Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 66'590
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 613
Cantonal tax
- CHF 3'538
Communal tax
- CHF 3'351
Personal Tax
- CHF 24
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 3'529
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 732
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 266
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 2'075
Total tax
- CHF 14'128
Net pay
* CHF 52'462
Marginal tax rate
33.3%
Average tax rate
21.2%
78.8%
Net pay
21.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 52'462
Net pay
CHF 12'219
Tax the employer pays
CHF 14'128
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 26'348
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 12'219 to pay you CHF 66'590. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 3.96 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.2% tax rate now rises to 33.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 66'590 a year living in the region of Valais, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 14'128. That means that your net pay will be CHF 52'462 per year, or CHF 4'372 per month. Your average tax rate is 21.2% and your marginal tax rate is 33.3%. 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 33.28, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 66.72.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 667 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 3'336 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Zug
CHF 57'471
13.7%
1
Schwyz
CHF 55'138
17.2%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 54'480
18.2%
3
Zurich
CHF 53'632
19.5%
4
Graubünden
CHF 53'532
19.6%
5
Nidwalden
CHF 53'465
19.7%
6
Obwalden
CHF 53'462
19.7%
7
Glarus
CHF 53'344
19.9%
8
Schaffhausen
CHF 53'118
20.2%
9
Uri
CHF 53'170
20.2%
10
Thurgau
CHF 52'938
20.5%
11
Ticino
CHF 52'842
20.6%
12
Aargau
CHF 52'652
20.9%
13
Valais
CHF 52'462
21.2%
14
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 52'203
21.6%
15
Jura
CHF 52'040
21.8%
16
Lucerne
CHF 52'100
21.8%
17
Fribourg
CHF 51'441
22.7%
18
Geneva
CHF 51'375
22.8%
19
St. Gallen
CHF 51'221
23.1%
20
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 51'155
23.2%
21
Basel-Stadt
CHF 51'153
23.2%
22
Solothurn
CHF 50'614
24.0%
23
Bern
CHF 50'274
24.5%
24
Vaud
CHF 50'270
24.5%
25
Neuchâtel
CHF 49'989
24.9%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 49'536
25.6%
1
Canada
CHF 46'177
30.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 59'622
10.5%
1
Chile
CHF 53'983
18.9%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 53'075
20.3%
3
Puerto Rico
CHF 50'989
23.4%
4
Panama
CHF 50'310
24.5%
5
Ecuador
CHF 49'451
25.7%
6
Brazil
CHF 48'772
26.8%
7
Colombia
CHF 48'634
27.0%
8
Uruguay
CHF 48'356
27.4%
9
Peru
CHF 47'732
28.3%
10
Mexico
CHF 46'557
30.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 43'277
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
CHF 48'597
27.0%
1
Kenya
CHF 47'059
29.3%
2
Nigeria
CHF 45'404
31.8%
3
Mozambique
CHF 45'231
32.1%
4
Ghana
CHF 44'928
32.5%
5
South Africa
CHF 44'666
32.9%
6
Ivory Coast
CHF 44'386
33.3%
7
Morocco
CHF 42'343
36.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 41'629
37.5%
9
Zambia
CHF 41'210
38.1%
10
Senegal
CHF 40'961
38.5%
11
Uganda
CHF 39'771
40.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 63'260
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 63'260
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 61'263
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 61'263
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 59'931
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 59'638
10.4%
6
Egypt
CHF 50'186
24.6%
7
Lebanon
CHF 50'109
24.8%
8
Israel
CHF 48'309
27.5%
9
Turkey
CHF 38'951
41.5%
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.