Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 8'889
Personal Tax
- CHF 70
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 471
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 97.78
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 35.56
Total tax
- CHF 674
Net pay
* CHF 8'215
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 8'215
Net pay
CHF 1'354
Tax the employer pays
CHF 674
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'029
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'354 to pay you CHF 8'889. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.28 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 8'889 a year living in the region of Solothurn, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 674. That means that your net pay will be CHF 8'215 per year, or CHF 685 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 8'889
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 8'889
0.0%
2
Italy
CHF 8'437
5.1%
3
Spain
CHF 8'325
6.4%
4
Switzerland
CHF 8'261
7.1%
5
Norway
CHF 8'145
8.4%
6
France
CHF 8'027
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 7'873
11.4%
8
Russia
CHF 7'733
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
CHF 7'718
13.2%
10
Austria
CHF 7'558
15.0%
11
Hungary
CHF 7'245
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 7'156
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 7'140
19.7%
14
Sweden
CHF 6'952
21.8%
15
Greece
CHF 6'947
21.9%
16
Poland
CHF 6'774
23.8%
17
Portugal
CHF 6'434
27.6%
18
Finland
CHF 6'156
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 6'045
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 5'927
33.3%
21
Netherlands
CHF 5'594
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 5'200
41.5%
23
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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.