Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 11'000
Personal Tax
- CHF 50
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 583
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 121
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 44
Total tax
- CHF 798
Net pay
* CHF 10'202
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.3%
92.7%
Net pay
7.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 10'202
Net pay
CHF 1'676
Tax the employer pays
CHF 798
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'474
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'676 to pay you CHF 11'000. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.25 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.3% tax rate now rises to 19.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 11'000 a year living in the region of Luzern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 798. That means that your net pay will be CHF 10'202 per year, or CHF 850 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.3% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 11'000
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 11'000
0.0%
2
Spain
CHF 10'302
6.4%
3
Switzerland
CHF 10'228
7.0%
4
France
CHF 9'890
10.1%
5
Norway
CHF 9'836
10.6%
6
Italy
CHF 9'722
11.6%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 9'679
12.0%
8
Russia
CHF 9'570
13.0%
9
Austria
CHF 9'353
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 9'280
15.6%
11
Hungary
CHF 8'965
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 8'855
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 8'836
19.7%
14
Greece
CHF 8'569
22.1%
15
Sweden
CHF 8'505
22.7%
16
Poland
CHF 8'122
26.2%
17
Portugal
CHF 7'776
29.3%
18
Finland
CHF 7'618
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 7'480
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 7'347
33.2%
21
Netherlands
CHF 6'922
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 6'435
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 9'894
10.1%
1
Canada
CHF 8'377
23.8%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Luzern 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.