Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 5'000
Personal Tax
- CHF 20
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 265
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 55
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 20
Total tax
- CHF 360
Net pay
* CHF 4'640
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.2%
92.8%
Net pay
7.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 4'640
Net pay
CHF 762
Tax the employer pays
CHF 360
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'122
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 762 to pay you CHF 5'000. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.24 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.2% tax rate now rises to 19.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 5'000 a year living in the region of Ticino, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 360. That means that your net pay will be CHF 4'640 per year, or CHF 387 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.2% 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
United Kingdom
CHF 5'000
0.0%
1
Austria
CHF 5'000
0.0%
2
Ireland
CHF 5'000
0.0%
3
Norway
CHF 4'990
0.2%
4
Spain
CHF 4'682
6.4%
5
Switzerland
CHF 4'636
7.3%
6
Germany
CHF 4'633
7.3%
7
Italy
CHF 4'541
9.2%
8
France
CHF 4'515
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
CHF 4'450
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
CHF 4'448
11.1%
11
Russia
CHF 4'350
13.0%
12
Hungary
CHF 4'075
18.5%
13
Sweden
CHF 4'028
19.4%
14
Ukraine
CHF 4'025
19.5%
15
Poland
CHF 3'926
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 3'908
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 3'723
25.6%
18
Finland
CHF 3'463
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 3'400
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 3'311
33.8%
21
Netherlands
CHF 3'146
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 2'925
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 4'567
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 4'014
19.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 5'000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 5'000
0.0%
2
Pakistan
CHF 4'794
4.1%
3
Thailand
CHF 4'723
5.5%
4
Philippines
CHF 4'599
8.0%
5
Taiwan
CHF 4'557
8.9%
6
Indonesia
CHF 4'452
11.0%
7
South Korea
CHF 4'429
11.4%
8
Malaysia
CHF 4'411
11.8%
9
New Zealand
CHF 4'406
11.9%
10
India
CHF 4'400
12.0%
11
Singapore
CHF 4'377
12.5%
12
Vietnam
CHF 4'116
17.7%
13
Japan
CHF 4'063
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
CHF 3'960
20.8%
15
China
CHF 3'759
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
CHF 4'643
7.9%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 4'602
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 4'528
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 4'521
9.6%
4
Brazil
CHF 4'488
10.3%
5
Mexico
CHF 4'476
10.5%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 4'475
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 4'450
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 4'375
12.5%
9
Chile
CHF 4'120
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 3'995
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 3'244
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 4'853
3.0%
1
Morocco
CHF 4'441
11.2%
2
Cameroon
CHF 4'067
18.7%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 4'035
19.3%
4
Mozambique
CHF 3'988
20.3%
5
Kenya
CHF 3'974
20.5%
6
Ghana
CHF 3'775
24.5%
7
Angola
CHF 3'765
24.7%
8
Zambia
CHF 3'558
28.9%
9
Senegal
CHF 3'512
29.8%
10
Nigeria
CHF 3'510
29.8%
11
Uganda
CHF 3'509
29.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 4'750
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 4'750
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 4'600
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 4'600
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 4'500
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 4'450
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 4'343
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 3'933
21.3%
8
Lebanon
CHF 3'917
21.7%
9
Turkey
CHF 3'079
38.4%
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.