Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 20'350
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 2.66
Cantonal tax
- CHF 147
Communal tax
- CHF 98.67
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'079
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 224
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 81.40
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 12.53
Total tax
- CHF 1'645
Net pay
* CHF 18'705
Marginal tax rate
20.2%
Average tax rate
8.1%
91.9%
Net pay
8.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 18'705
Net pay
CHF 3'113
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'645
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'758
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'113 to pay you CHF 20'350. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.34 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.1% tax rate now rises to 20.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 20'350 a year living in the region of Jura, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'645. That means that your net pay will be CHF 18'705 per year, or CHF 1'559 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.1% and your marginal tax rate is 20.2%. 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 20.22, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 79.78.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 798 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'989 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Basel-Stadt
CHF 18'951
6.9%
1
Graubünden
CHF 18'950
6.9%
2
Vaud
CHF 18'949
6.9%
3
Zug
CHF 18'946
6.9%
4
Aargau
CHF 18'936
7.0%
5
Thurgau
CHF 18'921
7.0%
6
Geneva
CHF 18'914
7.1%
7
Ticino
CHF 18'900
7.1%
8
Obwalden
CHF 18'847
7.4%
9
Uri
CHF 18'802
7.6%
10
Lucerne
CHF 18'761
7.8%
11
Schaffhausen
CHF 18'733
7.9%
12
St. Gallen
CHF 18'738
7.9%
13
Glarus
CHF 18'719
8.0%
14
Solothurn
CHF 18'723
8.0%
15
Valais
CHF 18'726
8.0%
16
Jura
CHF 18'705
8.1%
17
Nidwalden
CHF 18'698
8.1%
18
Schwyz
CHF 18'700
8.1%
19
Fribourg
CHF 18'676
8.2%
20
Neuchâtel
CHF 18'688
8.2%
21
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 18'659
8.3%
22
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 18'570
8.7%
23
Zurich
CHF 18'586
8.7%
24
Bern
CHF 18'397
9.6%
25
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 18'377
9.7%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 18'598
8.6%
1
Switzerland
CHF 18'586
8.7%
2
United Kingdom
CHF 18'316
10.0%
3
Russia
CHF 17'705
13.0%
4
France
CHF 17'416
14.4%
5
Norway
CHF 17'107
15.9%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 16'790
17.5%
7
Austria
CHF 16'687
18.0%
8
Hungary
CHF 16'585
18.5%
9
Spain
CHF 16'484
19.0%
10
Ukraine
CHF 16'382
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 16'199
20.4%
12
Italy
CHF 15'162
25.5%
13
Germany
CHF 15'006
26.3%
14
Greece
CHF 14'823
27.2%
15
Sweden
CHF 14'773
27.4%
16
Poland
CHF 14'092
30.8%
17
Denmark
CHF 13'638
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 13'551
33.4%
19
Portugal
CHF 13'335
34.5%
20
Netherlands
CHF 12'806
37.1%
21
Belgium
CHF 12'558
38.3%
22
Romania
CHF 11'905
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 17'128
15.8%
1
Canada
CHF 15'119
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 19'240
5.5%
1
Taiwan
CHF 18'314
10.0%
2
Thailand
CHF 18'243
10.4%
3
Australia
CHF 18'073
11.2%
4
South Korea
CHF 17'200
15.5%
5
New Zealand
CHF 17'020
16.4%
6
Pakistan
CHF 16'725
17.8%
7
Indonesia
CHF 16'531
18.8%
8
Malaysia
CHF 16'346
19.7%
9
Kazakhstan
CHF 16'253
20.1%
10
Japan
CHF 16'217
20.3%
11
Singapore
CHF 16'129
20.7%
12
Philippines
CHF 15'643
23.1%
13
Vietnam
CHF 15'018
26.2%
14
China
CHF 14'326
29.6%
15
India
CHF 13'598
33.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 18'399
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 18'174
10.7%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 18'117
11.0%
3
Ecuador
CHF 17'653
13.3%
4
Colombia
CHF 17'198
15.5%
5
Panama
CHF 16'849
17.2%
6
Chile
CHF 16'441
19.2%
7
Mexico
CHF 16'065
21.1%
8
Peru
CHF 15'636
23.2%
9
Brazil
CHF 15'248
25.1%
10
Uruguay
CHF 14'867
26.9%
11
Argentina
CHF 13'221
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 16'486
19.0%
1
Mozambique
CHF 15'123
25.7%
2
Angola
CHF 14'957
26.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 14'691
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 14'348
29.5%
5
Ghana
CHF 14'340
29.5%
6
Morocco
CHF 14'322
29.6%
7
Nigeria
CHF 13'952
31.4%
8
Uganda
CHF 13'486
33.7%
9
Cameroon
CHF 13'475
33.8%
10
Senegal
CHF 13'207
35.1%
11
Zambia
CHF 12'772
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 19'332
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 19'332
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 18'722
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 18'722
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 18'315
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 18'112
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 17'429
14.4%
7
Egypt
CHF 15'506
23.8%
8
Lebanon
CHF 15'429
24.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 11'909
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Jura 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.