Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 19'950
Cantonal tax
- CHF 85.60
Communal tax
- CHF 82.60
Personal Tax
- CHF 50
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'057
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 219
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 79.80
Total tax
- CHF 1'575
Net pay
* CHF 18'375
Marginal tax rate
16.4%
Average tax rate
7.9%
92.1%
Net pay
7.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 18'375
Net pay
CHF 3'039
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'575
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'614
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'039 to pay you CHF 19'950. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.31 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.9% tax rate now rises to 20.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 19'950 a year living in the region of Nidwalden, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'575. That means that your net pay will be CHF 18'375 per year, or CHF 1'531 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.9% and your marginal tax rate is 16.4%. 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 16.37, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 83.63.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 836 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'182 of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 18'337
8.1%
1
Switzerland
CHF 18'264
8.5%
2
United Kingdom
CHF 18'049
9.5%
3
Russia
CHF 17'356
13.0%
4
France
CHF 17'095
14.3%
5
Norway
CHF 16'836
15.6%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 16'503
17.3%
7
Austria
CHF 16'409
17.8%
8
Hungary
CHF 16'259
18.5%
9
Spain
CHF 16'205
18.8%
10
Ukraine
CHF 16'060
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 15'903
20.3%
12
Italy
CHF 14'935
25.1%
13
Germany
CHF 14'779
25.9%
14
Greece
CHF 14'562
27.0%
15
Sweden
CHF 14'505
27.3%
16
Poland
CHF 13'837
30.6%
17
Denmark
CHF 13'369
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 13'303
33.3%
19
Portugal
CHF 13'118
34.3%
20
Netherlands
CHF 12'554
37.1%
21
Belgium
CHF 12'391
37.9%
22
Romania
CHF 11'671
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 16'826
15.7%
1
Canada
CHF 14'822
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 18'037
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 17'829
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 17'776
10.9%
3
Ecuador
CHF 17'337
13.1%
4
Colombia
CHF 16'906
15.3%
5
Panama
CHF 16'546
17.1%
6
Chile
CHF 16'124
19.2%
7
Mexico
CHF 15'770
21.0%
8
Peru
CHF 15'335
23.1%
9
Brazil
CHF 14'958
25.0%
10
Uruguay
CHF 14'596
26.8%
11
Argentina
CHF 12'961
35.0%
12
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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.