Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 19'088
Cantonal tax
- CHF 51.34
Communal tax
- CHF 56.70
Personal Tax
- CHF 24
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'012
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 210
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 76.35
Total tax
- CHF 1'430
Net pay
* CHF 17'658
Marginal tax rate
14.8%
Average tax rate
7.5%
92.5%
Net pay
7.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 17'658
Net pay
CHF 2'908
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'430
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'338
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'908 to pay you CHF 19'088. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.27 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.5% tax rate now rises to 19.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 19'088 a year living in the region of Valais, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'430. That means that your net pay will be CHF 17'658 per year, or CHF 1'471 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.5% and your marginal tax rate is 14.8%. 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 14.80, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 85.20.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 852 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'260 of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 17'790
6.8%
1
Basel-Stadt
CHF 17'790
6.8%
2
Graubünden
CHF 17'790
6.8%
3
Obwalden
CHF 17'786
6.8%
4
Thurgau
CHF 17'790
6.8%
5
Vaud
CHF 17'790
6.8%
6
Zug
CHF 17'790
6.8%
7
Ticino
CHF 17'770
6.9%
8
Geneva
CHF 17'755
7.0%
9
Solothurn
CHF 17'711
7.2%
10
St. Gallen
CHF 17'715
7.2%
11
Uri
CHF 17'690
7.3%
12
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 17'670
7.4%
13
Glarus
CHF 17'672
7.4%
14
Lucerne
CHF 17'666
7.4%
15
Valais
CHF 17'658
7.5%
16
Schaffhausen
CHF 17'646
7.6%
17
Jura
CHF 17'627
7.7%
18
Neuchâtel
CHF 17'625
7.7%
19
Nidwalden
CHF 17'620
7.7%
20
Fribourg
CHF 17'595
7.8%
21
Schwyz
CHF 17'602
7.8%
22
Zurich
CHF 17'514
8.2%
23
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 17'483
8.4%
24
Bern
CHF 17'416
8.8%
25
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 17'348
9.1%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 17'774
6.9%
1
Switzerland
CHF 17'514
8.2%
2
United Kingdom
CHF 17'473
8.5%
3
Russia
CHF 16'607
13.0%
4
France
CHF 16'402
14.1%
5
Norway
CHF 16'243
14.9%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 15'886
16.8%
7
Austria
CHF 15'809
17.2%
8
Spain
CHF 15'604
18.3%
9
Hungary
CHF 15'557
18.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 15'366
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 15'265
20.0%
12
Italy
CHF 14'445
24.3%
13
Germany
CHF 14'292
25.1%
14
Greece
CHF 14'000
26.7%
15
Sweden
CHF 13'927
27.0%
16
Poland
CHF 13'286
30.4%
17
Denmark
CHF 12'789
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 12'768
33.1%
19
Portugal
CHF 12'649
33.7%
20
Belgium
CHF 12'031
37.0%
21
Netherlands
CHF 12'012
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 11'166
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 16'176
15.3%
1
Canada
CHF 14'183
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 18'070
5.3%
1
Taiwan
CHF 17'223
9.8%
2
Thailand
CHF 17'203
9.9%
3
Australia
CHF 17'077
10.5%
4
South Korea
CHF 16'213
15.1%
5
New Zealand
CHF 15'997
16.2%
6
Pakistan
CHF 15'839
17.0%
7
Indonesia
CHF 15'613
18.2%
8
Malaysia
CHF 15'484
18.9%
9
Japan
CHF 15'246
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 15'231
20.2%
11
Singapore
CHF 15'154
20.6%
12
Philippines
CHF 14'792
22.5%
13
Vietnam
CHF 14'171
25.8%
14
China
CHF 13'446
29.6%
15
India
CHF 12'881
32.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 17'258
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 17'066
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 17'040
10.7%
3
Ecuador
CHF 16'655
12.8%
4
Colombia
CHF 16'272
14.8%
5
Panama
CHF 15'894
16.7%
6
Chile
CHF 15'442
19.1%
7
Mexico
CHF 15'135
20.7%
8
Peru
CHF 14'687
23.1%
9
Brazil
CHF 14'333
24.9%
10
Uruguay
CHF 14'010
26.6%
11
Argentina
CHF 12'401
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 15'612
18.2%
1
Mozambique
CHF 14'229
25.5%
2
Angola
CHF 14'039
26.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 13'808
27.7%
4
Morocco
CHF 13'557
29.0%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 13'518
29.2%
6
Ghana
CHF 13'505
29.3%
7
Nigeria
CHF 13'093
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 12'707
33.4%
9
Uganda
CHF 12'666
33.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 12'437
34.8%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'996
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 18'134
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 18'134
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 17'561
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 17'561
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 17'179
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 16'988
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 16'458
13.8%
7
Egypt
CHF 14'559
23.7%
8
Lebanon
CHF 14'483
24.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 11'111
41.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Valais 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.