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Income Tax Calculator Luzern

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary CHF 18'100
Church tax - CHF 3
Municipal tax - CHF 20
Cantonal tax - CHF 18
Personal Tax - CHF 50
Contributions to OASI, disability insurance, compensation for loss of earnings - CHF 959
Non-occupational Accident Insurance - CHF 72
Unemployment insurance - CHF 199
Total tax - CHF 1'322
Net pay * CHF 16'778
Marginal tax rate 10.1%
Average tax rate 7.3%
7.3%Total tax
92.7%
Net pay
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CHF 16'778
Net pay
CHF 2'758
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'322
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
CHF 4,080
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'758 to pay you CHF 18'100. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.25 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.3% tax rate now rises to 19.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make CHF 18'100 a year living in the region of Luzern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'322. That means that your net pay will be CHF 16'778 per year, or CHF 1'398 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.3% and your marginal tax rate is 10.1%. 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 10.1, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 89.9.

Bonus Example

A CHF 1,000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 899 of net incomes. A CHF 5,000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4,495 of net incomes.

Tax per region
Country Net payAverage taxRank
AargauCHF 16'8696.8%1
Basel-StadtCHF 16'8696.8%2
GraubündenCHF 16'8696.8%3
Appenzell InnerrhodenCHF 16'6108.2%24
BernCHF 16'6128.2%25
Appenzell AusserrhodenCHF 16'5368.6%26
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Luzern tables of CH, 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.