Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 15'950
Personal Tax
- CHF 70
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 845
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 175
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 63.80
Total tax
- CHF 1'155
Net pay
* CHF 14'795
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.2%
92.8%
Net pay
7.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 14'795
Net pay
CHF 2'430
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'155
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 3'585
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'430 to pay you CHF 15'950. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.25 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.2% tax rate now rises to 19.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 15'950 a year living in the region of Solothurn, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'155. That means that your net pay will be CHF 14'795 per year, or CHF 1'233 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.2% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 13'782
13.6%
1
Canada
CHF 11'857
25.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 13'385
16.1%
1
Mozambique
CHF 11'970
25.0%
2
Angola
CHF 11'756
26.3%
3
Morocco
CHF 11'615
27.2%
4
Kenya
CHF 11'611
27.2%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 11'452
28.2%
6
Ghana
CHF 11'429
28.3%
7
Nigeria
CHF 10'959
31.3%
8
Cameroon
CHF 10'796
32.3%
9
Uganda
CHF 10'626
33.4%
10
Senegal
CHF 10'496
34.2%
11
Zambia
CHF 10'066
36.9%
12
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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.