Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 36'500
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 118
Cantonal tax
- CHF 1'076
Communal tax
- CHF 1'021
Church tax
- CHF 122
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'935
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 402
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 146
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 570
Total tax
- CHF 5'488
Net pay
* CHF 31'012
Marginal tax rate
25.4%
Average tax rate
15.0%
85.0%
Net pay
15.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 31'012
Net pay
CHF 6'131
Tax the employer pays
CHF 5'488
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 11'619
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 6'131 to pay you CHF 36'500. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 3.18 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15% tax rate now rises to 27.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 36'500 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 5'488. That means that your net pay will be CHF 31'012 per year, or CHF 2'584 per month. Your average tax rate is 15.0% and your marginal tax rate is 25.4%. 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 25.42, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 74.58.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 746 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'729 of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Zug
CHF 32'866
10.0%
1
Graubünden
CHF 32'178
11.8%
2
Schwyz
CHF 31'973
12.4%
3
Ticino
CHF 31'843
12.8%
4
Vaud
CHF 31'728
13.1%
5
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 31'620
13.4%
6
Geneva
CHF 31'608
13.4%
7
Aargau
CHF 31'512
13.7%
8
Zurich
CHF 31'462
13.8%
9
Schaffhausen
CHF 31'441
13.9%
10
Thurgau
CHF 31'405
14.0%
11
Valais
CHF 31'376
14.0%
12
Basel-Stadt
CHF 31'329
14.2%
13
Glarus
CHF 31'332
14.2%
14
Nidwalden
CHF 31'261
14.4%
15
Fribourg
CHF 31'092
14.8%
16
Jura
CHF 31'109
14.8%
17
Obwalden
CHF 31'069
14.9%
18
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 31'034
15.0%
19
Uri
CHF 31'012
15.0%
20
Lucerne
CHF 30'902
15.3%
21
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 30'752
15.7%
22
St. Gallen
CHF 30'775
15.7%
23
Neuchâtel
CHF 30'400
16.7%
24
Solothurn
CHF 30'397
16.7%
25
Bern
CHF 29'917
18.0%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 29'102
20.3%
1
Canada
CHF 26'340
27.8%
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.