Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 18'120
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 960
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 199
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 72.48
Total tax
- CHF 1'332
Net pay
* CHF 16'788
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.4%
92.6%
Net pay
7.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 16'788
Net pay
CHF 2'761
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'332
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'093
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'761 to pay you CHF 18'120. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.26 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.4% tax rate now rises to 19.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 18'120 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'332. That means that your net pay will be CHF 16'788 per year, or CHF 1'399 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.4% 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
USA
CHF 15'446
14.8%
1
Canada
CHF 13'466
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 16'383
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 16'214
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 16'210
10.5%
3
Ecuador
CHF 15'890
12.3%
4
Colombia
CHF 15'561
14.1%
5
Panama
CHF 15'162
16.3%
6
Chile
CHF 14'677
19.0%
7
Mexico
CHF 14'422
20.4%
8
Peru
CHF 13'958
23.0%
9
Brazil
CHF 13'632
24.8%
10
Uruguay
CHF 13'353
26.3%
11
Argentina
CHF 11'772
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 14'939
17.6%
1
Mozambique
CHF 13'532
25.3%
2
Angola
CHF 13'335
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 13'130
27.5%
4
Morocco
CHF 12'965
28.5%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 12'880
28.9%
6
Ghana
CHF 12'865
29.0%
7
Nigeria
CHF 12'435
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 12'118
33.1%
9
Uganda
CHF 12'037
33.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 11'844
34.6%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'401
37.1%
12
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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.