Income tax calculator Geneva
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 5'500
Personal Tax
- CHF 35
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 292
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 60.50
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 22
Total tax
- CHF 409
Net pay
*
CHF 5'091
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 5'091
Net pay
CHF 838
Tax the employer pays
CHF 409
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'247
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 838 to pay you CHF 5'500. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.27 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.4% tax rate now rises to 19.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 5'500 a year living in the region of Geneva, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 409. That means that your net pay will be CHF 5'091 per year, or CHF 424 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 5'126
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 5'126
6.8%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 5'126
6.8%
3
Basel-Stadt
CHF 5'126
6.8%
4
Bern
CHF 5'126
6.8%
5
Glarus
CHF 5'126
6.8%
6
Graubünden
CHF 5'126
6.8%
7
Jura
CHF 5'126
6.8%
8
Obwalden
CHF 5'126
6.8%
9
Schwyz
CHF 5'126
6.8%
10
St. Gallen
CHF 5'126
6.8%
11
Thurgau
CHF 5'126
6.8%
12
Vaud
CHF 5'126
6.8%
13
Zug
CHF 5'126
6.8%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 5'116
7.0%
15
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 5'108
7.1%
16
Ticino
CHF 5'106
7.2%
17
Zurich
CHF 5'102
7.2%
18
Geneva
CHF 5'091
7.4%
19
Valais
CHF 5'092
7.4%
20
Lucerne
CHF 5'076
7.7%
21
Nidwalden
CHF 5'076
7.7%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 5'066
7.9%
23
Solothurn
CHF 5'056
8.1%
24
Fribourg
CHF 5'038
8.4%
25
Uri
CHF 5'026
8.6%
26
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Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 5'500
0.0%
1
Austria
CHF 5'500
0.0%
2
Ireland
CHF 5'500
0.0%
3
Norway
CHF 5'415
1.5%
4
Spain
CHF 5'151
6.4%
5
Switzerland
CHF 5'102
7.2%
6
Italy
CHF 4'995
9.2%
7
France
CHF 4'967
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
CHF 4'895
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
CHF 4'892
11.1%
10
Russia
CHF 4'785
13.0%
11
Germany
CHF 4'543
17.4%
12
Hungary
CHF 4'482
18.5%
13
Ukraine
CHF 4'427
19.5%
14
Sweden
CHF 4'404
19.9%
15
Poland
CHF 4'319
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 4'298
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 4'095
25.6%
18
Finland
CHF 3'809
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 3'740
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 3'647
33.7%
21
Netherlands
CHF 3'461
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 3'218
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 5'024
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 4'361
20.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 5'500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 5'500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
CHF 5'231
4.9%
3
Thailand
CHF 5'198
5.5%
4
Taiwan
CHF 5'013
8.9%
5
Philippines
CHF 4'994
9.2%
6
South Korea
CHF 4'865
11.5%
7
Indonesia
CHF 4'864
11.6%
8
Malaysia
CHF 4'853
11.8%
9
New Zealand
CHF 4'846
11.9%
10
India
CHF 4'669
15.1%
11
Singapore
CHF 4'574
16.8%
12
Vietnam
CHF 4'497
18.2%
13
Japan
CHF 4'469
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
CHF 4'356
20.8%
15
China
CHF 4'135
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 5'063
8.0%
1
Colombia
CHF 5'060
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 4'980
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 4'973
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 4'923
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 4'895
11.0%
6
Brazil
CHF 4'891
11.1%
7
Mexico
CHF 4'882
11.2%
8
Peru
CHF 4'812
12.5%
9
Chile
CHF 4'532
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 4'395
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 3'569
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 5'258
4.4%
1
Morocco
CHF 4'814
12.5%
2
Cameroon
CHF 4'411
19.8%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 4'397
20.1%
4
Mozambique
CHF 4'373
20.5%
5
Kenya
CHF 4'319
21.5%
6
Angola
CHF 4'132
24.9%
7
Ghana
CHF 4'130
24.9%
8
Nigeria
CHF 3'851
30.0%
9
Zambia
CHF 3'840
30.2%
10
Uganda
CHF 3'834
30.3%
11
Senegal
CHF 3'834
30.3%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 5'225
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 5'225
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 5'060
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 5'060
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 4'950
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 4'895
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 4'777
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 4'321
21.4%
8
Lebanon
CHF 4'292
22.0%
9
Turkey
CHF 3'370
38.7%
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.