Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 66'600
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 613
Cantonal tax
- CHF 3'326
Communal tax
- CHF 3'189
Personal Tax
- CHF 20
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 3'530
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 733
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 266
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 2'075
Total tax
- CHF 13'751
Net pay
* CHF 52'849
Marginal tax rate
33.1%
Average tax rate
20.6%
79.4%
Net pay
20.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 52'849
Net pay
CHF 12'222
Tax the employer pays
CHF 13'751
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 25'973
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 12'222 to pay you CHF 66'600. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 3.90 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.6% tax rate now rises to 33.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 66'600 a year living in the region of Ticino, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 13'751. That means that your net pay will be CHF 52'849 per year, or CHF 4'404 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.7% and your marginal tax rate is 33.1%. 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 33.08, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 66.92.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 669 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'346 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Zug
CHF 57'479
13.7%
1
Schwyz
CHF 55'145
17.2%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 54'488
18.2%
3
Zurich
CHF 53'639
19.5%
4
Graubünden
CHF 53'539
19.6%
5
Nidwalden
CHF 53'472
19.7%
6
Obwalden
CHF 53'469
19.7%
7
Glarus
CHF 53'351
19.9%
8
Schaffhausen
CHF 53'125
20.2%
9
Uri
CHF 53'177
20.2%
10
Thurgau
CHF 52'945
20.5%
11
Ticino
CHF 52'849
20.6%
12
Aargau
CHF 52'658
20.9%
13
Valais
CHF 52'469
21.2%
14
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 52'210
21.6%
15
Lucerne
CHF 52'107
21.8%
16
Jura
CHF 52'047
21.9%
17
Fribourg
CHF 51'448
22.8%
18
Geneva
CHF 51'381
22.9%
19
St. Gallen
CHF 51'228
23.1%
20
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 51'162
23.2%
21
Basel-Stadt
CHF 51'159
23.2%
22
Solothurn
CHF 50'620
24.0%
23
Bern
CHF 50'280
24.5%
24
Vaud
CHF 50'276
24.5%
25
Neuchâtel
CHF 49'996
24.9%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
CHF 57'942
13.0%
1
Hungary
CHF 54'279
18.5%
2
Switzerland
CHF 53'639
19.5%
3
Ukraine
CHF 53'613
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
CHF 50'424
24.3%
5
United Kingdom
CHF 48'219
27.6%
6
France
CHF 47'858
28.1%
7
Norway
CHF 46'233
30.6%
8
Spain
CHF 45'268
32.0%
9
Ireland
CHF 45'026
32.4%
10
Denmark
CHF 44'306
33.5%
11
Austria
CHF 41'920
37.1%
12
Netherlands
CHF 41'723
37.4%
13
Sweden
CHF 41'719
37.4%
14
Luxembourg
CHF 41'038
38.4%
15
Poland
CHF 40'763
38.8%
16
Greece
CHF 39'626
40.5%
17
Romania
CHF 38'961
41.5%
18
Germany
CHF 38'817
41.7%
19
Finland
CHF 36'905
44.6%
20
Italy
CHF 36'554
45.1%
21
Portugal
CHF 34'907
47.6%
22
Belgium
CHF 29'695
55.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 49'542
25.6%
1
Canada
CHF 46'183
30.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 58'171
12.7%
1
Taiwan
CHF 55'787
16.2%
2
Kazakhstan
CHF 53'951
19.0%
3
Singapore
CHF 53'302
20.0%
4
Thailand
CHF 52'421
21.3%
5
South Korea
CHF 51'372
22.9%
6
Australia
CHF 49'128
26.2%
7
China
CHF 48'578
27.1%
8
New Zealand
CHF 48'462
27.2%
9
Indonesia
CHF 48'297
27.5%
10
Japan
CHF 48'127
27.7%
11
Pakistan
CHF 47'230
29.1%
12
Malaysia
CHF 46'417
30.3%
13
Philippines
CHF 46'053
30.9%
14
Vietnam
CHF 44'736
32.8%
15
India
CHF 37'994
43.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 59'631
10.5%
1
Chile
CHF 53'990
18.9%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 53'082
20.3%
3
Puerto Rico
CHF 50'995
23.4%
4
Panama
CHF 50'317
24.5%
5
Ecuador
CHF 49'456
25.7%
6
Brazil
CHF 48'780
26.8%
7
Colombia
CHF 48'642
27.0%
8
Uruguay
CHF 48'363
27.4%
9
Peru
CHF 47'738
28.3%
10
Mexico
CHF 46'564
30.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 43'284
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
CHF 48'604
27.0%
1
Kenya
CHF 47'066
29.3%
2
Nigeria
CHF 45'411
31.8%
3
Mozambique
CHF 45'238
32.1%
4
Ghana
CHF 44'934
32.5%
5
South Africa
CHF 44'672
32.9%
6
Ivory Coast
CHF 44'393
33.3%
7
Morocco
CHF 42'349
36.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 41'635
37.5%
9
Zambia
CHF 41'216
38.1%
10
Senegal
CHF 40'967
38.5%
11
Uganda
CHF 39'776
40.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 63'270
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 63'270
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 61'272
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 61'272
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 59'940
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 59'647
10.4%
6
Egypt
CHF 50'193
24.6%
7
Lebanon
CHF 50'117
24.8%
8
Israel
CHF 48'315
27.5%
9
Turkey
CHF 38'957
41.5%
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.