Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 9'050
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 480
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 99.55
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 36.20
Total tax
- CHF 615
Net pay
* CHF 8'435
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 8'435
Net pay
CHF 1'379
Tax the employer pays
CHF 615
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'994
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'379 to pay you CHF 9'050. 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 9'050 a year living in the region of St. Gallen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 615. That means that your net pay will be CHF 8'435 per year, or CHF 703 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 8'183
9.6%
1
Canada
CHF 6'932
23.4%
2
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.