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Income Tax Calculator Luzern

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary CHF 20'700
Church tax - CHF 15
Municipal tax - CHF 83
Cantonal tax - CHF 76
Personal Tax - CHF 50
Contributions to OASI, disability insurance, compensation for loss of earnings - CHF 1'097
Non-occupational Accident Insurance - CHF 83
Direct Federal Tax - CHF 5
Unemployment insurance - CHF 228
tax_calculator.withholding_box.Pension fund contributions - CHF 25
Total tax - CHF 1'663
Net pay * CHF 19'037
Marginal tax rate 21.1%
Average tax rate 8.0%
8%Total tax
92%
Net pay
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CHF 19'037
Net pay
CHF 3'179
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'663
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
CHF 4,842
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'179 to pay you CHF 20'700. 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% tax rate now rises to 20.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make CHF 20'700 a year living in the region of Luzern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'663. That means that your net pay will be CHF 19'037 per year, or CHF 1'586 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.0% and your marginal tax rate is 21.1%. 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 21.1, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 78.9.

Bonus Example

A CHF 1,000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 789 of net incomes. A CHF 5,000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3,945 of net incomes.

Tax per region
Country Net payAverage taxRank
Basel-StadtCHF 19'2626.9%1
GraubündenCHF 19'2597.0%2
WaadtCHF 19'2597.0%3
ZürichCHF 18'8658.9%24
Appenzell AusserrhodenCHF 18'6489.9%25
BernCHF 18'6449.9%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.