Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 1'656
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 87.77
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 18.22
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 6.62
Total tax
- CHF 213
Net pay
* CHF 1'443
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
12.8%
87.2%
Net pay
12.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 1'443
Net pay
CHF 252
Tax the employer pays
CHF 213
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 465
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 252 to pay you CHF 1'656. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.81 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 12.8% tax rate now rises to 24.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 1'656 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 213. That means that your net pay will be CHF 1'443 per year, or CHF 120 per month. Your average tax rate is 12.8% 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 6.80, 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Schaffhausen
CHF 1'483
10.4%
1
Solothurn
CHF 1'473
11.0%
2
Fribourg
CHF 1'455
12.1%
3
Uri
CHF 1'443
12.8%
4
Aargau
CHF 1'543
6.8%
5
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 1'543
6.8%
6
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 1'543
6.8%
7
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 1'543
6.8%
8
Basel-Stadt
CHF 1'543
6.8%
9
Bern
CHF 1'543
6.8%
10
Glarus
CHF 1'543
6.8%
11
Graubünden
CHF 1'543
6.8%
12
Jura
CHF 1'543
6.8%
13
Obwalden
CHF 1'543
6.8%
14
Schwyz
CHF 1'543
6.8%
15
St. Gallen
CHF 1'543
6.8%
16
Thurgau
CHF 1'543
6.8%
17
Vaud
CHF 1'543
6.8%
18
Zug
CHF 1'543
6.8%
19
Neuchâtel
CHF 1'533
7.4%
20
Ticino
CHF 1'523
8.0%
21
Zurich
CHF 1'519
8.2%
22
Geneva
CHF 1'508
8.9%
23
Valais
CHF 1'509
8.9%
24
Lucerne
CHF 1'493
9.8%
25
Nidwalden
CHF 1'493
9.8%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 1'656
0.0%
1
Germany
CHF 1'656
0.0%
2
Austria
CHF 1'656
0.0%
3
Ireland
CHF 1'656
0.0%
4
Norway
CHF 1'656
0.0%
5
Sweden
CHF 1'644
0.7%
6
Spain
CHF 1'551
6.4%
7
Switzerland
CHF 1'519
8.3%
8
Italy
CHF 1'504
9.2%
9
France
CHF 1'495
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 1'474
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
CHF 1'473
11.1%
12
Russia
CHF 1'441
13.0%
13
Hungary
CHF 1'350
18.5%
14
Ukraine
CHF 1'333
19.5%
15
Poland
CHF 1'300
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 1'294
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 1'233
25.6%
18
Finland
CHF 1'147
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 1'126
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 1'061
36.0%
21
Netherlands
CHF 1'042
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 969
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 1'513
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 1'507
9.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 1'656
0.0%
1
Singapore
CHF 1'656
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CHF 1'656
0.0%
3
Pakistan
CHF 1'646
0.6%
4
Thailand
CHF 1'573
5.0%
5
Philippines
CHF 1'554
6.1%
6
Indonesia
CHF 1'520
8.2%
7
Taiwan
CHF 1'509
8.9%
8
South Korea
CHF 1'479
10.7%
9
New Zealand
CHF 1'459
11.9%
10
Malaysia
CHF 1'459
11.9%
11
India
CHF 1'457
12.0%
12
China
CHF 1'438
13.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 1'408
15.0%
14
Japan
CHF 1'346
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
CHF 1'312
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 1'617
2.4%
1
Brazil
CHF 1'532
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 1'524
8.0%
3
Colombia
CHF 1'524
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 1'500
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 1'497
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 1'482
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 1'474
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 1'449
12.5%
9
Argentina
CHF 1'374
17.0%
10
Chile
CHF 1'365
17.6%
11
Uruguay
CHF 1'356
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 1'639
1.0%
1
Zambia
CHF 1'557
6.0%
2
Morocco
CHF 1'544
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 1'451
12.4%
4
Kenya
CHF 1'446
12.7%
5
Cameroon
CHF 1'397
15.6%
6
Mozambique
CHF 1'379
16.7%
7
Senegal
CHF 1'357
18.1%
8
Uganda
CHF 1'348
18.6%
9
Ghana
CHF 1'348
18.6%
10
Angola
CHF 1'289
22.2%
11
Nigeria
CHF 1'230
25.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CHF 1'656
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CHF 1'573
5.0%
2
Qatar
CHF 1'573
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CHF 1'524
8.0%
4
Oman
CHF 1'524
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 1'474
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 1'438
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CHF 1'386
16.3%
8
Egypt
CHF 1'320
20.3%
9
Turkey
CHF 1'121
32.3%
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.