Income tax calculator Vaud
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 20'250
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 1.90
Cantonal tax
- CHF 0.80
Communal tax
- CHF 0.40
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'073
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 223
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 81
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 8.95
Total tax
- CHF 1'389
Net pay
*
CHF 18'861
Marginal tax rate
11.6%
Average tax rate
6.9%
93.1%
Net pay
6.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 18'861
Net pay
CHF 3'094
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'389
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'483
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'094 to pay you CHF 20'250. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.21 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.9% tax rate now rises to 19.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 20'250 a year living in the region of Vaud, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'389. That means that your net pay will be CHF 18'861 per year, or CHF 1'572 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.9% and your marginal tax rate is 11.6%. 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 11.62, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 88.38.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 884 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'419 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 17'052
15.8%
1
Canada
CHF 15'044
25.7%
2
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.