Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 26'232
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 46.62
Cantonal tax
- CHF 252
Communal tax
- CHF 333
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'390
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 289
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 105
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 195
Total tax
- CHF 2'610
Net pay
* CHF 23'622
Marginal tax rate
21.4%
Average tax rate
10.0%
90.0%
Net pay
10.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 23'622
Net pay
CHF 4'192
Tax the employer pays
CHF 2'610
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 6'802
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 4'192 to pay you CHF 26'232. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.59 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10% tax rate now rises to 22.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 26'232 a year living in the region of Thurgau, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 2'610. That means that your net pay will be CHF 23'622 per year, or CHF 1'968 per month. Your average tax rate is 10.0% and your marginal tax rate is 21.4%. 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 21.38, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 78.62.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 786 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'931 of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Thurgau
CHF 23'622
10.0%
1
Valais
CHF 23'577
10.1%
2
Schwyz
CHF 23'541
10.3%
3
Schaffhausen
CHF 23'515
10.4%
4
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 23'412
10.8%
5
Fribourg
CHF 23'403
10.8%
6
Jura
CHF 23'369
10.9%
7
Lucerne
CHF 23'372
10.9%
8
Nidwalden
CHF 23'380
10.9%
9
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 23'335
11.0%
10
Glarus
CHF 23'333
11.1%
11
Zurich
CHF 23'309
11.1%
12
Neuchâtel
CHF 23'268
11.3%
13
Obwalden
CHF 23'239
11.4%
14
Uri
CHF 23'235
11.4%
15
St. Gallen
CHF 23'167
11.7%
16
Solothurn
CHF 23'031
12.2%
17
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 22'941
12.5%
18
Bern
CHF 22'601
13.8%
19
Graubünden
CHF 24'093
8.2%
20
Vaud
CHF 24'069
8.2%
21
Zug
CHF 24'091
8.2%
22
Basel-Stadt
CHF 24'044
8.3%
23
Geneva
CHF 23'988
8.6%
24
Aargau
CHF 23'807
9.2%
25
Ticino
CHF 23'623
9.9%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 21'504
18.0%
1
Canada
CHF 19'384
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 24'551
6.4%
1
Taiwan
CHF 23'399
10.8%
2
Thailand
CHF 22'913
12.7%
3
Australia
CHF 22'687
13.5%
4
South Korea
CHF 21'799
16.9%
5
New Zealand
CHF 21'661
17.4%
6
Kazakhstan
CHF 21'017
19.9%
7
Indonesia
CHF 20'811
20.7%
8
Pakistan
CHF 20'695
21.1%
9
Singapore
CHF 20'633
21.3%
10
Japan
CHF 20'375
22.3%
11
Malaysia
CHF 20'245
22.8%
12
Philippines
CHF 19'614
25.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 18'879
28.0%
14
China
CHF 17'713
32.5%
15
India
CHF 16'939
35.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 23'717
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 23'050
12.1%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 22'912
12.7%
3
Ecuador
CHF 22'216
15.3%
4
Colombia
CHF 21'316
18.7%
5
Panama
CHF 21'299
18.8%
6
Chile
CHF 20'991
20.0%
7
Mexico
CHF 20'128
23.3%
8
Peru
CHF 20'016
23.7%
9
Brazil
CHF 19'513
25.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 18'948
27.8%
11
Argentina
CHF 17'045
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 20'427
22.1%
1
Angola
CHF 19'236
26.7%
2
Mozambique
CHF 18'998
27.6%
3
Kenya
CHF 18'809
28.3%
4
Ghana
CHF 18'231
30.5%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 18'121
30.9%
6
Nigeria
CHF 17'952
31.6%
7
Morocco
CHF 17'886
31.8%
8
Uganda
CHF 17'310
34.0%
9
Cameroon
CHF 17'057
35.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 16'747
36.2%
11
Zambia
CHF 16'390
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 24'920
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 24'920
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 24'133
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 24'133
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 23'609
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 23'346
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 21'888
16.6%
7
Egypt
CHF 19'917
24.1%
8
Lebanon
CHF 19'841
24.4%
9
Turkey
CHF 15'447
41.1%
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.