Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 17'000
Cantonal tax
- CHF 2
Communal tax
- CHF 2
Personal Tax
- CHF 60
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 901
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 187
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 68
Total tax
- CHF 1'220
Net pay
* CHF 15'780
Marginal tax rate
10.6%
Average tax rate
7.2%
92.8%
Net pay
7.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 15'780
Net pay
CHF 2'590
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'220
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 3'810
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'590 to pay you CHF 17'000. 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 17'000 a year living in the region of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'220. That means that your net pay will be CHF 15'780 per year, or CHF 1'315 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.2% and your marginal tax rate is 10.6%. 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 10.60, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 89.40.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 894 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'470 of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 16'588
2.4%
1
United Kingdom
CHF 16'080
5.4%
2
Switzerland
CHF 15'672
7.8%
3
Russia
CHF 14'790
13.0%
4
France
CHF 14'723
13.4%
5
Norway
CHF 14'611
14.1%
6
Austria
CHF 14'347
15.6%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 14'331
15.7%
8
Spain
CHF 14'122
16.9%
9
Hungary
CHF 13'855
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 13'720
19.3%
11
Ukraine
CHF 13'685
19.5%
12
Italy
CHF 13'257
22.0%
13
Germany
CHF 13'092
23.0%
14
Greece
CHF 12'607
25.8%
15
Sweden
CHF 12'529
26.3%
16
Poland
CHF 11'953
29.7%
17
Finland
CHF 11'419
32.8%
18
Portugal
CHF 11'406
32.9%
19
Denmark
CHF 11'384
33.0%
20
Belgium
CHF 10'961
35.5%
21
Netherlands
CHF 10'698
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 9'945
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 14'593
14.2%
1
Canada
CHF 12'635
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 16'127
5.1%
1
Thailand
CHF 15'461
9.1%
2
Australia
CHF 15'448
9.1%
3
Taiwan
CHF 15'414
9.3%
4
South Korea
CHF 14'580
14.2%
5
Pakistan
CHF 14'311
15.8%
6
New Zealand
CHF 14'303
15.9%
7
Indonesia
CHF 14'094
17.1%
8
Malaysia
CHF 14'036
17.4%
9
Japan
CHF 13'641
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 13'539
20.4%
11
Singapore
CHF 13'528
20.4%
12
Philippines
CHF 13'382
21.3%
13
Vietnam
CHF 12'769
24.9%
14
China
CHF 11'989
29.5%
15
India
CHF 11'695
31.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 15'370
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 15'258
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 15'215
10.5%
3
Ecuador
CHF 14'989
11.8%
4
Colombia
CHF 14'713
13.5%
5
Panama
CHF 14'315
15.8%
6
Chile
CHF 13'791
18.9%
7
Mexico
CHF 13'596
20.0%
8
Peru
CHF 13'116
22.9%
9
Brazil
CHF 12'820
24.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 12'641
25.6%
11
Argentina
CHF 11'044
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 14'160
16.7%
1
Mozambique
CHF 12'726
25.1%
2
Angola
CHF 12'520
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 12'346
27.4%
4
Morocco
CHF 12'268
27.8%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 12'143
28.6%
6
Ghana
CHF 12'124
28.7%
7
Nigeria
CHF 11'673
31.3%
8
Cameroon
CHF 11'436
32.7%
9
Uganda
CHF 11'309
33.5%
10
Senegal
CHF 11'148
34.4%
11
Zambia
CHF 10'712
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 16'150
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 16'150
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 15'640
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 15'640
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 15'300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 15'130
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 14'764
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 12'993
23.6%
8
Lebanon
CHF 12'917
24.0%
9
Turkey
CHF 9'790
42.4%
10
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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.