Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 1'550
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 82.15
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 17.05
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 6.20
Total tax
- CHF 205
Net pay
* CHF 1'345
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
13.3%
86.7%
Net pay
13.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 1'345
Net pay
CHF 236
Tax the employer pays
CHF 205
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 442
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 236 to pay you CHF 1'550. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.85 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13.3% tax rate now rises to 24.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 1'550 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 205. That means that your net pay will be CHF 1'345 per year, or CHF 112 per month. Your average tax rate is 13.3% 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
Canada
CHF 1'419
8.5%
1
USA
CHF 1'416
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 1'550
0.0%
1
Singapore
CHF 1'550
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CHF 1'550
0.0%
3
Pakistan
CHF 1'540
0.6%
4
Thailand
CHF 1'472
5.0%
5
Philippines
CHF 1'452
6.3%
6
Indonesia
CHF 1'422
8.3%
7
Taiwan
CHF 1'413
8.9%
8
South Korea
CHF 1'384
10.7%
9
New Zealand
CHF 1'366
11.9%
10
Malaysia
CHF 1'365
11.9%
11
India
CHF 1'364
12.0%
12
China
CHF 1'346
13.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 1'318
15.0%
14
Japan
CHF 1'260
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
CHF 1'228
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 1'513
2.4%
1
Brazil
CHF 1'434
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 1'427
8.0%
3
Colombia
CHF 1'426
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 1'404
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 1'401
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 1'387
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 1'379
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 1'356
12.5%
9
Argentina
CHF 1'286
17.0%
10
Chile
CHF 1'277
17.6%
11
Uruguay
CHF 1'269
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 1'534
1.0%
1
Zambia
CHF 1'457
6.0%
2
Morocco
CHF 1'446
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 1'363
12.0%
4
Kenya
CHF 1'353
12.7%
5
Cameroon
CHF 1'308
15.6%
6
Mozambique
CHF 1'293
16.6%
7
Senegal
CHF 1'281
17.4%
8
Uganda
CHF 1'281
17.4%
9
Ghana
CHF 1'265
18.4%
10
Angola
CHF 1'209
22.0%
11
Nigeria
CHF 1'155
25.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CHF 1'550
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CHF 1'473
5.0%
2
Qatar
CHF 1'473
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CHF 1'426
8.0%
4
Oman
CHF 1'426
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 1'380
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 1'346
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CHF 1'303
16.0%
8
Egypt
CHF 1'245
19.7%
9
Turkey
CHF 1'073
30.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Uri 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.