Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 1'950
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 103
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 21.45
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 7.80
Total tax
- CHF 233
Net pay
* CHF 1'717
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
11.9%
88.1%
Net pay
11.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 1'717
Net pay
CHF 297
Tax the employer pays
CHF 233
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 530
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 297 to pay you CHF 1'950. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.72 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.9% tax rate now rises to 23.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 1'950 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 233. That means that your net pay will be CHF 1'717 per year, or CHF 143 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.9% 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
Solothurn
CHF 1'747
10.4%
1
Fribourg
CHF 1'729
11.3%
2
Uri
CHF 1'717
11.9%
3
Aargau
CHF 1'817
6.8%
4
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 1'817
6.8%
5
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 1'817
6.8%
6
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 1'817
6.8%
7
Basel-Stadt
CHF 1'817
6.8%
8
Bern
CHF 1'817
6.8%
9
Glarus
CHF 1'817
6.8%
10
Graubünden
CHF 1'817
6.8%
11
Jura
CHF 1'817
6.8%
12
Obwalden
CHF 1'817
6.8%
13
Schwyz
CHF 1'817
6.8%
14
St. Gallen
CHF 1'817
6.8%
15
Thurgau
CHF 1'817
6.8%
16
Vaud
CHF 1'817
6.8%
17
Zug
CHF 1'817
6.8%
18
Neuchâtel
CHF 1'807
7.3%
19
Ticino
CHF 1'797
7.8%
20
Zurich
CHF 1'793
8.0%
21
Valais
CHF 1'783
8.5%
22
Geneva
CHF 1'782
8.6%
23
Lucerne
CHF 1'767
9.4%
24
Nidwalden
CHF 1'767
9.4%
25
Schaffhausen
CHF 1'757
9.9%
26
Show more
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 1'950
0.0%
1
Germany
CHF 1'950
0.0%
2
Austria
CHF 1'950
0.0%
3
Ireland
CHF 1'950
0.0%
4
Norway
CHF 1'950
0.0%
5
Sweden
CHF 1'851
5.1%
6
Spain
CHF 1'826
6.4%
7
Switzerland
CHF 1'793
8.0%
8
Italy
CHF 1'771
9.2%
9
France
CHF 1'761
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 1'735
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
CHF 1'735
11.1%
12
Russia
CHF 1'696
13.0%
13
Hungary
CHF 1'589
18.5%
14
Ukraine
CHF 1'570
19.5%
15
Poland
CHF 1'531
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 1'524
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 1'452
25.6%
18
Finland
CHF 1'350
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 1'326
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 1'259
35.5%
21
Netherlands
CHF 1'227
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 1'141
41.5%
23
Show more
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 1'781
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 1'752
10.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 1'950
0.0%
1
Singapore
CHF 1'950
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CHF 1'950
0.0%
3
Pakistan
CHF 1'939
0.6%
4
Thailand
CHF 1'853
5.0%
5
Philippines
CHF 1'833
6.0%
6
Indonesia
CHF 1'791
8.2%
7
Taiwan
CHF 1'777
8.9%
8
South Korea
CHF 1'742
10.7%
9
Malaysia
CHF 1'720
11.8%
10
New Zealand
CHF 1'718
11.9%
11
India
CHF 1'716
12.0%
12
China
CHF 1'693
13.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 1'657
15.0%
14
Japan
CHF 1'585
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
CHF 1'544
20.8%
16
Show more
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 1'904
2.4%
1
Brazil
CHF 1'804
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 1'795
8.0%
3
Colombia
CHF 1'794
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 1'766
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 1'763
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 1'745
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 1'736
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 1'706
12.5%
9
Argentina
CHF 1'618
17.0%
10
Chile
CHF 1'607
17.6%
11
Uruguay
CHF 1'597
18.1%
12
Show more
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 1'931
1.0%
1
Morocco
CHF 1'819
6.7%
2
Zambia
CHF 1'765
9.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 1'697
13.0%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 1'694
13.1%
5
Cameroon
CHF 1'645
15.6%
6
Mozambique
CHF 1'619
17.0%
7
Ghana
CHF 1'577
19.1%
8
Senegal
CHF 1'560
20.0%
9
Uganda
CHF 1'535
21.3%
10
Angola
CHF 1'511
22.5%
11
Nigeria
CHF 1'436
26.4%
12
Show more
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CHF 1'950
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CHF 1'853
5.0%
2
Qatar
CHF 1'852
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CHF 1'794
8.0%
4
Oman
CHF 1'794
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 1'736
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 1'694
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CHF 1'619
17.0%
8
Egypt
CHF 1'530
21.5%
9
Turkey
CHF 1'303
33.2%
10
Show more
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.