Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 18'650
Cantonal tax
- CHF 30.70
Communal tax
- CHF 31.05
Church tax
- CHF 4.30
Personal Tax
- CHF 60
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 988
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 205
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 74.60
Total tax
- CHF 1'394
Net pay
* CHF 17'256
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 17'256
Net pay
CHF 2'841
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'394
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'236
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'841 to pay you CHF 18'650. 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 18'650 a year living in the region of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'394. That means that your net pay will be CHF 17'256 per year, or CHF 1'438 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 17'496
6.2%
1
United Kingdom
CHF 17'181
7.9%
2
Switzerland
CHF 17'131
8.1%
3
Russia
CHF 16'226
13.0%
4
France
CHF 16'050
13.9%
5
Norway
CHF 15'901
14.7%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 15'569
16.5%
7
Austria
CHF 15'504
16.9%
8
Spain
CHF 15'297
18.0%
9
Hungary
CHF 15'200
18.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 15'013
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 14'941
19.9%
12
Italy
CHF 14'195
23.9%
13
Germany
CHF 14'044
24.7%
14
Greece
CHF 13'712
26.5%
15
Sweden
CHF 13'634
26.9%
16
Poland
CHF 13'006
30.3%
17
Finland
CHF 12'496
33.0%
18
Denmark
CHF 12'494
33.0%
19
Portugal
CHF 12'404
33.5%
20
Belgium
CHF 11'836
36.5%
21
Netherlands
CHF 11'736
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 10'910
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 15'846
15.0%
1
Canada
CHF 13'858
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 17'663
5.3%
1
Taiwan
CHF 16'844
9.7%
2
Thailand
CHF 16'841
9.7%
3
Australia
CHF 16'730
10.3%
4
South Korea
CHF 15'870
14.9%
5
New Zealand
CHF 15'641
16.1%
6
Pakistan
CHF 15'524
16.8%
7
Indonesia
CHF 15'295
18.0%
8
Malaysia
CHF 15'182
18.6%
9
Japan
CHF 14'910
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 14'876
20.2%
11
Singapore
CHF 14'813
20.6%
12
Philippines
CHF 14'496
22.3%
13
Vietnam
CHF 13'877
25.6%
14
China
CHF 13'140
29.5%
15
India
CHF 12'633
32.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 16'862
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 16'679
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 16'666
10.6%
3
Ecuador
CHF 16'309
12.6%
4
Colombia
CHF 15'950
14.5%
5
Panama
CHF 15'563
16.6%
6
Chile
CHF 15'096
19.1%
7
Mexico
CHF 14'812
20.6%
8
Peru
CHF 14'357
23.0%
9
Brazil
CHF 14'016
24.9%
10
Uruguay
CHF 13'713
26.5%
11
Argentina
CHF 12'116
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 15'307
17.9%
1
Mozambique
CHF 13'914
25.4%
2
Angola
CHF 13'720
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 13'501
27.6%
4
Morocco
CHF 13'292
28.7%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 13'229
29.1%
6
Ghana
CHF 13'215
29.1%
7
Nigeria
CHF 12'795
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 12'440
33.3%
9
Uganda
CHF 12'381
33.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 12'170
34.8%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'727
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 17'717
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 17'717
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 17'158
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 17'158
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 16'785
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 16'598
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 16'121
13.6%
7
Egypt
CHF 14'231
23.7%
8
Lebanon
CHF 14'154
24.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 10'834
41.9%
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.