Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 4'600
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 244
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 50.60
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 18.40
Total tax
- CHF 313
Net pay
* CHF 4'287
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 4'287
Net pay
CHF 701
Tax the employer pays
CHF 313
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'014
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 701 to pay you CHF 4'600. 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 4'600 a year living in the region of St. Gallen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 313. That means that your net pay will be CHF 4'287 per year, or CHF 357 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 4'287
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 4'287
6.8%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 4'287
6.8%
3
Basel-Stadt
CHF 4'287
6.8%
4
Bern
CHF 4'287
6.8%
5
Glarus
CHF 4'287
6.8%
6
Graubünden
CHF 4'287
6.8%
7
Jura
CHF 4'287
6.8%
8
Obwalden
CHF 4'287
6.8%
9
Schwyz
CHF 4'287
6.8%
10
St. Gallen
CHF 4'287
6.8%
11
Thurgau
CHF 4'287
6.8%
12
Vaud
CHF 4'287
6.8%
13
Zug
CHF 4'287
6.8%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 4'277
7.0%
15
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 4'275
7.1%
16
Ticino
CHF 4'267
7.2%
17
Zurich
CHF 4'263
7.3%
18
Valais
CHF 4'253
7.5%
19
Geneva
CHF 4'252
7.6%
20
Lucerne
CHF 4'237
7.9%
21
Nidwalden
CHF 4'237
7.9%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 4'227
8.1%
23
Solothurn
CHF 4'217
8.3%
24
Fribourg
CHF 4'199
8.7%
25
Uri
CHF 4'187
9.0%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 4'600
0.0%
1
Germany
CHF 4'600
0.0%
2
Austria
CHF 4'600
0.0%
3
Ireland
CHF 4'600
0.0%
4
Norway
CHF 4'600
0.0%
5
Spain
CHF 4'308
6.4%
6
Switzerland
CHF 4'263
7.3%
7
Italy
CHF 4'177
9.2%
8
France
CHF 4'154
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
CHF 4'094
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
CHF 4'092
11.1%
11
Russia
CHF 4'002
13.0%
12
Hungary
CHF 3'749
18.5%
13
Sweden
CHF 3'728
19.0%
14
Ukraine
CHF 3'703
19.5%
15
Poland
CHF 3'612
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 3'595
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 3'425
25.6%
18
Finland
CHF 3'186
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 3'128
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 3'041
33.9%
21
Netherlands
CHF 2'894
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 2'691
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 4'202
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 3'736
18.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 4'600
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 4'600
0.0%
2
Pakistan
CHF 4'444
3.4%
3
Thailand
CHF 4'348
5.5%
4
Philippines
CHF 4'284
6.9%
5
Singapore
CHF 4'222
8.2%
6
Taiwan
CHF 4'193
8.9%
7
Indonesia
CHF 4'122
10.4%
8
South Korea
CHF 4'079
11.3%
9
Malaysia
CHF 4'057
11.8%
10
New Zealand
CHF 4'053
11.9%
11
India
CHF 4'048
12.0%
12
Vietnam
CHF 3'805
17.3%
13
Japan
CHF 3'738
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
CHF 3'643
20.8%
15
China
CHF 3'458
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
CHF 4'499
7.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 4'234
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 4'165
9.5%
3
Brazil
CHF 4'161
9.6%
4
Guatemala
CHF 4'159
9.6%
5
Mexico
CHF 4'131
10.2%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 4'117
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 4'094
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 4'025
12.5%
9
Chile
CHF 3'790
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 3'675
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 2'985
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 4'529
1.6%
1
Morocco
CHF 4'122
10.4%
2
Cameroon
CHF 3'780
17.8%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 3'745
18.6%
4
Kenya
CHF 3'695
19.7%
5
Mozambique
CHF 3'680
20.0%
6
Ghana
CHF 3'492
24.1%
7
Angola
CHF 3'471
24.5%
8
Zambia
CHF 3'332
27.6%
9
Senegal
CHF 3'255
29.3%
10
Uganda
CHF 3'249
29.4%
11
Nigeria
CHF 3'238
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 4'370
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 4'370
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 4'232
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 4'232
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 4'184
9.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 4'094
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 3'995
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 3'623
21.2%
8
Lebanon
CHF 3'617
21.4%
9
Turkey
CHF 2'846
38.1%
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.