Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 9'806
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 520
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 108
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 39.22
Total tax
- CHF 667
Net pay
* CHF 9'139
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 9'139
Net pay
CHF 1'494
Tax the employer pays
CHF 667
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'161
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'494 to pay you CHF 9'806. 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 9'806 a year living in the region of St. Gallen, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 667. That means that your net pay will be CHF 9'139 per year, or CHF 762 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 9'139
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 9'139
6.8%
2
Basel-Stadt
CHF 9'139
6.8%
3
Bern
CHF 9'139
6.8%
4
Glarus
CHF 9'139
6.8%
5
Graubünden
CHF 9'139
6.8%
6
Jura
CHF 9'139
6.8%
7
Obwalden
CHF 9'139
6.8%
8
Schwyz
CHF 9'139
6.8%
9
St. Gallen
CHF 9'139
6.8%
10
Thurgau
CHF 9'139
6.8%
11
Vaud
CHF 9'139
6.8%
12
Zug
CHF 9'139
6.8%
13
Neuchâtel
CHF 9'129
6.9%
14
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 9'121
7.0%
15
Ticino
CHF 9'119
7.0%
16
Zurich
CHF 9'115
7.0%
17
Valais
CHF 9'105
7.1%
18
Geneva
CHF 9'104
7.2%
19
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 9'093
7.3%
20
Lucerne
CHF 9'089
7.3%
21
Nidwalden
CHF 9'089
7.3%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 9'079
7.4%
23
Solothurn
CHF 9'069
7.5%
24
Fribourg
CHF 9'051
7.7%
25
Uri
CHF 9'039
7.8%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 9'806
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 9'806
0.0%
2
Spain
CHF 9'183
6.4%
3
Switzerland
CHF 9'115
7.0%
4
Italy
CHF 8'995
8.3%
5
Norway
CHF 8'880
9.5%
6
France
CHF 8'855
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 8'676
11.5%
8
Russia
CHF 8'531
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
CHF 8'396
14.4%
10
Austria
CHF 8'337
15.0%
11
Hungary
CHF 7'992
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 7'894
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 7'877
19.7%
14
Greece
CHF 7'663
21.9%
15
Sweden
CHF 7'642
22.1%
16
Poland
CHF 7'359
25.0%
17
Portugal
CHF 7'033
28.3%
18
Finland
CHF 6'791
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 6'668
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 6'544
33.3%
21
Netherlands
CHF 6'171
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 5'737
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 8'847
9.8%
1
Canada
CHF 7'492
23.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 9'806
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 9'517
2.9%
2
Thailand
CHF 9'191
6.3%
3
Taiwan
CHF 8'938
8.9%
4
Pakistan
CHF 8'835
9.9%
5
South Korea
CHF 8'619
12.1%
6
Malaysia
CHF 8'548
12.8%
7
New Zealand
CHF 8'468
13.6%
8
Indonesia
CHF 8'415
14.2%
9
Philippines
CHF 8'242
16.0%
10
Japan
CHF 7'968
18.7%
11
Singapore
CHF 7'845
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
CHF 7'766
20.8%
13
Vietnam
CHF 7'710
21.4%
14
India
CHF 7'541
23.1%
15
China
CHF 6'971
28.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 9'032
7.9%
1
Colombia
CHF 8'990
8.3%
2
Ecuador
CHF 8'879
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 8'866
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 8'776
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 8'727
11.0%
6
Mexico
CHF 8'204
16.3%
7
Chile
CHF 8'080
17.6%
8
Brazil
CHF 7'929
19.1%
9
Uruguay
CHF 7'835
20.1%
10
Peru
CHF 7'702
21.5%
11
Argentina
CHF 6'368
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 8'745
10.8%
1
Morocco
CHF 7'665
21.8%
2
Mozambique
CHF 7'546
23.1%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 7'379
24.8%
4
Kenya
CHF 7'310
25.5%
5
Angola
CHF 7'284
25.7%
6
Ghana
CHF 7'181
26.8%
7
Cameroon
CHF 7'135
27.2%
8
Nigeria
CHF 6'779
30.9%
9
Uganda
CHF 6'633
32.4%
10
Senegal
CHF 6'606
32.6%
11
Zambia
CHF 6'288
35.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 9'316
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 9'316
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 9'022
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 9'022
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 8'825
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 8'727
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 8'517
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 7'598
22.5%
8
Lebanon
CHF 7'521
23.3%
9
Turkey
CHF 5'607
42.8%
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.