Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 18'520
Personal Tax
- CHF 20
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 982
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 204
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 74.08
Total tax
- CHF 1'279
Net pay
* CHF 17'241
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
6.9%
93.1%
Net pay
6.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 17'241
Net pay
CHF 2'822
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'279
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'101
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'822 to pay you CHF 18'520. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.21 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.9% tax rate now rises to 19.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 18'520 a year living in the region of Ticino, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'279. That means that your net pay will be CHF 17'241 per year, or CHF 1'437 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.9% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 17'422
5.9%
1
United Kingdom
CHF 17'094
7.7%
2
Switzerland
CHF 17'018
8.1%
3
Russia
CHF 16'112
13.0%
4
France
CHF 15'945
13.9%
5
Norway
CHF 15'799
14.7%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 15'472
16.5%
7
Austria
CHF 15'413
16.8%
8
Spain
CHF 15'204
17.9%
9
Hungary
CHF 15'094
18.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 14'909
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 14'845
19.8%
12
Italy
CHF 14'122
23.8%
13
Germany
CHF 13'970
24.6%
14
Greece
CHF 13'625
26.4%
15
Sweden
CHF 13'547
26.9%
16
Poland
CHF 12'923
30.2%
17
Finland
CHF 12'414
33.0%
18
Denmark
CHF 12'407
33.0%
19
Portugal
CHF 12'325
33.5%
20
Belgium
CHF 11'767
36.5%
21
Netherlands
CHF 11'654
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 10'834
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 15'747
15.0%
1
Canada
CHF 13'762
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 17'542
5.3%
1
Thailand
CHF 16'734
9.6%
2
Taiwan
CHF 16'732
9.7%
3
Australia
CHF 16'628
10.2%
4
South Korea
CHF 15'769
14.9%
5
New Zealand
CHF 15'536
16.1%
6
Pakistan
CHF 15'431
16.7%
7
Indonesia
CHF 15'200
17.9%
8
Malaysia
CHF 15'092
18.5%
9
Japan
CHF 14'810
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 14'771
20.2%
11
Singapore
CHF 14'711
20.6%
12
Philippines
CHF 14'408
22.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 13'789
25.5%
14
China
CHF 13'049
29.5%
15
India
CHF 12'559
32.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 16'744
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 16'564
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 16'555
10.6%
3
Ecuador
CHF 16'206
12.5%
4
Colombia
CHF 15'855
14.4%
5
Panama
CHF 15'465
16.5%
6
Chile
CHF 14'993
19.0%
7
Mexico
CHF 14'716
20.5%
8
Peru
CHF 14'259
23.0%
9
Brazil
CHF 13'922
24.8%
10
Uruguay
CHF 13'625
26.4%
11
Argentina
CHF 12'032
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 15'217
17.8%
1
Mozambique
CHF 13'820
25.4%
2
Angola
CHF 13'626
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 13'410
27.6%
4
Morocco
CHF 13'213
28.7%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 13'144
29.0%
6
Ghana
CHF 13'129
29.1%
7
Nigeria
CHF 12'707
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 12'361
33.3%
9
Uganda
CHF 12'297
33.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 12'091
34.7%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'647
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 17'594
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 17'594
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 17'038
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 17'038
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 16'668
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 16'483
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 16'021
13.5%
7
Egypt
CHF 14'133
23.7%
8
Lebanon
CHF 14'057
24.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 10'752
42.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Ticino 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.