Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 24'024
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 30.58
Cantonal tax
- CHF 199
Communal tax
- CHF 200
Church tax
- CHF 27.32
Personal Tax
- CHF 60
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'273
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 264
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 96.10
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 144
Total tax
- CHF 2'295
Net pay
* CHF 21'729
Marginal tax rate
18.5%
Average tax rate
9.6%
90.4%
Net pay
9.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 21'729
Net pay
CHF 3'804
Tax the employer pays
CHF 2'295
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 6'099
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'804 to pay you CHF 24'024. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.54 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.6% tax rate now rises to 21.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 24'024 a year living in the region of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 2'295. That means that your net pay will be CHF 21'729 per year, or CHF 1'811 per month. Your average tax rate is 9.6% and your marginal tax rate is 18.5%. 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 18.46, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 81.54.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 815 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'077 of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Nidwalden
CHF 21'625
10.0%
1
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 21'588
10.1%
2
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 21'587
10.1%
3
Glarus
CHF 21'578
10.2%
4
Neuchâtel
CHF 21'573
10.2%
5
Obwalden
CHF 21'557
10.3%
6
Uri
CHF 21'548
10.3%
7
St. Gallen
CHF 21'498
10.5%
8
Zurich
CHF 21'513
10.5%
9
Solothurn
CHF 21'397
10.9%
10
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 21'215
11.7%
11
Bern
CHF 20'987
12.6%
12
Basel-Stadt
CHF 22'216
7.5%
13
Graubünden
CHF 22'199
7.6%
14
Vaud
CHF 22'196
7.6%
15
Geneva
CHF 22'161
7.8%
16
Zug
CHF 22'154
7.8%
17
Aargau
CHF 22'039
8.3%
18
Thurgau
CHF 21'870
9.0%
19
Ticino
CHF 21'841
9.1%
20
Valais
CHF 21'779
9.3%
21
Schaffhausen
CHF 21'729
9.6%
22
Schwyz
CHF 21'700
9.7%
23
Lucerne
CHF 21'661
9.8%
24
Fribourg
CHF 21'650
9.9%
25
Jura
CHF 21'636
9.9%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
CHF 21'513
10.5%
1
Ireland
CHF 21'035
12.4%
2
Russia
CHF 20'901
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
CHF 20'768
13.6%
4
France
CHF 20'350
15.3%
5
Hungary
CHF 19'580
18.5%
6
Norway
CHF 19'561
18.6%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 19'389
19.3%
8
Ukraine
CHF 19'339
19.5%
9
Austria
CHF 19'143
20.3%
10
Spain
CHF 19'021
20.8%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 18'918
21.3%
12
Sweden
CHF 17'236
28.3%
13
Greece
CHF 17'200
28.4%
14
Italy
CHF 17'168
28.5%
15
Germany
CHF 17'081
28.9%
16
Poland
CHF 16'438
31.6%
17
Denmark
CHF 16'114
32.9%
18
Finland
CHF 15'815
34.2%
19
Portugal
CHF 15'321
36.2%
20
Netherlands
CHF 15'118
37.1%
21
Romania
CHF 14'054
41.5%
22
Belgium
CHF 14'027
41.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 19'871
17.3%
1
Canada
CHF 17'785
26.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 22'579
6.0%
1
Taiwan
CHF 21'490
10.6%
2
Thailand
CHF 21'187
11.8%
3
Australia
CHF 20'976
12.7%
4
South Korea
CHF 20'072
16.5%
5
New Zealand
CHF 19'980
16.8%
6
Kazakhstan
CHF 19'229
20.0%
7
Indonesia
CHF 19'204
20.1%
8
Pakistan
CHF 19'204
20.1%
9
Singapore
CHF 18'942
21.2%
10
Japan
CHF 18'871
21.5%
11
Malaysia
CHF 18'807
21.7%
12
Philippines
CHF 18'123
24.6%
13
Vietnam
CHF 17'480
27.2%
14
China
CHF 16'478
31.4%
15
India
CHF 15'685
34.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 21'720
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 21'212
11.7%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 21'134
12.0%
3
Ecuador
CHF 20'517
14.6%
4
Colombia
CHF 19'770
17.7%
5
Panama
CHF 19'628
18.3%
6
Chile
CHF 19'318
19.6%
7
Mexico
CHF 18'633
22.4%
8
Peru
CHF 18'394
23.4%
9
Brazil
CHF 17'912
25.4%
10
Uruguay
CHF 17'363
27.7%
11
Argentina
CHF 15'609
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 18'982
21.0%
1
Angola
CHF 17'630
26.6%
2
Mozambique
CHF 17'562
26.9%
3
Kenya
CHF 17'263
28.1%
4
Ghana
CHF 16'770
30.2%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 16'729
30.4%
6
Morocco
CHF 16'548
31.1%
7
Nigeria
CHF 16'451
31.5%
8
Uganda
CHF 15'875
33.9%
9
Cameroon
CHF 15'712
34.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 15'422
35.8%
11
Zambia
CHF 15'032
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 22'823
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 22'823
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 22'102
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 22'102
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 21'622
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 21'381
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 20'217
15.9%
7
Egypt
CHF 18'261
24.0%
8
Lebanon
CHF 18'185
24.3%
9
Turkey
CHF 14'161
41.1%
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.