
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 860
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 859
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 850
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 845
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 831
12.5%
9
Argentina
CHF 788
17.0%
10
Chile
CHF 783
17.6%
11
Uruguay
CHF 778
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 941
1.0%
1
Zambia
CHF 893
6.0%
2
Morocco
CHF 886
6.7%
3
Uganda
CHF 871
8.4%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 858
9.7%
5
Kenya
CHF 830
12.7%
6
Senegal
CHF 829
12.7%
7
Cameroon
CHF 802
15.6%
8
Mozambique
CHF 801
15.7%
9
Ghana
CHF 797
16.1%
10
Angola
CHF 749
21.1%
11
Nigeria
CHF 730
23.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CHF 950
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CHF 903
5.0%
2
Qatar
CHF 902
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CHF 874
8.0%
4
Oman
CHF 874
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 845
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 825
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CHF 825
13.2%
8
Egypt
CHF 805
15.3%
9
Turkey
CHF 794
16.4%
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.