Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 16'700
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 885
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 184
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 66.80
Total tax
- CHF 1'136
Net pay
* CHF 15'564
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
6.8%
93.2%
Net pay
6.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 15'564
Net pay
CHF 2'544
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'136
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 3'680
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'544 to pay you CHF 16'700. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.20 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.8% tax rate now rises to 19.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 16'700 a year living in the region of Obwalden, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'136. That means that your net pay will be CHF 15'564 per year, or CHF 1'297 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.8% 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 14'362
14.0%
1
Canada
CHF 12'413
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 15'846
5.1%
1
Australia
CHF 15'230
8.8%
2
Thailand
CHF 15'206
9.0%
3
Taiwan
CHF 15'153
9.3%
4
South Korea
CHF 14'346
14.1%
5
Pakistan
CHF 14'086
15.7%
6
New Zealand
CHF 14'060
15.8%
7
Indonesia
CHF 13'876
16.9%
8
Malaysia
CHF 13'828
17.2%
9
Japan
CHF 13'410
19.7%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 13'296
20.4%
11
Singapore
CHF 13'295
20.4%
12
Philippines
CHF 13'180
21.1%
13
Vietnam
CHF 12'568
24.7%
14
China
CHF 11'780
29.5%
15
India
CHF 11'525
31.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 15'099
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 15'002
10.2%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 14'947
10.5%
3
Ecuador
CHF 14'745
11.7%
4
Colombia
CHF 14'482
13.3%
5
Panama
CHF 14'088
15.6%
6
Chile
CHF 13'553
18.8%
7
Mexico
CHF 13'375
19.9%
8
Peru
CHF 12'890
22.8%
9
Brazil
CHF 12'602
24.5%
10
Uruguay
CHF 12'474
25.3%
11
Argentina
CHF 10'849
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 13'940
16.5%
1
Mozambique
CHF 12'510
25.1%
2
Angola
CHF 12'302
26.3%
3
Kenya
CHF 12'136
27.3%
4
Morocco
CHF 12'081
27.7%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 11'946
28.5%
6
Ghana
CHF 11'925
28.6%
7
Nigeria
CHF 11'469
31.3%
8
Cameroon
CHF 11'253
32.6%
9
Uganda
CHF 11'114
33.5%
10
Senegal
CHF 10'962
34.4%
11
Zambia
CHF 10'528
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 15'865
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 15'865
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 15'364
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 15'364
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 15'030
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 14'863
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 14'504
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 12'768
23.5%
8
Lebanon
CHF 12'692
24.0%
9
Turkey
CHF 9'601
42.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Obwalden 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.