Income tax calculator Vaud
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 21'185
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 9.01
Cantonal tax
- CHF 3.79
Communal tax
- CHF 1.90
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'123
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 233
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 84.74
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 42.42
Total tax
- CHF 1'498
Net pay
*
CHF 19'687
Marginal tax rate
11.6%
Average tax rate
7.1%
92.9%
Net pay
7.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 19'687
Net pay
CHF 3'270
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'498
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'768
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'270 to pay you CHF 21'185. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.25 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.1% tax rate now rises to 19.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 21'185 a year living in the region of Vaud, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'498. That means that your net pay will be CHF 19'687 per year, or CHF 1'641 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.1% 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.
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.