Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 7'300
Personal Tax
- CHF 50
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 387
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 80.30
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 29.20
Total tax
- CHF 546
Net pay
* CHF 6'754
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.5%
92.5%
Net pay
7.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 6'754
Net pay
CHF 1'112
Tax the employer pays
CHF 546
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'659
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'112 to pay you CHF 7'300. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.27 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.5% tax rate now rises to 19.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 7'300 a year living in the region of Luzern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 546. That means that your net pay will be CHF 6'754 per year, or CHF 563 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.5% 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 6'646
9.0%
1
Canada
CHF 5'634
22.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 6'720
8.0%
1
Colombia
CHF 6'716
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 6'610
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 6'600
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 6'534
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 6'497
11.0%
6
Peru
CHF 6'387
12.5%
7
Mexico
CHF 6'303
13.7%
8
Brazil
CHF 6'245
14.5%
9
Chile
CHF 6'015
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 5'833
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 4'739
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 6'716
8.0%
1
Morocco
CHF 6'038
17.3%
2
Mozambique
CHF 5'742
21.4%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 5'653
22.6%
4
Cameroon
CHF 5'645
22.7%
5
Kenya
CHF 5'568
23.7%
6
Angola
CHF 5'450
25.3%
7
Ghana
CHF 5'405
26.0%
8
Nigeria
CHF 5'075
30.5%
9
Uganda
CHF 5'004
31.5%
10
Senegal
CHF 4'977
31.8%
11
Zambia
CHF 4'857
33.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 6'935
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 6'935
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 6'716
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 6'716
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 6'570
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 6'497
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 6'340
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 5'713
21.7%
8
Lebanon
CHF 5'642
22.7%
9
Turkey
CHF 4'348
40.4%
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.