Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 16'850
Cantonal tax
- CHF 1.70
Communal tax
- CHF 1.70
Personal Tax
- CHF 60
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 893
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 185
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 67.40
Total tax
- CHF 1'209
Net pay
* CHF 15'641
Marginal tax rate
7.2%
Average tax rate
7.2%
92.8%
Net pay
7.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 15'641
Net pay
CHF 2'567
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'209
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 3'776
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'567 to pay you CHF 16'850. 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 7.2% tax rate now rises to 19.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 16'850 a year living in the region of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'209. That means that your net pay will be CHF 15'641 per year, or CHF 1'303 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.2% and your marginal tax rate is 7.2%. 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 7.20, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 92.80.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 928 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'640 of net incomes.
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 14'051
16.6%
1
Mozambique
CHF 12'618
25.1%
2
Angola
CHF 12'411
26.3%
3
Kenya
CHF 12'241
27.4%
4
Morocco
CHF 12'175
27.8%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 12'045
28.5%
6
Ghana
CHF 12'025
28.6%
7
Nigeria
CHF 11'571
31.3%
8
Cameroon
CHF 11'344
32.7%
9
Uganda
CHF 11'211
33.5%
10
Senegal
CHF 11'055
34.4%
11
Zambia
CHF 10'620
37.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Schaffhausen 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.