Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 11'150
Personal Tax
- CHF 50
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 591
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 123
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 44.60
Total tax
- CHF 808
Net pay
* CHF 10'342
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.2%
92.8%
Net pay
7.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 10'342
Net pay
CHF 1'699
Tax the employer pays
CHF 808
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'507
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'699 to pay you CHF 11'150. 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 7.2% tax rate now rises to 19.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 11'150 a year living in the region of Luzern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 808. That means that your net pay will be CHF 10'342 per year, or CHF 862 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
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 10'392
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 10'392
6.8%
2
Basel-Stadt
CHF 10'392
6.8%
3
Bern
CHF 10'392
6.8%
4
Glarus
CHF 10'392
6.8%
5
Graubünden
CHF 10'392
6.8%
6
Jura
CHF 10'392
6.8%
7
Obwalden
CHF 10'392
6.8%
8
Schwyz
CHF 10'388
6.8%
9
St. Gallen
CHF 10'392
6.8%
10
Thurgau
CHF 10'392
6.8%
11
Vaud
CHF 10'392
6.8%
12
Zug
CHF 10'392
6.8%
13
Neuchâtel
CHF 10'382
6.9%
14
Ticino
CHF 10'372
7.0%
15
Zurich
CHF 10'368
7.0%
16
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 10'354
7.1%
17
Geneva
CHF 10'357
7.1%
18
Valais
CHF 10'358
7.1%
19
Lucerne
CHF 10'342
7.2%
20
Nidwalden
CHF 10'342
7.2%
21
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 10'337
7.3%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 10'332
7.3%
23
Solothurn
CHF 10'322
7.4%
24
Fribourg
CHF 10'304
7.6%
25
Uri
CHF 10'292
7.7%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 11'150
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 11'150
0.0%
2
Spain
CHF 10'442
6.4%
3
Switzerland
CHF 10'368
7.0%
4
France
CHF 10'016
10.2%
5
Norway
CHF 9'957
10.7%
6
Italy
CHF 9'814
12.0%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 9'801
12.1%
8
Russia
CHF 9'701
13.0%
9
Austria
CHF 9'480
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 9'391
15.8%
11
Hungary
CHF 9'087
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 8'976
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 8'956
19.7%
14
Greece
CHF 8'681
22.2%
15
Sweden
CHF 8'608
22.8%
16
Poland
CHF 8'217
26.3%
17
Portugal
CHF 7'866
29.5%
18
Finland
CHF 7'721
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 7'582
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 7'448
33.2%
21
Netherlands
CHF 7'017
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 6'523
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 10'025
10.1%
1
Canada
CHF 8'488
23.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 11'028
1.1%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 10'592
5.0%
2
Thailand
CHF 10'400
6.7%
3
Taiwan
CHF 10'163
8.9%
4
Pakistan
CHF 9'894
11.3%
5
South Korea
CHF 9'771
12.4%
6
Malaysia
CHF 9'608
13.8%
7
New Zealand
CHF 9'558
14.3%
8
Indonesia
CHF 9'523
14.6%
9
Philippines
CHF 9'248
17.1%
10
Japan
CHF 9'060
18.7%
11
Singapore
CHF 8'923
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
CHF 8'831
20.8%
13
Vietnam
CHF 8'673
22.2%
14
India
CHF 8'373
24.9%
15
China
CHF 7'909
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 10'254
8.0%
1
Colombia
CHF 10'090
9.5%
2
Ecuador
CHF 10'080
9.6%
3
Guatemala
CHF 10'081
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 9'979
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 9'874
11.4%
6
Mexico
CHF 9'223
17.3%
7
Chile
CHF 9'163
17.8%
8
Uruguay
CHF 8'908
20.1%
9
Brazil
CHF 8'770
21.3%
10
Peru
CHF 8'713
21.9%
11
Argentina
CHF 7'241
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 9'827
11.9%
1
Morocco
CHF 8'532
23.5%
2
Mozambique
CHF 8'514
23.6%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 8'293
25.6%
4
Angola
CHF 8'263
25.9%
5
Kenya
CHF 8'251
26.0%
6
Ghana
CHF 8'134
27.1%
7
Cameroon
CHF 7'919
29.0%
8
Nigeria
CHF 7'694
31.0%
9
Uganda
CHF 7'506
32.7%
10
Senegal
CHF 7'470
33.0%
11
Zambia
CHF 7'114
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 10'593
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 10'593
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 10'258
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 10'258
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 10'035
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 9'924
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 9'684
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 8'606
22.8%
8
Lebanon
CHF 8'529
23.5%
9
Turkey
CHF 6'256
43.9%
10
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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.