Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 12'842
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 681
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 141
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 51.37
Total tax
- CHF 873
Net pay
* CHF 11'969
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 11'969
Net pay
CHF 1'956
Tax the employer pays
CHF 873
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'830
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'956 to pay you CHF 12'842. 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 12'842 a year living in the region of Thurgau, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 873. That means that your net pay will be CHF 11'969 per year, or CHF 997 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 12'842
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 12'777
0.5%
2
Spain
CHF 12'027
6.4%
3
Switzerland
CHF 11'945
7.0%
4
France
CHF 11'380
11.4%
5
Norway
CHF 11'312
11.9%
6
Russia
CHF 11'173
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 11'135
13.3%
8
Austria
CHF 10'919
15.0%
9
Italy
CHF 10'843
15.6%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 10'643
17.1%
11
Hungary
CHF 10'466
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 10'338
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 10'315
19.7%
14
Greece
CHF 9'822
23.5%
15
Sweden
CHF 9'742
24.1%
16
Poland
CHF 9'298
27.6%
17
Portugal
CHF 8'890
30.8%
18
Finland
CHF 8'787
31.6%
19
Belgium
CHF 8'720
32.1%
20
Denmark
CHF 8'587
33.1%
21
Netherlands
CHF 8'081
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 7'513
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 11'373
11.4%
1
Canada
CHF 9'731
24.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 12'353
3.8%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 12'200
5.0%
2
Thailand
CHF 11'891
7.4%
3
Taiwan
CHF 11'706
8.9%
4
South Korea
CHF 11'207
12.7%
5
Pakistan
CHF 11'192
12.9%
6
Malaysia
CHF 10'953
14.7%
7
New Zealand
CHF 10'930
14.9%
8
Indonesia
CHF 10'905
15.1%
9
Philippines
CHF 10'468
18.5%
10
Japan
CHF 10'414
18.9%
11
Singapore
CHF 10'278
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
CHF 10'184
20.7%
13
Vietnam
CHF 9'884
23.0%
14
India
CHF 9'334
27.3%
15
China
CHF 9'089
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 11'709
8.8%
1
Guatemala
CHF 11'611
9.6%
2
Ecuador
CHF 11'546
10.1%
3
Colombia
CHF 11'522
10.3%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 11'494
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 11'169
13.0%
6
Mexico
CHF 10'507
18.2%
7
Chile
CHF 10'502
18.2%
8
Uruguay
CHF 10'151
21.0%
9
Peru
CHF 9'987
22.2%
10
Brazil
CHF 9'831
23.5%
11
Argentina
CHF 8'341
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 11'085
13.7%
1
Mozambique
CHF 9'732
24.2%
2
Morocco
CHF 9'623
25.1%
3
Angola
CHF 9'495
26.1%
4
Kenya
CHF 9'436
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 9'406
26.8%
6
Ghana
CHF 9'333
27.3%
7
Cameroon
CHF 8'920
30.5%
8
Nigeria
CHF 8'845
31.1%
9
Uganda
CHF 8'606
33.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 8'543
33.5%
11
Zambia
CHF 8'155
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 12'200
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 12'200
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 11'815
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 11'815
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 11'558
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 11'429
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 11'153
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 9'875
23.1%
8
Lebanon
CHF 9'798
23.7%
9
Turkey
CHF 7'161
44.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Thurgau 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.