Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 8'950
Personal Tax
- CHF 70
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 474
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 98.45
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 35.80
Total tax
- CHF 679
Net pay
* CHF 8'271
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 8'271
Net pay
CHF 1'364
Tax the employer pays
CHF 679
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'042
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'364 to pay you CHF 8'950. 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 8'950 a year living in the region of Solothurn, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 679. That means that your net pay will be CHF 8'271 per year, or CHF 689 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 8'950
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 8'950
0.0%
2
Italy
CHF 8'474
5.3%
3
Spain
CHF 8'382
6.4%
4
Switzerland
CHF 8'317
7.1%
5
Norway
CHF 8'194
8.5%
6
France
CHF 8'082
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 7'927
11.4%
8
Russia
CHF 7'787
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
CHF 7'763
13.3%
10
Austria
CHF 7'610
15.0%
11
Hungary
CHF 7'294
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 7'205
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 7'189
19.7%
14
Sweden
CHF 6'998
21.8%
15
Greece
CHF 6'994
21.9%
16
Poland
CHF 6'813
23.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 6'474
27.7%
18
Finland
CHF 6'198
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 6'086
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 5'968
33.3%
21
Netherlands
CHF 5'632
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 5'236
41.5%
23
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Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 8'950
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 8'950
0.0%
2
Thailand
CHF 8'420
5.9%
3
Taiwan
CHF 8'158
8.9%
4
Pakistan
CHF 8'150
8.9%
5
Malaysia
CHF 7'877
12.0%
6
South Korea
CHF 7'878
12.0%
7
New Zealand
CHF 7'774
13.1%
8
Indonesia
CHF 7'709
13.9%
9
Philippines
CHF 7'600
15.1%
10
Japan
CHF 7'273
18.7%
11
Singapore
CHF 7'164
20.0%
12
Vietnam
CHF 7'098
20.7%
13
Kazakhstan
CHF 7'088
20.8%
14
India
CHF 6'966
22.2%
15
China
CHF 6'374
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 8'241
7.9%
1
Colombia
CHF 8'234
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 8'104
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 8'092
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 8'010
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 7'966
11.0%
6
Mexico
CHF 7'554
15.6%
7
Chile
CHF 7'375
17.6%
8
Brazil
CHF 7'369
17.7%
9
Uruguay
CHF 7'151
20.1%
10
Peru
CHF 7'058
21.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 5'811
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 8'052
10.0%
1
Morocco
CHF 7'112
20.5%
2
Mozambique
CHF 6'930
22.6%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 6'789
24.1%
4
Kenya
CHF 6'711
25.0%
5
Angola
CHF 6'659
25.6%
6
Cameroon
CHF 6'636
25.9%
7
Ghana
CHF 6'575
26.5%
8
Nigeria
CHF 6'197
30.8%
9
Uganda
CHF 6'076
32.1%
10
Senegal
CHF 6'050
32.4%
11
Zambia
CHF 5'789
35.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 8'502
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 8'502
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 8'234
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 8'234
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 8'055
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 7'966
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 7'773
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 6'956
22.3%
8
Lebanon
CHF 6'879
23.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 5'177
42.2%
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.