Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 996
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 52.80
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 10.96
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 4
Total tax
- CHF 67.76
Net pay
* CHF 928
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 928
Net pay
CHF 152
Tax the employer pays
CHF 67.76
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 220
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 152 to pay you CHF 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 996 a year living in the region of Thurgau, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 67.76. That means that your net pay will be CHF 928 per year, or CHF 77.35 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 6.77, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 93.23.
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 4'662 of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 996
0.0%
1
Germany
CHF 996
0.0%
2
Austria
CHF 996
0.0%
3
Ireland
CHF 996
0.0%
4
Sweden
CHF 996
0.0%
5
Norway
CHF 996
0.0%
6
Spain
CHF 933
6.4%
7
Italy
CHF 904
9.2%
8
Switzerland
CHF 904
9.2%
9
France
CHF 899
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 886
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
CHF 886
11.1%
12
Russia
CHF 867
13.0%
13
Hungary
CHF 812
18.5%
14
Ukraine
CHF 802
19.5%
15
Poland
CHF 782
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 778
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 742
25.6%
18
Finland
CHF 690
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 677
32.0%
20
Netherlands
CHF 627
37.1%
21
Denmark
CHF 617
38.1%
22
Romania
CHF 583
41.5%
23
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 972
2.4%
1
Brazil
CHF 921
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 917
8.0%
3
Colombia
CHF 916
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 902
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 900
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 891
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 886
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 871
12.5%
9
Argentina
CHF 827
17.0%
10
Chile
CHF 821
17.6%
11
Uruguay
CHF 816
18.1%
12
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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.