Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 17'100
Personal Tax
- CHF 20
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 906
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 188
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 68.40
Total tax
- CHF 1'183
Net pay
* CHF 15'917
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
6.9%
93.1%
Net pay
6.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 15'917
Net pay
CHF 2'605
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'183
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 3'788
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'605 to pay you CHF 17'100. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.22 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.9% tax rate now rises to 19.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 17'100 a year living in the region of Ticino, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'183. That means that your net pay will be CHF 15'917 per year, or CHF 1'326 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.9% 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 15'937
6.8%
1
Basel-Stadt
CHF 15'937
6.8%
2
Glarus
CHF 15'935
6.8%
3
Graubünden
CHF 15'937
6.8%
4
Obwalden
CHF 15'937
6.8%
5
St. Gallen
CHF 15'937
6.8%
6
Thurgau
CHF 15'937
6.8%
7
Vaud
CHF 15'937
6.8%
8
Zug
CHF 15'937
6.8%
9
Ticino
CHF 15'917
6.9%
10
Geneva
CHF 15'902
7.0%
11
Valais
CHF 15'898
7.0%
12
Jura
CHF 15'892
7.1%
13
Lucerne
CHF 15'863
7.2%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 15'874
7.2%
15
Schaffhausen
CHF 15'869
7.2%
16
Solothurn
CHF 15'867
7.2%
17
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 15'844
7.3%
18
Nidwalden
CHF 15'844
7.3%
19
Fribourg
CHF 15'839
7.4%
20
Uri
CHF 15'837
7.4%
21
Schwyz
CHF 15'825
7.5%
22
Bern
CHF 15'769
7.8%
23
Zurich
CHF 15'761
7.8%
24
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 15'721
8.1%
25
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 15'695
8.2%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 16'640
2.7%
1
United Kingdom
CHF 16'146
5.6%
2
Switzerland
CHF 15'761
7.8%
3
Russia
CHF 14'877
13.0%
4
France
CHF 14'803
13.4%
5
Norway
CHF 14'690
14.1%
6
Austria
CHF 14'418
15.7%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 14'406
15.8%
8
Spain
CHF 14'194
17.0%
9
Hungary
CHF 13'936
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 13'794
19.3%
11
Ukraine
CHF 13'766
19.5%
12
Italy
CHF 13'314
22.1%
13
Germany
CHF 13'150
23.1%
14
Greece
CHF 12'674
25.9%
15
Sweden
CHF 12'596
26.3%
16
Poland
CHF 12'017
29.7%
17
Finland
CHF 11'487
32.8%
18
Portugal
CHF 11'466
33.0%
19
Denmark
CHF 11'451
33.0%
20
Belgium
CHF 11'014
35.6%
21
Netherlands
CHF 10'761
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 10'003
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 14'670
14.2%
1
Canada
CHF 12'709
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 16'220
5.2%
1
Thailand
CHF 15'546
9.1%
2
Australia
CHF 15'521
9.2%
3
Taiwan
CHF 15'500
9.4%
4
South Korea
CHF 14'658
14.3%
5
Pakistan
CHF 14'386
15.9%
6
New Zealand
CHF 14'384
15.9%
7
Indonesia
CHF 14'167
17.2%
8
Malaysia
CHF 14'106
17.5%
9
Japan
CHF 13'718
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 13'620
20.4%
11
Singapore
CHF 13'606
20.4%
12
Philippines
CHF 13'450
21.4%
13
Vietnam
CHF 12'836
24.9%
14
China
CHF 12'059
29.5%
15
India
CHF 11'752
31.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 15'460
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 15'343
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 15'305
10.5%
3
Ecuador
CHF 15'071
11.9%
4
Colombia
CHF 14'789
13.5%
5
Panama
CHF 14'390
15.9%
6
Chile
CHF 13'870
18.9%
7
Mexico
CHF 13'670
20.1%
8
Peru
CHF 13'191
22.9%
9
Brazil
CHF 12'892
24.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 12'697
25.8%
11
Argentina
CHF 11'109
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 14'230
16.8%
1
Mozambique
CHF 12'798
25.2%
2
Angola
CHF 12'593
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 12'416
27.4%
4
Morocco
CHF 12'330
27.9%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 12'209
28.6%
6
Ghana
CHF 12'190
28.7%
7
Nigeria
CHF 11'741
31.3%
8
Cameroon
CHF 11'497
32.8%
9
Uganda
CHF 11'374
33.5%
10
Senegal
CHF 11'210
34.4%
11
Zambia
CHF 10'774
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 16'245
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 16'245
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 15'732
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 15'732
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 15'390
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 15'219
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 14'851
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 13'068
23.6%
8
Lebanon
CHF 12'992
24.0%
9
Turkey
CHF 9'854
42.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Ticino 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.