Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 21'163
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 8.84
Cantonal tax
- CHF 79.55
Communal tax
- CHF 75.60
Church tax
- CHF 9.07
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'122
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 233
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 84.65
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 41.64
Total tax
- CHF 1'754
Net pay
* CHF 19'409
Marginal tax rate
25.3%
Average tax rate
8.3%
91.7%
Net pay
8.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 19'409
Net pay
CHF 3'266
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'754
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 5'020
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'266 to pay you CHF 21'163. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.37 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.3% tax rate now rises to 20.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 21'163 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'754. That means that your net pay will be CHF 19'409 per year, or CHF 1'617 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.3% and your marginal tax rate is 25.3%. 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 25.26, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 74.74.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 747 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'737 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
CHF 19'234
9.1%
1
Ireland
CHF 19'130
9.6%
2
United Kingdom
CHF 18'858
10.9%
3
Russia
CHF 18'412
13.0%
4
France
CHF 18'070
14.6%
5
Norway
CHF 17'659
16.6%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 17'372
17.9%
7
Austria
CHF 17'253
18.5%
8
Hungary
CHF 17'248
18.5%
9
Spain
CHF 17'050
19.4%
10
Ukraine
CHF 17'036
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 16'801
20.6%
12
Italy
CHF 15'625
26.2%
13
Germany
CHF 15'465
26.9%
14
Greece
CHF 15'353
27.5%
15
Sweden
CHF 15'318
27.6%
16
Poland
CHF 14'611
31.0%
17
Denmark
CHF 14'185
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 14'056
33.6%
19
Portugal
CHF 13'778
34.9%
20
Netherlands
CHF 13'318
37.1%
21
Belgium
CHF 12'898
39.1%
22
Romania
CHF 12'380
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 17'741
16.2%
1
Canada
CHF 15'721
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 19'981
5.6%
1
Taiwan
CHF 19'017
10.1%
2
Thailand
CHF 18'904
10.7%
3
Australia
CHF 18'716
11.6%
4
South Korea
CHF 17'835
15.7%
5
New Zealand
CHF 17'680
16.5%
6
Pakistan
CHF 17'273
18.4%
7
Indonesia
CHF 17'123
19.1%
8
Kazakhstan
CHF 16'911
20.1%
9
Malaysia
CHF 16'901
20.1%
10
Japan
CHF 16'842
20.4%
11
Singapore
CHF 16'751
20.9%
12
Philippines
CHF 16'192
23.5%
13
Vietnam
CHF 15'564
26.5%
14
China
CHF 14'893
29.6%
15
India
CHF 14'060
33.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 19'134
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 18'829
11.0%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 18'811
11.1%
3
Ecuador
CHF 18'296
13.6%
4
Colombia
CHF 17'768
16.0%
5
Panama
CHF 17'464
17.5%
6
Chile
CHF 17'083
19.3%
7
Mexico
CHF 16'664
21.3%
8
Peru
CHF 16'248
23.2%
9
Brazil
CHF 15'838
25.2%
10
Uruguay
CHF 15'420
27.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 13'750
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 17'047
19.5%
1
Mozambique
CHF 15'663
26.0%
2
Angola
CHF 15'549
26.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 15'260
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 14'883
29.7%
5
Ghana
CHF 14'878
29.7%
6
Morocco
CHF 14'814
30.0%
7
Nigeria
CHF 14'505
31.5%
8
Uganda
CHF 14'015
33.8%
9
Cameroon
CHF 13'970
34.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 13'703
35.3%
11
Zambia
CHF 13'272
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 20'105
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 20'105
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 19'470
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 19'470
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 19'047
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 18'835
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 18'051
14.7%
7
Egypt
CHF 16'116
23.9%
8
Lebanon
CHF 16'039
24.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 12'423
41.3%
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.