Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 4'700
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 249
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 51.70
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 18.80
Total tax
- CHF 320
Net pay
* CHF 4'380
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 4'380
Net pay
CHF 716
Tax the employer pays
CHF 320
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'036
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 716 to pay you CHF 4'700. 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 4'700 a year living in the region of St. Gallen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 320. That means that your net pay will be CHF 4'380 per year, or CHF 365 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 4'380
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 4'380
6.8%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 4'380
6.8%
3
Basel-Stadt
CHF 4'380
6.8%
4
Bern
CHF 4'380
6.8%
5
Glarus
CHF 4'380
6.8%
6
Graubünden
CHF 4'380
6.8%
7
Jura
CHF 4'380
6.8%
8
Obwalden
CHF 4'380
6.8%
9
Schwyz
CHF 4'380
6.8%
10
St. Gallen
CHF 4'380
6.8%
11
Thurgau
CHF 4'380
6.8%
12
Vaud
CHF 4'380
6.8%
13
Zug
CHF 4'380
6.8%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 4'370
7.0%
15
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 4'368
7.1%
16
Ticino
CHF 4'360
7.2%
17
Zurich
CHF 4'356
7.3%
18
Geneva
CHF 4'345
7.5%
19
Valais
CHF 4'346
7.5%
20
Lucerne
CHF 4'330
7.9%
21
Nidwalden
CHF 4'330
7.9%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 4'320
8.1%
23
Solothurn
CHF 4'310
8.3%
24
Fribourg
CHF 4'292
8.7%
25
Uri
CHF 4'280
8.9%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 4'293
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 3'805
19.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 4'700
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 4'700
0.0%
2
Pakistan
CHF 4'531
3.6%
3
Thailand
CHF 4'440
5.5%
4
Philippines
CHF 4'363
7.2%
5
Taiwan
CHF 4'284
8.9%
6
Singapore
CHF 4'261
9.3%
7
Indonesia
CHF 4'205
10.5%
8
South Korea
CHF 4'167
11.4%
9
Malaysia
CHF 4'145
11.8%
10
New Zealand
CHF 4'141
11.9%
11
India
CHF 4'136
12.0%
12
Vietnam
CHF 3'883
17.4%
13
Japan
CHF 3'819
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
CHF 3'722
20.8%
15
China
CHF 3'533
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
CHF 4'535
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 4'326
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 4'256
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 4'249
9.6%
4
Brazil
CHF 4'244
9.7%
5
Mexico
CHF 4'218
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 4'207
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 4'183
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 4'113
12.5%
9
Chile
CHF 3'873
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 3'755
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 3'049
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 4'610
1.9%
1
Morocco
CHF 4'204
10.6%
2
Cameroon
CHF 3'854
18.0%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 3'818
18.8%
4
Kenya
CHF 3'765
19.9%
5
Mozambique
CHF 3'757
20.1%
6
Ghana
CHF 3'563
24.2%
7
Angola
CHF 3'545
24.6%
8
Zambia
CHF 3'388
27.9%
9
Senegal
CHF 3'319
29.4%
10
Uganda
CHF 3'314
29.5%
11
Nigeria
CHF 3'306
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 4'465
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 4'465
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 4'324
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 4'324
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 4'230
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 4'183
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 4'082
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 3'701
21.3%
8
Lebanon
CHF 3'692
21.5%
9
Turkey
CHF 2'904
38.2%
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.