Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 1'450
Personal Tax
- CHF 70
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 76.85
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 15.95
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 5.80
Total tax
- CHF 169
Net pay
* CHF 1'281
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
11.6%
88.4%
Net pay
11.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 1'281
Net pay
CHF 221
Tax the employer pays
CHF 169
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 390
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 221 to pay you CHF 1'450. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.69 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.6% tax rate now rises to 23.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 1'450 a year living in the region of Solothurn, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 169. That means that your net pay will be CHF 1'281 per year, or CHF 107 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.6% and your marginal tax rate is 6.8%. 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 6.80, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 93.20.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 932 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'660 of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Lucerne
CHF 1'301
10.2%
1
Nidwalden
CHF 1'301
10.2%
2
Schaffhausen
CHF 1'291
10.9%
3
Solothurn
CHF 1'281
11.6%
4
Fribourg
CHF 1'263
12.9%
5
Uri
CHF 1'251
13.7%
6
Aargau
CHF 1'351
6.8%
7
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 1'351
6.8%
8
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 1'351
6.8%
9
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 1'351
6.8%
10
Basel-Stadt
CHF 1'351
6.8%
11
Bern
CHF 1'351
6.8%
12
Glarus
CHF 1'351
6.8%
13
Graubünden
CHF 1'351
6.8%
14
Jura
CHF 1'351
6.8%
15
Obwalden
CHF 1'351
6.8%
16
Schwyz
CHF 1'351
6.8%
17
St. Gallen
CHF 1'351
6.8%
18
Thurgau
CHF 1'351
6.8%
19
Vaud
CHF 1'351
6.8%
20
Zug
CHF 1'351
6.8%
21
Neuchâtel
CHF 1'341
7.5%
22
Ticino
CHF 1'331
8.2%
23
Zurich
CHF 1'327
8.5%
24
Valais
CHF 1'317
9.1%
25
Geneva
CHF 1'316
9.2%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
CHF 1'335
7.9%
1
USA
CHF 1'324
8.7%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CHF 1'450
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CHF 1'377
5.0%
2
Qatar
CHF 1'378
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CHF 1'334
8.0%
4
Oman
CHF 1'334
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 1'291
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 1'259
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CHF 1'224
15.6%
8
Egypt
CHF 1'174
19.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 1'136
21.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Solothurn 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.