Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 1'900
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 101
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 20.90
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 7.60
Total tax
- CHF 229
Net pay
* CHF 1'671
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
12.1%
87.9%
Net pay
12.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 1'671
Net pay
CHF 289
Tax the employer pays
CHF 229
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 519
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 289 to pay you CHF 1'900. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.73 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 12.1% tax rate now rises to 23.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 1'900 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 229. That means that your net pay will be CHF 1'671 per year, or CHF 139 per month. Your average tax rate is 12.1% 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Schaffhausen
CHF 1'711
10.0%
1
Solothurn
CHF 1'701
10.5%
2
Fribourg
CHF 1'683
11.4%
3
Uri
CHF 1'671
12.1%
4
Aargau
CHF 1'771
6.8%
5
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 1'771
6.8%
6
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 1'771
6.8%
7
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 1'771
6.8%
8
Basel-Stadt
CHF 1'771
6.8%
9
Bern
CHF 1'771
6.8%
10
Glarus
CHF 1'771
6.8%
11
Graubünden
CHF 1'771
6.8%
12
Jura
CHF 1'771
6.8%
13
Obwalden
CHF 1'771
6.8%
14
Schwyz
CHF 1'771
6.8%
15
St. Gallen
CHF 1'771
6.8%
16
Thurgau
CHF 1'771
6.8%
17
Vaud
CHF 1'771
6.8%
18
Zug
CHF 1'771
6.8%
19
Neuchâtel
CHF 1'761
7.3%
20
Ticino
CHF 1'751
7.9%
21
Zurich
CHF 1'747
8.1%
22
Geneva
CHF 1'736
8.6%
23
Valais
CHF 1'737
8.6%
24
Lucerne
CHF 1'721
9.4%
25
Nidwalden
CHF 1'721
9.4%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 1'900
0.0%
1
Germany
CHF 1'900
0.0%
2
Austria
CHF 1'900
0.0%
3
Ireland
CHF 1'900
0.0%
4
Norway
CHF 1'900
0.0%
5
Sweden
CHF 1'816
4.4%
6
Spain
CHF 1'779
6.4%
7
Switzerland
CHF 1'747
8.1%
8
Italy
CHF 1'725
9.2%
9
France
CHF 1'716
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 1'691
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
CHF 1'690
11.1%
12
Russia
CHF 1'653
13.0%
13
Hungary
CHF 1'548
18.5%
14
Ukraine
CHF 1'530
19.5%
15
Poland
CHF 1'492
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 1'485
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 1'415
25.6%
18
Finland
CHF 1'316
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 1'292
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 1'225
35.5%
21
Netherlands
CHF 1'196
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 1'112
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 1'735
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 1'711
9.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 1'900
0.0%
1
Singapore
CHF 1'900
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CHF 1'900
0.0%
3
Pakistan
CHF 1'889
0.6%
4
Thailand
CHF 1'805
5.0%
5
Philippines
CHF 1'786
6.0%
6
Indonesia
CHF 1'744
8.2%
7
Taiwan
CHF 1'732
8.9%
8
South Korea
CHF 1'697
10.7%
9
Malaysia
CHF 1'676
11.8%
10
New Zealand
CHF 1'674
11.9%
11
India
CHF 1'672
12.0%
12
China
CHF 1'649
13.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 1'615
15.0%
14
Japan
CHF 1'544
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
CHF 1'505
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 1'881
1.0%
1
Morocco
CHF 1'772
6.7%
2
Zambia
CHF 1'731
8.9%
3
Kenya
CHF 1'656
12.9%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 1'653
13.0%
5
Cameroon
CHF 1'603
15.6%
6
Mozambique
CHF 1'578
17.0%
7
Ghana
CHF 1'538
19.1%
8
Senegal
CHF 1'527
19.6%
9
Uganda
CHF 1'504
20.9%
10
Angola
CHF 1'474
22.4%
11
Nigeria
CHF 1'402
26.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CHF 1'900
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CHF 1'805
5.0%
2
Qatar
CHF 1'805
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CHF 1'748
8.0%
4
Oman
CHF 1'748
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 1'691
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 1'650
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CHF 1'579
16.9%
8
Egypt
CHF 1'494
21.4%
9
Turkey
CHF 1'273
33.0%
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.