Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 8'500
Personal Tax
- CHF 70
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 451
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 93.50
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 34
Total tax
- CHF 648
Net pay
* CHF 7'852
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.6%
92.4%
Net pay
7.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 7'852
Net pay
CHF 1'295
Tax the employer pays
CHF 648
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'943
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'295 to pay you CHF 8'500. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.29 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.6% tax rate now rises to 19.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 8'500 a year living in the region of Solothurn, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 648. That means that your net pay will be CHF 7'852 per year, or CHF 654 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.6% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 8'500
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 8'500
0.0%
2
Italy
CHF 8'200
3.5%
3
Spain
CHF 7'960
6.4%
4
Switzerland
CHF 7'898
7.1%
5
Norway
CHF 7'811
8.1%
6
France
CHF 7'675
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 7'533
11.4%
8
Czech Republic
CHF 7'430
12.6%
9
Russia
CHF 7'395
13.0%
10
Austria
CHF 7'227
15.0%
11
Hungary
CHF 6'927
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 6'843
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 6'828
19.7%
14
Sweden
CHF 6'659
21.7%
15
Greece
CHF 6'643
21.9%
16
Poland
CHF 6'525
23.2%
17
Portugal
CHF 6'177
27.3%
18
Finland
CHF 5'886
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 5'780
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 5'665
33.4%
21
Netherlands
CHF 5'348
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 4'972
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 7'700
9.4%
1
Canada
CHF 6'524
23.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 8'500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 8'500
0.0%
2
Thailand
CHF 8'015
5.7%
3
Pakistan
CHF 7'790
8.4%
4
Taiwan
CHF 7'748
8.9%
5
Malaysia
CHF 7'493
11.9%
6
South Korea
CHF 7'485
11.9%
7
New Zealand
CHF 7'409
12.8%
8
Indonesia
CHF 7'338
13.7%
9
Philippines
CHF 7'262
14.6%
10
Japan
CHF 6'907
18.7%
11
Singapore
CHF 6'805
19.9%
12
Vietnam
CHF 6'771
20.4%
13
Kazakhstan
CHF 6'732
20.8%
14
India
CHF 6'664
21.6%
15
China
CHF 6'061
28.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 7'826
7.9%
1
Colombia
CHF 7'820
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 7'697
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 7'685
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 7'608
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 7'565
11.0%
6
Mexico
CHF 7'213
15.1%
7
Peru
CHF 7'159
15.8%
8
Brazil
CHF 7'070
16.8%
9
Chile
CHF 7'004
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 6'791
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 5'519
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 7'688
9.6%
1
Morocco
CHF 6'822
19.7%
2
Mozambique
CHF 6'606
22.3%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 6'479
23.8%
4
Kenya
CHF 6'397
24.8%
5
Cameroon
CHF 6'374
25.0%
6
Angola
CHF 6'329
25.5%
7
Ghana
CHF 6'256
26.4%
8
Nigeria
CHF 5'891
30.7%
9
Uganda
CHF 5'784
32.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 5'757
32.3%
11
Zambia
CHF 5'535
34.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 8'075
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 8'075
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 7'820
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 7'820
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 7'650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 7'565
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 7'382
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 6'618
22.1%
8
Lebanon
CHF 6'542
23.0%
9
Turkey
CHF 4'951
41.8%
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.