Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 6'350
Personal Tax
- CHF 70
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 337
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 69.85
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 25.40
Total tax
- CHF 502
Net pay
* CHF 5'848
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.9%
92.1%
Net pay
7.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 5'848
Net pay
CHF 967
Tax the employer pays
CHF 502
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'469
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 967 to pay you CHF 6'350. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.31 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.9% tax rate now rises to 20.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 6'350 a year living in the region of Solothurn, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 502. That means that your net pay will be CHF 5'848 per year, or CHF 487 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.9% 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
Aargau
CHF 5'918
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 5'918
6.8%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 5'918
6.8%
3
Basel-Stadt
CHF 5'918
6.8%
4
Bern
CHF 5'918
6.8%
5
Glarus
CHF 5'918
6.8%
6
Graubünden
CHF 5'918
6.8%
7
Jura
CHF 5'918
6.8%
8
Obwalden
CHF 5'918
6.8%
9
Schwyz
CHF 5'918
6.8%
10
St. Gallen
CHF 5'918
6.8%
11
Thurgau
CHF 5'918
6.8%
12
Vaud
CHF 5'918
6.8%
13
Zug
CHF 5'918
6.8%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 5'908
7.0%
15
Ticino
CHF 5'898
7.1%
16
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 5'895
7.2%
17
Zurich
CHF 5'894
7.2%
18
Valais
CHF 5'884
7.3%
19
Geneva
CHF 5'883
7.4%
20
Lucerne
CHF 5'868
7.6%
21
Nidwalden
CHF 5'868
7.6%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 5'858
7.7%
23
Solothurn
CHF 5'848
7.9%
24
Fribourg
CHF 5'830
8.2%
25
Uri
CHF 5'818
8.4%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 6'350
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 6'350
0.0%
2
Norway
CHF 6'053
4.7%
3
Spain
CHF 5'947
6.4%
4
Switzerland
CHF 5'894
7.2%
5
Italy
CHF 5'766
9.2%
6
France
CHF 5'734
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
CHF 5'652
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
CHF 5'648
11.1%
9
Austria
CHF 5'592
11.9%
10
Russia
CHF 5'524
13.0%
11
Hungary
CHF 5'175
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 5'112
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 5'101
19.7%
14
Sweden
CHF 5'044
20.6%
15
Poland
CHF 4'986
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 4'963
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 4'703
25.9%
18
Finland
CHF 4'397
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 4'318
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 4'219
33.6%
21
Netherlands
CHF 3'996
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 3'715
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 5'800
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 4'952
22.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 6'350
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 6'350
0.0%
2
Thailand
CHF 6'006
5.4%
3
Pakistan
CHF 5'975
5.9%
4
Taiwan
CHF 5'788
8.9%
5
Philippines
CHF 5'655
10.9%
6
South Korea
CHF 5'608
11.7%
7
Malaysia
CHF 5'603
11.8%
8
New Zealand
CHF 5'595
11.9%
9
Indonesia
CHF 5'565
12.4%
10
India
CHF 5'219
17.8%
11
Japan
CHF 5'160
18.7%
12
Vietnam
CHF 5'144
19.0%
13
Singapore
CHF 5'083
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
CHF 5'029
20.8%
15
China
CHF 4'561
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 5'845
8.0%
1
Colombia
CHF 5'842
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 5'750
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 5'741
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 5'683
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 5'652
11.0%
6
Mexico
CHF 5'562
12.4%
7
Peru
CHF 5'556
12.5%
8
Brazil
CHF 5'545
12.7%
9
Chile
CHF 5'232
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 5'074
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 4'121
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 5'946
6.4%
1
Morocco
CHF 5'393
15.1%
2
Mozambique
CHF 5'027
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 4'998
21.3%
4
Cameroon
CHF 4'995
21.3%
5
Kenya
CHF 4'906
22.7%
6
Angola
CHF 4'755
25.1%
7
Ghana
CHF 4'732
25.5%
8
Nigeria
CHF 4'429
30.3%
9
Uganda
CHF 4'386
30.9%
10
Senegal
CHF 4'363
31.3%
11
Zambia
CHF 4'320
32.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 6'032
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 6'032
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 5'842
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 5'842
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 5'715
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 5'651
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 5'515
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 4'980
21.6%
8
Lebanon
CHF 4'929
22.4%
9
Turkey
CHF 3'860
39.2%
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.