Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 18'050
Cantonal tax
- CHF 19.90
Communal tax
- CHF 20.85
Church tax
- CHF 3.10
Personal Tax
- CHF 60
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 957
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 199
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 72.20
Total tax
- CHF 1'331
Net pay
* CHF 16'719
Marginal tax rate
10.5%
Average tax rate
7.4%
92.6%
Net pay
7.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 16'719
Net pay
CHF 2'750
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'331
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'081
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'750 to pay you CHF 18'050. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.26 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.4% tax rate now rises to 19.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 18'050 a year living in the region of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'331. That means that your net pay will be CHF 16'719 per year, or CHF 1'393 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.4% and your marginal tax rate is 10.5%. 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 10.50, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 89.50.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 895 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'475 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 16'823
6.8%
1
Basel-Stadt
CHF 16'823
6.8%
2
Graubünden
CHF 16'823
6.8%
3
Obwalden
CHF 16'823
6.8%
4
St. Gallen
CHF 16'819
6.8%
5
Thurgau
CHF 16'823
6.8%
6
Vaud
CHF 16'823
6.8%
7
Zug
CHF 16'823
6.8%
8
Glarus
CHF 16'799
6.9%
9
Ticino
CHF 16'803
6.9%
10
Geneva
CHF 16'788
7.0%
11
Solothurn
CHF 16'753
7.2%
12
Jura
CHF 16'724
7.3%
13
Lucerne
CHF 16'733
7.3%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 16'725
7.3%
15
Valais
CHF 16'734
7.3%
16
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 16'723
7.4%
17
Schaffhausen
CHF 16'719
7.4%
18
Uri
CHF 16'723
7.4%
19
Nidwalden
CHF 16'702
7.5%
20
Fribourg
CHF 16'679
7.6%
21
Schwyz
CHF 16'679
7.6%
22
Zurich
CHF 16'606
8.0%
23
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 16'566
8.2%
24
Bern
CHF 16'572
8.2%
25
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 16'495
8.6%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 17'152
5.0%
1
United Kingdom
CHF 16'781
7.0%
2
Switzerland
CHF 16'606
8.0%
3
Russia
CHF 15'704
13.0%
4
France
CHF 15'567
13.8%
5
Norway
CHF 15'432
14.5%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 15'121
16.2%
7
Austria
CHF 15'085
16.4%
8
Spain
CHF 14'870
17.6%
9
Hungary
CHF 14'711
18.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 14'530
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 14'497
19.7%
12
Italy
CHF 13'854
23.3%
13
Germany
CHF 13'703
24.1%
14
Greece
CHF 13'310
26.3%
15
Sweden
CHF 13'232
26.7%
16
Poland
CHF 12'623
30.1%
17
Finland
CHF 12'121
32.9%
18
Denmark
CHF 12'090
33.0%
19
Portugal
CHF 12'041
33.3%
20
Belgium
CHF 11'518
36.2%
21
Netherlands
CHF 11'358
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 10'559
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 15'393
14.7%
1
Canada
CHF 13'414
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 17'104
5.2%
1
Thailand
CHF 16'346
9.4%
2
Taiwan
CHF 16'326
9.6%
3
Australia
CHF 16'256
9.9%
4
South Korea
CHF 15'401
14.7%
5
New Zealand
CHF 15'155
16.0%
6
Pakistan
CHF 15'093
16.4%
7
Indonesia
CHF 14'858
17.7%
8
Malaysia
CHF 14'766
18.2%
9
Japan
CHF 14'448
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 14'390
20.3%
11
Singapore
CHF 14'346
20.5%
12
Philippines
CHF 14'091
21.9%
13
Vietnam
CHF 13'474
25.4%
14
China
CHF 12'722
29.5%
15
India
CHF 12'292
31.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 16'319
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 16'154
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 16'148
10.5%
3
Ecuador
CHF 15'834
12.3%
4
Colombia
CHF 15'509
14.1%
5
Panama
CHF 15'109
16.3%
6
Chile
CHF 14'621
19.0%
7
Mexico
CHF 14'370
20.4%
8
Peru
CHF 13'906
23.0%
9
Brazil
CHF 13'581
24.8%
10
Uruguay
CHF 13'305
26.3%
11
Argentina
CHF 11'726
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 14'890
17.5%
1
Mozambique
CHF 13'482
25.3%
2
Angola
CHF 13'284
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 13'081
27.5%
4
Morocco
CHF 12'921
28.4%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 12'834
28.9%
6
Ghana
CHF 12'818
29.0%
7
Nigeria
CHF 12'387
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 12'075
33.1%
9
Uganda
CHF 11'991
33.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 11'801
34.6%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'358
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 17'147
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 17'148
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 16'606
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 16'606
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 16'245
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 16'064
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 15'659
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 13'781
23.7%
8
Lebanon
CHF 13'704
24.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 10'454
42.1%
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.