Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 2'000
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 106
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 22
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 8
Total tax
- CHF 236
Net pay
* CHF 1'764
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
11.8%
88.2%
Net pay
11.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 1'764
Net pay
CHF 305
Tax the employer pays
CHF 236
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 541
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 305 to pay you CHF 2'000. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.70 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.8% tax rate now rises to 23.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 2'000 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 236. That means that your net pay will be CHF 1'764 per year, or CHF 147 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.8% 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Solothurn
CHF 1'794
10.3%
1
Fribourg
CHF 1'776
11.2%
2
Uri
CHF 1'764
11.8%
3
Aargau
CHF 1'864
6.8%
4
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 1'864
6.8%
5
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 1'864
6.8%
6
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 1'864
6.8%
7
Basel-Stadt
CHF 1'864
6.8%
8
Bern
CHF 1'864
6.8%
9
Glarus
CHF 1'864
6.8%
10
Graubünden
CHF 1'864
6.8%
11
Jura
CHF 1'864
6.8%
12
Obwalden
CHF 1'864
6.8%
13
Schwyz
CHF 1'864
6.8%
14
St. Gallen
CHF 1'864
6.8%
15
Thurgau
CHF 1'864
6.8%
16
Vaud
CHF 1'864
6.8%
17
Zug
CHF 1'864
6.8%
18
Neuchâtel
CHF 1'854
7.3%
19
Ticino
CHF 1'844
7.8%
20
Zurich
CHF 1'840
8.0%
21
Valais
CHF 1'830
8.5%
22
Geneva
CHF 1'829
8.6%
23
Lucerne
CHF 1'814
9.3%
24
Nidwalden
CHF 1'814
9.3%
25
Schaffhausen
CHF 1'804
9.8%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 1'827
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 1'793
10.4%
2
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.