Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 18'996
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'007
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 209
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 75.98
Total tax
- CHF 1'292
Net pay
* CHF 17'704
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 17'704
Net pay
CHF 2'894
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'292
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'186
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'894 to pay you CHF 18'996. 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 18'996 a year living in the region of Thurgau, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'292. That means that your net pay will be CHF 17'704 per year, or CHF 1'475 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 17'704
6.8%
1
Basel-Stadt
CHF 17'704
6.8%
2
Graubünden
CHF 17'704
6.8%
3
Obwalden
CHF 17'704
6.8%
4
Thurgau
CHF 17'704
6.8%
5
Vaud
CHF 17'704
6.8%
6
Zug
CHF 17'704
6.8%
7
Ticino
CHF 17'684
6.9%
8
Geneva
CHF 17'669
7.0%
9
St. Gallen
CHF 17'639
7.1%
10
Solothurn
CHF 17'634
7.2%
11
Uri
CHF 17'604
7.3%
12
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 17'598
7.4%
13
Glarus
CHF 17'594
7.4%
14
Lucerne
CHF 17'583
7.4%
15
Schaffhausen
CHF 17'565
7.5%
16
Valais
CHF 17'579
7.5%
17
Jura
CHF 17'547
7.6%
18
Neuchâtel
CHF 17'546
7.6%
19
Nidwalden
CHF 17'539
7.7%
20
Fribourg
CHF 17'514
7.8%
21
Schwyz
CHF 17'520
7.8%
22
Zurich
CHF 17'435
8.2%
23
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 17'402
8.4%
24
Bern
CHF 17'342
8.7%
25
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 17'272
9.1%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 17'714
6.8%
1
Switzerland
CHF 17'435
8.2%
2
United Kingdom
CHF 17'412
8.3%
3
Russia
CHF 16'527
13.0%
4
France
CHF 16'328
14.1%
5
Norway
CHF 16'171
14.9%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 15'820
16.7%
7
Austria
CHF 15'745
17.1%
8
Spain
CHF 15'540
18.2%
9
Hungary
CHF 15'482
18.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 15'292
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 15'197
20.0%
12
Italy
CHF 14'392
24.2%
13
Germany
CHF 14'240
25.0%
14
Greece
CHF 13'940
26.6%
15
Sweden
CHF 13'866
27.0%
16
Poland
CHF 13'227
30.4%
17
Denmark
CHF 12'727
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 12'711
33.1%
19
Portugal
CHF 12'599
33.7%
20
Belgium
CHF 11'992
36.9%
21
Netherlands
CHF 11'954
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 11'113
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 16'107
15.2%
1
Canada
CHF 14'115
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 17'985
5.3%
1
Taiwan
CHF 17'144
9.8%
2
Thailand
CHF 17'127
9.8%
3
Australia
CHF 17'004
10.5%
4
South Korea
CHF 16'141
15.0%
5
New Zealand
CHF 15'922
16.2%
6
Pakistan
CHF 15'773
17.0%
7
Indonesia
CHF 15'546
18.2%
8
Malaysia
CHF 15'422
18.8%
9
Japan
CHF 15'176
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 15'156
20.2%
11
Singapore
CHF 15'082
20.6%
12
Philippines
CHF 14'730
22.5%
13
Vietnam
CHF 14'109
25.7%
14
China
CHF 13'381
29.6%
15
India
CHF 12'829
32.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 17'175
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 16'985
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 16'962
10.7%
3
Ecuador
CHF 16'582
12.7%
4
Colombia
CHF 16'204
14.7%
5
Panama
CHF 15'825
16.7%
6
Chile
CHF 15'370
19.1%
7
Mexico
CHF 15'067
20.7%
8
Peru
CHF 14'618
23.1%
9
Brazil
CHF 14'267
24.9%
10
Uruguay
CHF 13'948
26.6%
11
Argentina
CHF 12'341
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 15'548
18.2%
1
Mozambique
CHF 14'163
25.4%
2
Angola
CHF 13'972
26.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 13'743
27.7%
4
Morocco
CHF 13'501
28.9%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 13'457
29.2%
6
Ghana
CHF 13'444
29.2%
7
Nigeria
CHF 13'031
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 12'651
33.4%
9
Uganda
CHF 12'606
33.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 12'381
34.8%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'940
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 18'046
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 18'046
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 17'476
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 17'476
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 17'096
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 16'906
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 16'387
13.7%
7
Egypt
CHF 14'490
23.7%
8
Lebanon
CHF 14'414
24.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 11'053
41.8%
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.