Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 25'991
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 44.94
Cantonal tax
- CHF 401
Communal tax
- CHF 514
Church tax
- CHF 87.28
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'378
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 286
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 104
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 192
Total tax
- CHF 3'007
Net pay
* CHF 22'984
Marginal tax rate
24.0%
Average tax rate
11.6%
88.4%
Net pay
11.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 22'984
Net pay
CHF 4'152
Tax the employer pays
CHF 3'007
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 7'159
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 4'152 to pay you CHF 25'991. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.75 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.6% tax rate now rises to 23.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 25'991 a year living in the region of St. Gallen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 3'007. That means that your net pay will be CHF 22'984 per year, or CHF 1'915 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.6% and your marginal tax rate is 24.0%. 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 24.02, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 75.98.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 760 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'799 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Valais
CHF 23'384
10.0%
1
Schwyz
CHF 23'337
10.2%
2
Schaffhausen
CHF 23'321
10.3%
3
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 23'212
10.7%
4
Fribourg
CHF 23'215
10.7%
5
Jura
CHF 23'182
10.8%
6
Lucerne
CHF 23'188
10.8%
7
Nidwalden
CHF 23'189
10.8%
8
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 23'146
10.9%
9
Glarus
CHF 23'138
11.0%
10
Zurich
CHF 23'110
11.1%
11
Neuchâtel
CHF 23'086
11.2%
12
Obwalden
CHF 23'051
11.3%
13
Uri
CHF 23'047
11.3%
14
St. Gallen
CHF 22'984
11.6%
15
Solothurn
CHF 22'850
12.1%
16
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 22'751
12.5%
17
Bern
CHF 22'420
13.7%
18
Graubünden
CHF 23'891
8.1%
19
Zug
CHF 23'878
8.1%
20
Basel-Stadt
CHF 23'856
8.2%
21
Vaud
CHF 23'871
8.2%
22
Geneva
CHF 23'800
8.4%
23
Aargau
CHF 23'623
9.1%
24
Thurgau
CHF 23'432
9.8%
25
Ticino
CHF 23'427
9.9%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 21'326
18.0%
1
Canada
CHF 19'205
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 24'335
6.4%
1
Taiwan
CHF 23'191
10.8%
2
Thailand
CHF 22'724
12.6%
3
Australia
CHF 22'529
13.3%
4
South Korea
CHF 21'610
16.9%
5
New Zealand
CHF 21'477
17.4%
6
Kazakhstan
CHF 20'822
19.9%
7
Indonesia
CHF 20'635
20.6%
8
Pakistan
CHF 20'532
21.0%
9
Singapore
CHF 20'449
21.3%
10
Japan
CHF 20'211
22.2%
11
Malaysia
CHF 20'089
22.7%
12
Philippines
CHF 19'451
25.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 18'728
28.0%
14
China
CHF 17'564
32.4%
15
India
CHF 16'802
35.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 23'499
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 22'849
12.1%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 22'718
12.6%
3
Ecuador
CHF 22'031
15.2%
4
Colombia
CHF 21'147
18.6%
5
Panama
CHF 21'116
18.8%
6
Chile
CHF 20'809
19.9%
7
Mexico
CHF 19'966
23.2%
8
Peru
CHF 19'839
23.7%
9
Brazil
CHF 19'338
25.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 18'773
27.8%
11
Argentina
CHF 16'888
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 20'273
22.0%
1
Angola
CHF 19'061
26.7%
2
Mozambique
CHF 18'842
27.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 18'640
28.3%
4
Ghana
CHF 18'071
30.5%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 17'972
30.9%
6
Nigeria
CHF 17'789
31.6%
7
Morocco
CHF 17'740
31.7%
8
Uganda
CHF 17'153
34.0%
9
Cameroon
CHF 16'910
34.9%
10
Senegal
CHF 16'602
36.1%
11
Zambia
CHF 16'242
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 24'691
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 24'691
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 23'912
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 23'912
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 23'392
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 23'132
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 21'705
16.5%
7
Egypt
CHF 19'737
24.1%
8
Lebanon
CHF 19'660
24.4%
9
Turkey
CHF 15'306
41.1%
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.