Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 18'500
Cantonal tax
- CHF 28
Communal tax
- CHF 28.50
Church tax
- CHF 4
Personal Tax
- CHF 60
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 981
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 204
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 74
Total tax
- CHF 1'379
Net pay
* CHF 17'122
Marginal tax rate
10.5%
Average tax rate
7.5%
92.5%
Net pay
7.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 17'122
Net pay
CHF 2'818
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'379
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'197
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'818 to pay you CHF 18'500. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.27 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.5% tax rate now rises to 19.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 18'500 a year living in the region of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'379. That means that your net pay will be CHF 17'122 per year, or CHF 1'427 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.5% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 17'410
5.9%
1
United Kingdom
CHF 17'081
7.7%
2
Switzerland
CHF 17'000
8.1%
3
Russia
CHF 16'095
13.0%
4
France
CHF 15'929
13.9%
5
Norway
CHF 15'783
14.7%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 15'457
16.5%
7
Austria
CHF 15'399
16.8%
8
Spain
CHF 15'190
17.9%
9
Hungary
CHF 15'078
18.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 14'893
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 14'830
19.8%
12
Italy
CHF 14'110
23.7%
13
Germany
CHF 13'959
24.6%
14
Greece
CHF 13'612
26.4%
15
Sweden
CHF 13'533
26.9%
16
Poland
CHF 12'911
30.2%
17
Finland
CHF 12'402
33.0%
18
Denmark
CHF 12'393
33.0%
19
Portugal
CHF 12'313
33.4%
20
Belgium
CHF 11'756
36.5%
21
Netherlands
CHF 11'642
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 10'823
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 15'732
15.0%
1
Canada
CHF 13'747
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 17'523
5.3%
1
Thailand
CHF 16'718
9.6%
2
Taiwan
CHF 16'715
9.7%
3
Australia
CHF 16'612
10.2%
4
South Korea
CHF 15'753
14.9%
5
New Zealand
CHF 15'520
16.1%
6
Pakistan
CHF 15'416
16.7%
7
Indonesia
CHF 15'185
17.9%
8
Malaysia
CHF 15'078
18.5%
9
Japan
CHF 14'794
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 14'754
20.3%
11
Singapore
CHF 14'696
20.6%
12
Philippines
CHF 14'395
22.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 13'776
25.5%
14
China
CHF 13'036
29.5%
15
India
CHF 12'547
32.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 16'726
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 16'546
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 16'538
10.6%
3
Ecuador
CHF 16'190
12.5%
4
Colombia
CHF 15'840
14.4%
5
Panama
CHF 15'450
16.5%
6
Chile
CHF 14'977
19.0%
7
Mexico
CHF 14'702
20.5%
8
Peru
CHF 14'244
23.0%
9
Brazil
CHF 13'907
24.8%
10
Uruguay
CHF 13'611
26.4%
11
Argentina
CHF 12'019
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 15'203
17.8%
1
Mozambique
CHF 13'806
25.4%
2
Angola
CHF 13'611
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 13'396
27.6%
4
Morocco
CHF 13'201
28.6%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 13'131
29.0%
6
Ghana
CHF 13'116
29.1%
7
Nigeria
CHF 12'693
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 12'349
33.3%
9
Uganda
CHF 12'284
33.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 12'078
34.7%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'635
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 17'575
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 17'575
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 17'020
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 17'020
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 16'650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 16'465
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 16'006
13.5%
7
Egypt
CHF 14'118
23.7%
8
Lebanon
CHF 14'042
24.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 10'739
42.0%
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.