Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 18'060
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 957
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 199
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 72.24
Total tax
- CHF 1'228
Net pay
* CHF 16'832
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
6.8%
93.2%
Net pay
6.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 16'832
Net pay
CHF 2'751
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'228
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 3'980
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'751 to pay you CHF 18'060. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.20 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.8% tax rate now rises to 19.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 18'060 a year living in the region of Vaud, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'228. That means that your net pay will be CHF 16'832 per year, or CHF 1'403 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.8% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 17'158
5.0%
1
United Kingdom
CHF 16'787
7.1%
2
Switzerland
CHF 16'615
8.0%
3
Russia
CHF 15'712
13.0%
4
France
CHF 15'575
13.8%
5
Norway
CHF 15'440
14.5%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 15'129
16.2%
7
Austria
CHF 15'092
16.4%
8
Spain
CHF 14'877
17.6%
9
Hungary
CHF 14'719
18.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 14'538
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 14'504
19.7%
12
Italy
CHF 13'860
23.3%
13
Germany
CHF 13'709
24.1%
14
Greece
CHF 13'317
26.3%
15
Sweden
CHF 13'239
26.7%
16
Poland
CHF 12'630
30.1%
17
Finland
CHF 12'127
32.9%
18
Denmark
CHF 12'097
33.0%
19
Portugal
CHF 12'047
33.3%
20
Belgium
CHF 11'523
36.2%
21
Netherlands
CHF 11'365
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 10'565
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 15'401
14.7%
1
Canada
CHF 13'421
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 17'113
5.2%
1
Thailand
CHF 16'355
9.4%
2
Taiwan
CHF 16'334
9.6%
3
Australia
CHF 16'264
9.9%
4
South Korea
CHF 15'409
14.7%
5
New Zealand
CHF 15'163
16.0%
6
Pakistan
CHF 15'100
16.4%
7
Indonesia
CHF 14'865
17.7%
8
Malaysia
CHF 14'773
18.2%
9
Japan
CHF 14'456
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 14'398
20.3%
11
Singapore
CHF 14'353
20.5%
12
Philippines
CHF 14'098
21.9%
13
Vietnam
CHF 13'481
25.4%
14
China
CHF 12'729
29.5%
15
India
CHF 12'298
31.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 16'328
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 16'163
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 16'157
10.5%
3
Ecuador
CHF 15'842
12.3%
4
Colombia
CHF 15'517
14.1%
5
Panama
CHF 15'117
16.3%
6
Chile
CHF 14'629
19.0%
7
Mexico
CHF 14'377
20.4%
8
Peru
CHF 13'913
23.0%
9
Brazil
CHF 13'588
24.8%
10
Uruguay
CHF 13'312
26.3%
11
Argentina
CHF 11'733
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 14'897
17.5%
1
Mozambique
CHF 13'489
25.3%
2
Angola
CHF 13'291
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 13'088
27.5%
4
Morocco
CHF 12'927
28.4%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 12'841
28.9%
6
Ghana
CHF 12'825
29.0%
7
Nigeria
CHF 12'394
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 12'081
33.1%
9
Uganda
CHF 11'998
33.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 11'807
34.6%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'364
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 17'157
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 17'157
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 16'615
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 16'615
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 16'254
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 16'073
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 15'667
13.3%
7
Egypt
CHF 13'788
23.7%
8
Lebanon
CHF 13'712
24.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 10'461
42.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vaud 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.