Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 35'088
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 108
Cantonal tax
- CHF 766
Communal tax
- CHF 774
Church tax
- CHF 104
Personal Tax
- CHF 60
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'860
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 386
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 140
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 499
Total tax
- CHF 4'698
Net pay
* CHF 30'390
Marginal tax rate
25.6%
Average tax rate
13.4%
86.6%
Net pay
13.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 30'390
Net pay
CHF 5'845
Tax the employer pays
CHF 4'698
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 10'543
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 5'845 to pay you CHF 35'088. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 3 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13.4% tax rate now rises to 25.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 35'088 a year living in the region of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 4'698. That means that your net pay will be CHF 30'390 per year, or CHF 2'533 per month. Your average tax rate is 13.4% and your marginal tax rate is 25.6%. 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 25.62, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 74.38.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 744 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'719 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Graubünden
CHF 31'130
11.3%
1
Schwyz
CHF 30'848
12.1%
2
Ticino
CHF 30'792
12.2%
3
Vaud
CHF 30'786
12.3%
4
Geneva
CHF 30'622
12.7%
5
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 30'523
13.0%
6
Aargau
CHF 30'489
13.1%
7
Basel-Stadt
CHF 30'386
13.4%
8
Schaffhausen
CHF 30'390
13.4%
9
Valais
CHF 30'373
13.4%
10
Zurich
CHF 30'370
13.4%
11
Thurgau
CHF 30'358
13.5%
12
Glarus
CHF 30'264
13.7%
13
Nidwalden
CHF 30'202
13.9%
14
Fribourg
CHF 30'092
14.2%
15
Jura
CHF 30'069
14.3%
16
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 30'028
14.4%
17
Obwalden
CHF 30'011
14.5%
18
Uri
CHF 29'959
14.6%
19
Lucerne
CHF 29'894
14.8%
20
St. Gallen
CHF 29'744
15.2%
21
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 29'718
15.3%
22
Neuchâtel
CHF 29'464
16.0%
23
Solothurn
CHF 29'419
16.2%
24
Bern
CHF 28'948
17.5%
25
Zug
CHF 31'682
9.7%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 28'057
20.0%
1
Canada
CHF 25'429
27.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 32'121
8.5%
1
Taiwan
CHF 30'956
11.8%
2
Thailand
CHF 29'569
15.7%
3
South Korea
CHF 28'610
18.5%
4
Australia
CHF 28'488
18.8%
5
Kazakhstan
CHF 28'191
19.7%
6
New Zealand
CHF 27'737
21.0%
7
Singapore
CHF 27'102
22.8%
8
Indonesia
CHF 26'948
23.2%
9
Pakistan
CHF 26'673
24.0%
10
Japan
CHF 26'410
24.7%
11
Malaysia
CHF 26'005
25.9%
12
Philippines
CHF 25'465
27.4%
13
Vietnam
CHF 24'424
30.4%
14
China
CHF 23'204
33.9%
15
India
CHF 21'969
37.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 31'715
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 30'001
14.5%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 29'784
15.1%
3
Ecuador
CHF 28'840
17.8%
4
Chile
CHF 28'582
18.5%
5
Panama
CHF 27'998
20.2%
6
Colombia
CHF 27'515
21.6%
7
Peru
CHF 26'452
24.6%
8
Mexico
CHF 26'081
25.7%
9
Brazil
CHF 25'933
26.1%
10
Uruguay
CHF 24'513
30.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 22'801
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 25'982
26.0%
1
Angola
CHF 25'679
26.8%
2
Kenya
CHF 25'008
28.7%
3
Mozambique
CHF 24'755
29.5%
4
Ghana
CHF 24'089
31.4%
5
Nigeria
CHF 23'976
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
CHF 23'606
32.7%
7
Morocco
CHF 23'253
33.7%
8
Cameroon
CHF 22'449
36.0%
9
Uganda
CHF 22'445
36.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 22'060
37.1%
11
Zambia
CHF 21'836
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 33'334
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 33'334
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 32'281
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 32'281
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 31'579
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 31'228
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 28'208
19.6%
7
Egypt
CHF 26'559
24.3%
8
Lebanon
CHF 26'483
24.5%
9
Turkey
CHF 20'604
41.3%
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.