Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 9'450
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 501
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 104
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 37.80
Total tax
- CHF 643
Net pay
* CHF 8'807
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 8'807
Net pay
CHF 1'440
Tax the employer pays
CHF 643
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'082
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'440 to pay you CHF 9'450. 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 9'450 a year living in the region of Thurgau, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 643. That means that your net pay will be CHF 8'807 per year, or CHF 734 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 8'534
9.7%
1
Canada
CHF 7'228
23.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 8'703
7.9%
1
Colombia
CHF 8'694
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 8'557
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 8'544
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 8'458
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 8'410
11.0%
6
Mexico
CHF 7'934
16.1%
7
Chile
CHF 7'787
17.6%
8
Brazil
CHF 7'700
18.5%
9
Uruguay
CHF 7'551
20.1%
10
Peru
CHF 7'434
21.3%
11
Argentina
CHF 6'136
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 8'457
10.5%
1
Morocco
CHF 7'435
21.3%
2
Mozambique
CHF 7'290
22.9%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 7'134
24.5%
4
Kenya
CHF 7'061
25.3%
5
Angola
CHF 7'025
25.7%
6
Ghana
CHF 6'929
26.7%
7
Cameroon
CHF 6'928
26.7%
8
Nigeria
CHF 6'537
30.8%
9
Uganda
CHF 6'401
32.3%
10
Senegal
CHF 6'375
32.5%
11
Zambia
CHF 6'073
35.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 8'978
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 8'978
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 8'694
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 8'694
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 8'505
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 8'410
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 8'207
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 7'331
22.4%
8
Lebanon
CHF 7'254
23.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 5'428
42.6%
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.