Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 5'900
Personal Tax
- CHF 35
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 313
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 64.90
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 23.60
Total tax
- CHF 436
Net pay
* CHF 5'464
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.4%
92.6%
Net pay
7.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 5'464
Net pay
CHF 899
Tax the employer pays
CHF 436
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'335
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 899 to pay you CHF 5'900. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.26 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.4% tax rate now rises to 19.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 5'900 a year living in the region of Geneva, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 436. That means that your net pay will be CHF 5'464 per year, or CHF 455 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.4% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 5'499
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 5'499
6.8%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 5'499
6.8%
3
Basel-Stadt
CHF 5'499
6.8%
4
Bern
CHF 5'499
6.8%
5
Glarus
CHF 5'499
6.8%
6
Graubünden
CHF 5'499
6.8%
7
Jura
CHF 5'499
6.8%
8
Obwalden
CHF 5'499
6.8%
9
Schwyz
CHF 5'499
6.8%
10
St. Gallen
CHF 5'499
6.8%
11
Thurgau
CHF 5'499
6.8%
12
Vaud
CHF 5'499
6.8%
13
Zug
CHF 5'499
6.8%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 5'489
7.0%
15
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 5'478
7.1%
16
Ticino
CHF 5'479
7.1%
17
Zurich
CHF 5'475
7.2%
18
Geneva
CHF 5'464
7.4%
19
Valais
CHF 5'465
7.4%
20
Lucerne
CHF 5'449
7.6%
21
Nidwalden
CHF 5'449
7.6%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 5'439
7.8%
23
Solothurn
CHF 5'429
8.0%
24
Fribourg
CHF 5'411
8.3%
25
Uri
CHF 5'399
8.5%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 5'900
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 5'900
0.0%
2
Norway
CHF 5'715
3.1%
3
Austria
CHF 5'614
4.9%
4
Spain
CHF 5'525
6.4%
5
Switzerland
CHF 5'475
7.2%
6
Italy
CHF 5'358
9.2%
7
France
CHF 5'328
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
CHF 5'251
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
CHF 5'248
11.1%
10
Russia
CHF 5'133
13.0%
11
Hungary
CHF 4'808
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 4'749
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 4'739
19.7%
14
Sweden
CHF 4'705
20.3%
15
Poland
CHF 4'633
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 4'611
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 4'383
25.7%
18
Finland
CHF 4'086
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 4'012
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 3'916
33.6%
21
Netherlands
CHF 3'713
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 3'452
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 5'391
8.6%
1
Canada
CHF 4'639
21.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 5'900
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 5'900
0.0%
2
Pakistan
CHF 5'581
5.4%
3
Thailand
CHF 5'578
5.5%
4
Taiwan
CHF 5'378
8.9%
5
Philippines
CHF 5'310
10.0%
6
South Korea
CHF 5'215
11.6%
7
Malaysia
CHF 5'206
11.8%
8
New Zealand
CHF 5'198
11.9%
9
Indonesia
CHF 5'194
12.0%
10
India
CHF 4'917
16.7%
11
Vietnam
CHF 4'802
18.6%
12
Japan
CHF 4'794
18.7%
13
Singapore
CHF 4'734
19.8%
14
Kazakhstan
CHF 4'673
20.8%
15
China
CHF 4'338
26.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 5'431
8.0%
1
Colombia
CHF 5'428
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 5'342
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 5'334
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 5'280
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 5'251
11.0%
6
Brazil
CHF 5'205
11.8%
7
Mexico
CHF 5'204
11.8%
8
Peru
CHF 5'163
12.5%
9
Chile
CHF 4'862
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 4'714
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 3'829
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 5'582
5.4%
1
Morocco
CHF 5'088
13.8%
2
Cameroon
CHF 4'685
20.6%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 4'682
20.6%
4
Mozambique
CHF 4'681
20.7%
5
Kenya
CHF 4'595
22.1%
6
Angola
CHF 4'425
25.0%
7
Ghana
CHF 4'413
25.2%
8
Nigeria
CHF 4'123
30.1%
9
Uganda
CHF 4'094
30.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 4'079
30.9%
11
Zambia
CHF 4'066
31.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 5'605
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 5'605
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 5'428
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 5'428
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 5'310
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 5'251
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 5'124
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 4'631
21.5%
8
Lebanon
CHF 4'592
22.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 3'603
38.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Geneva 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.