Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 14'800
Personal Tax
- CHF 50
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 784
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 163
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 59.20
Total tax
- CHF 1'056
Net pay
* CHF 13'744
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.1%
92.9%
Net pay
7.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 13'744
Net pay
CHF 2'255
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'056
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 3'311
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'255 to pay you CHF 14'800. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.24 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.1% tax rate now rises to 19.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 14'800 a year living in the region of Nidwalden, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'056. That means that your net pay will be CHF 13'744 per year, or CHF 1'145 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.1% 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 13'794
6.8%
1
Basel-Stadt
CHF 13'794
6.8%
2
Bern
CHF 13'794
6.8%
3
Glarus
CHF 13'794
6.8%
4
Graubünden
CHF 13'794
6.8%
5
Jura
CHF 13'794
6.8%
6
Obwalden
CHF 13'794
6.8%
7
St. Gallen
CHF 13'794
6.8%
8
Thurgau
CHF 13'794
6.8%
9
Vaud
CHF 13'794
6.8%
10
Zug
CHF 13'794
6.8%
11
Neuchâtel
CHF 13'784
6.9%
12
Ticino
CHF 13'774
6.9%
13
Geneva
CHF 13'759
7.0%
14
Valais
CHF 13'760
7.0%
15
Lucerne
CHF 13'744
7.1%
16
Nidwalden
CHF 13'744
7.1%
17
Schwyz
CHF 13'743
7.1%
18
Schaffhausen
CHF 13'734
7.2%
19
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 13'713
7.3%
20
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 13'715
7.3%
21
Solothurn
CHF 13'724
7.3%
22
Zurich
CHF 13'717
7.3%
23
Fribourg
CHF 13'706
7.4%
24
Uri
CHF 13'694
7.5%
25
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 13'666
7.7%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 12'893
12.9%
1
Canada
CHF 11'065
25.2%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Nidwalden 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.