Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 148'800
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 5'236
Cantonal tax
- CHF 11'963
Communal tax
- CHF 12'308
Church tax
- CHF 2'185
Personal Tax
- CHF 70
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 7'886
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 1'627
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 589
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 5'244
Total tax
- CHF 47'109
Net pay
* CHF 101'691
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
31.7%
68.3%
Net pay
31.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 101'691
Net pay
CHF 27'796
Tax the employer pays
CHF 47'109
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 74'905
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 27'796 to pay you CHF 148'800. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 5.03 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.7% tax rate now rises to 42.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 148'800 a year living in the region of Solothurn, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 47'109. That means that your net pay will be CHF 101'691 per year, or CHF 8'474 per month. Your average tax rate is 31.7% and your marginal tax rate is 41.0%. 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 41.01, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 58.99.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 590 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 2'950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Zug
CHF 118'186
20.6%
1
Schwyz
CHF 114'453
23.1%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 113'438
23.8%
3
Obwalden
CHF 113'148
24.0%
4
Uri
CHF 111'542
25.0%
5
Nidwalden
CHF 111'052
25.4%
6
Glarus
CHF 109'519
26.4%
7
Thurgau
CHF 108'530
27.1%
8
Lucerne
CHF 107'641
27.7%
9
Graubünden
CHF 107'497
27.8%
10
Zurich
CHF 107'486
27.8%
11
Schaffhausen
CHF 106'793
28.2%
12
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 106'079
28.7%
13
Aargau
CHF 105'703
29.0%
14
Ticino
CHF 104'360
29.9%
15
Basel-Stadt
CHF 102'726
31.0%
16
Fribourg
CHF 102'618
31.0%
17
Jura
CHF 102'589
31.1%
18
Solothurn
CHF 101'691
31.7%
19
Valais
CHF 101'663
31.7%
20
St. Gallen
CHF 101'363
31.9%
21
Bern
CHF 100'875
32.2%
22
Geneva
CHF 100'257
32.6%
23
Vaud
CHF 99'885
32.9%
24
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 99'475
33.1%
25
Neuchâtel
CHF 99'394
33.2%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 101'445
31.8%
1
Canada
CHF 89'339
40.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
CHF 127'925
14.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 126'397
15.1%
2
Singapore
CHF 122'076
18.0%
3
Taiwan
CHF 111'069
25.4%
4
Thailand
CHF 108'663
27.0%
5
China
CHF 106'104
28.7%
6
Indonesia
CHF 103'865
30.2%
7
Pakistan
CHF 100'660
32.4%
8
New Zealand
CHF 100'155
32.7%
9
South Korea
CHF 99'356
33.2%
10
Japan
CHF 98'917
33.5%
11
Malaysia
CHF 98'835
33.6%
12
Philippines
CHF 98'565
33.8%
13
Vietnam
CHF 98'166
34.0%
14
Australia
CHF 95'804
35.6%
15
India
CHF 79'900
46.3%
16
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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.