Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 8'800
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 466
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 96.80
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 35.20
Total tax
- CHF 698
Net pay
* CHF 8'102
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
7.9%
92.1%
Net pay
7.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 8'102
Net pay
CHF 1'341
Tax the employer pays
CHF 698
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'039
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'341 to pay you CHF 8'800. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.32 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.9% tax rate now rises to 20.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 8'800 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 698. That means that your net pay will be CHF 8'102 per year, or CHF 675 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.9% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 7'964
9.5%
1
Canada
CHF 6'746
23.3%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 7'931
9.9%
1
Morocco
CHF 7'016
20.3%
2
Mozambique
CHF 6'822
22.5%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 6'686
24.0%
4
Kenya
CHF 6'606
24.9%
5
Cameroon
CHF 6'549
25.6%
6
Angola
CHF 6'549
25.6%
7
Ghana
CHF 6'468
26.5%
8
Nigeria
CHF 6'095
30.7%
9
Uganda
CHF 5'979
32.1%
10
Senegal
CHF 5'952
32.4%
11
Zambia
CHF 5'705
35.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 8'360
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 8'360
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 8'096
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 8'096
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 7'920
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 7'832
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 7'643
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 6'843
22.2%
8
Lebanon
CHF 6'767
23.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 5'101
42.0%
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.