Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 70'920
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 725
Cantonal tax
- CHF 4'936
Communal tax
- CHF 3'291
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 3'759
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 780
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 284
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 2'291
Total tax
- CHF 16'066
Net pay
* CHF 54'854
Marginal tax rate
35.4%
Average tax rate
22.7%
77.3%
Net pay
22.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 54'854
Net pay
CHF 13'096
Tax the employer pays
CHF 16'066
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 29'161
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 13'096 to pay you CHF 70'920. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 4.11 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.7% tax rate now rises to 34.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 70'920 a year living in the region of Jura, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 16'066. That means that your net pay will be CHF 54'854 per year, or CHF 4'571 per month. Your average tax rate is 22.7% and your marginal tax rate is 35.4%. 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 35.40, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 64.60.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 646 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'230 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Zug
CHF 60'917
14.1%
1
Schwyz
CHF 58'382
17.7%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 57'711
18.6%
3
Obwalden
CHF 56'681
20.1%
4
Zurich
CHF 56'666
20.1%
5
Nidwalden
CHF 56'603
20.2%
6
Graubünden
CHF 56'498
20.3%
7
Glarus
CHF 56'393
20.5%
8
Uri
CHF 56'317
20.6%
9
Schaffhausen
CHF 56'127
20.9%
10
Thurgau
CHF 55'970
21.1%
11
Ticino
CHF 55'727
21.4%
12
Aargau
CHF 55'602
21.6%
13
Valais
CHF 55'349
22.0%
14
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 55'174
22.2%
15
Lucerne
CHF 55'110
22.3%
16
Jura
CHF 54'854
22.7%
17
Fribourg
CHF 54'318
23.4%
18
Geneva
CHF 54'072
23.8%
19
St. Gallen
CHF 54'051
23.8%
20
Basel-Stadt
CHF 53'960
23.9%
21
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 53'907
24.0%
22
Solothurn
CHF 53'443
24.6%
23
Bern
CHF 53'159
25.0%
24
Vaud
CHF 53'099
25.1%
25
Neuchâtel
CHF 52'764
25.6%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
CHF 61'700
13.0%
1
Hungary
CHF 57'800
18.5%
2
Ukraine
CHF 57'091
19.5%
3
Switzerland
CHF 56'666
20.1%
4
Czech Republic
CHF 53'683
24.3%
5
United Kingdom
CHF 50'671
28.6%
6
France
CHF 50'593
28.7%
7
Norway
CHF 48'678
31.4%
8
Spain
CHF 47'627
32.8%
9
Ireland
CHF 47'100
33.6%
10
Denmark
CHF 47'078
33.6%
11
Austria
CHF 44'167
37.7%
12
Netherlands
CHF 43'904
38.1%
13
Sweden
CHF 43'880
38.1%
14
Poland
CHF 43'249
39.0%
15
Luxembourg
CHF 43'018
39.3%
16
Greece
CHF 41'722
41.2%
17
Romania
CHF 41'488
41.5%
18
Germany
CHF 40'839
42.4%
19
Finland
CHF 38'927
45.1%
20
Italy
CHF 38'589
45.6%
21
Portugal
CHF 36'575
48.4%
22
Belgium
CHF 31'301
55.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 52'307
26.2%
1
Canada
CHF 48'634
31.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 61'757
12.9%
1
Taiwan
CHF 58'988
16.8%
2
Kazakhstan
CHF 57'833
18.5%
3
Singapore
CHF 57'126
19.5%
4
Thailand
CHF 55'445
21.8%
5
South Korea
CHF 54'281
23.5%
6
Australia
CHF 51'885
26.8%
7
China
CHF 51'602
27.2%
8
New Zealand
CHF 51'296
27.7%
9
Indonesia
CHF 51'218
27.8%
10
Japan
CHF 50'842
28.3%
11
Pakistan
CHF 50'038
29.4%
12
Malaysia
CHF 49'204
30.6%
13
Philippines
CHF 48'876
31.1%
14
Vietnam
CHF 47'544
33.0%
15
India
CHF 40'313
43.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 63'454
10.5%
1
Chile
CHF 56'997
19.6%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 56'175
20.8%
3
Puerto Rico
CHF 53'559
24.5%
4
Panama
CHF 53'200
25.0%
5
Ecuador
CHF 51'999
26.7%
6
Brazil
CHF 51'912
26.8%
7
Colombia
CHF 51'892
26.8%
8
Uruguay
CHF 51'438
27.5%
9
Peru
CHF 50'384
29.0%
10
Mexico
CHF 49'376
30.4%
11
Argentina
CHF 46'092
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
CHF 51'747
27.0%
1
Kenya
CHF 50'090
29.4%
2
Nigeria
CHF 48'349
31.8%
3
Mozambique
CHF 48'046
32.3%
4
Ghana
CHF 47'792
32.6%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 47'341
33.3%
6
South Africa
CHF 47'221
33.4%
7
Morocco
CHF 44'967
36.6%
8
Cameroon
CHF 44'265
37.6%
9
Zambia
CHF 43'873
38.1%
10
Senegal
CHF 43'559
38.6%
11
Uganda
CHF 42'152
40.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 67'374
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 67'374
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 65'246
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 65'246
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 63'828
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 63'600
10.3%
6
Egypt
CHF 53'433
24.7%
7
Lebanon
CHF 53'357
24.8%
8
Israel
CHF 50'786
28.4%
9
Turkey
CHF 41'473
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.