Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 21'424
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 10.82
Cantonal tax
- CHF 97.40
Communal tax
- CHF 92.56
Church tax
- CHF 11.11
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'135
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 236
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 85.70
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 50.98
Total tax
- CHF 1'820
Net pay
* CHF 19'604
Marginal tax rate
25.3%
Average tax rate
8.5%
91.5%
Net pay
8.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 19'604
Net pay
CHF 3'315
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'820
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 5'135
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'315 to pay you CHF 21'424. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.40 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.5% tax rate now rises to 20.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 21'424 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'820. That means that your net pay will be CHF 19'604 per year, or CHF 1'634 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.5% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
CHF 19'442
9.3%
1
Ireland
CHF 19'300
9.9%
2
United Kingdom
CHF 19'033
11.2%
3
Russia
CHF 18'639
13.0%
4
France
CHF 18'280
14.7%
5
Norway
CHF 17'836
16.8%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 17'559
18.0%
7
Hungary
CHF 17'461
18.5%
8
Austria
CHF 17'435
18.6%
9
Ukraine
CHF 17'246
19.5%
10
Spain
CHF 17'232
19.6%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 16'994
20.7%
12
Italy
CHF 15'773
26.4%
13
Germany
CHF 15'613
27.1%
14
Greece
CHF 15'523
27.5%
15
Sweden
CHF 15'493
27.7%
16
Poland
CHF 14'778
31.0%
17
Denmark
CHF 14'360
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 14'218
33.6%
19
Portugal
CHF 13'920
35.0%
20
Netherlands
CHF 13'482
37.1%
21
Belgium
CHF 13'007
39.3%
22
Romania
CHF 12'533
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 17'938
16.3%
1
Canada
CHF 15'915
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 20'219
5.6%
1
Taiwan
CHF 19'243
10.2%
2
Thailand
CHF 19'112
10.8%
3
Australia
CHF 18'922
11.7%
4
South Korea
CHF 18'039
15.8%
5
New Zealand
CHF 17'891
16.5%
6
Pakistan
CHF 17'449
18.6%
7
Indonesia
CHF 17'313
19.2%
8
Kazakhstan
CHF 17'123
20.1%
9
Malaysia
CHF 17'079
20.3%
10
Japan
CHF 17'034
20.5%
11
Singapore
CHF 16'951
20.9%
12
Philippines
CHF 16'368
23.6%
13
Vietnam
CHF 15'739
26.5%
14
China
CHF 15'075
29.6%
15
India
CHF 14'208
33.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 19'370
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 19'039
11.1%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 19'034
11.2%
3
Ecuador
CHF 18'502
13.6%
4
Colombia
CHF 17'950
16.2%
5
Panama
CHF 17'662
17.6%
6
Chile
CHF 17'288
19.3%
7
Mexico
CHF 16'853
21.3%
8
Peru
CHF 16'445
23.2%
9
Brazil
CHF 16'027
25.2%
10
Uruguay
CHF 15'597
27.2%
11
Argentina
CHF 13'919
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 17'227
19.6%
1
Mozambique
CHF 15'836
26.1%
2
Angola
CHF 15'739
26.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 15'443
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 15'055
29.7%
5
Ghana
CHF 15'050
29.8%
6
Morocco
CHF 14'973
30.1%
7
Nigeria
CHF 14'682
31.5%
8
Uganda
CHF 14'185
33.8%
9
Cameroon
CHF 14'129
34.1%
10
Senegal
CHF 13'862
35.3%
11
Zambia
CHF 13'433
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 20'353
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 20'353
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 19'710
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 19'710
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 19'282
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 19'067
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 18'249
14.8%
7
Egypt
CHF 16'311
23.9%
8
Lebanon
CHF 16'235
24.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 12'588
41.2%
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.