Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 12'840
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 681
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 141
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 51.36
Total tax
- CHF 873
Net pay
* CHF 11'967
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
6.8%
93.2%
Net pay
6.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 11'967
Net pay
CHF 1'956
Tax the employer pays
CHF 873
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'829
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'956 to pay you CHF 12'840. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.20 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.8% tax rate now rises to 19.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 12'840 a year living in the region of St. Gallen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 873. That means that your net pay will be CHF 11'967 per year, or CHF 997 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.8% 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 12'840
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 12'775
0.5%
2
Spain
CHF 12'025
6.4%
3
Switzerland
CHF 11'943
7.0%
4
France
CHF 11'378
11.4%
5
Norway
CHF 11'311
11.9%
6
Russia
CHF 11'171
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 11'133
13.3%
8
Austria
CHF 10'917
15.0%
9
Italy
CHF 10'842
15.6%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 10'642
17.1%
11
Hungary
CHF 10'465
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 10'336
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 10'314
19.7%
14
Greece
CHF 9'820
23.5%
15
Sweden
CHF 9'741
24.1%
16
Poland
CHF 9'297
27.6%
17
Portugal
CHF 8'889
30.8%
18
Finland
CHF 8'786
31.6%
19
Belgium
CHF 8'719
32.1%
20
Denmark
CHF 8'585
33.1%
21
Netherlands
CHF 8'080
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 7'511
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 11'371
11.4%
1
Canada
CHF 9'729
24.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 12'352
3.8%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 12'198
5.0%
2
Thailand
CHF 11'889
7.4%
3
Taiwan
CHF 11'704
8.9%
4
South Korea
CHF 11'205
12.7%
5
Pakistan
CHF 11'191
12.8%
6
Malaysia
CHF 10'951
14.7%
7
New Zealand
CHF 10'929
14.9%
8
Indonesia
CHF 10'903
15.1%
9
Philippines
CHF 10'467
18.5%
10
Japan
CHF 10'412
18.9%
11
Singapore
CHF 10'276
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
CHF 10'182
20.7%
13
Vietnam
CHF 9'883
23.0%
14
India
CHF 9'333
27.3%
15
China
CHF 9'088
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 11'707
8.8%
1
Guatemala
CHF 11'609
9.6%
2
Ecuador
CHF 11'544
10.1%
3
Colombia
CHF 11'520
10.3%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 11'492
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 11'168
13.0%
6
Mexico
CHF 10'505
18.2%
7
Chile
CHF 10'500
18.2%
8
Uruguay
CHF 10'149
21.0%
9
Peru
CHF 9'985
22.2%
10
Brazil
CHF 9'830
23.4%
11
Argentina
CHF 8'340
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 11'084
13.7%
1
Mozambique
CHF 9'730
24.2%
2
Morocco
CHF 9'622
25.1%
3
Angola
CHF 9'494
26.1%
4
Kenya
CHF 9'434
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 9'405
26.8%
6
Ghana
CHF 9'332
27.3%
7
Cameroon
CHF 8'919
30.5%
8
Nigeria
CHF 8'843
31.1%
9
Uganda
CHF 8'605
33.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 8'542
33.5%
11
Zambia
CHF 8'154
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 12'198
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 12'198
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 11'813
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 11'813
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 11'556
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 11'428
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 11'152
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 9'873
23.1%
8
Lebanon
CHF 9'797
23.7%
9
Turkey
CHF 7'159
44.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the St. Gallen 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.