Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 988
Personal Tax
- CHF 100
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 52.40
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 10.88
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 4
Total tax
- CHF 167
Net pay
* CHF 821
Marginal tax rate
6.7%
Average tax rate
16.9%
83.1%
Net pay
16.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 821
Net pay
CHF 151
Tax the employer pays
CHF 167
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 318
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 151 to pay you CHF 988. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 3.22 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.9% tax rate now rises to 27.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 988 a year living in the region of Uri, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 167. That means that your net pay will be CHF 821 per year, or CHF 68.39 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.9% and your marginal tax rate is 6.7%. 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 6.70, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 93.30.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 933 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'665 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
CHF 936
5.3%
1
USA
CHF 902
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 988
0.0%
1
Singapore
CHF 988
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CHF 988
0.0%
3
Pakistan
CHF 978
1.0%
4
Thailand
CHF 939
5.0%
5
Philippines
CHF 912
7.7%
6
Indonesia
CHF 904
8.5%
7
Taiwan
CHF 901
8.9%
8
South Korea
CHF 882
10.7%
9
New Zealand
CHF 871
11.9%
10
India
CHF 869
12.0%
11
Malaysia
CHF 867
12.2%
12
China
CHF 858
13.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 840
15.0%
14
Japan
CHF 803
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
CHF 782
20.8%
16
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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.