Income tax calculator Vaud
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 21'264
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 9.61
Cantonal tax
- CHF 4.04
Communal tax
- CHF 2.02
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'127
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 234
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 85.06
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 45.25
Total tax
- CHF 1'507
Net pay
*
CHF 19'757
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 19'757
Net pay
CHF 3'285
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'507
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'792
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'285 to pay you CHF 21'264. 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 21'264 a year living in the region of Vaud, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'507. That means that your net pay will be CHF 19'757 per year, or CHF 1'646 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 19'083
10.3%
1
Bern
CHF 19'041
10.5%
2
Basel-Stadt
CHF 19'763
7.1%
3
Graubünden
CHF 19'758
7.1%
4
Vaud
CHF 19'757
7.1%
5
Zug
CHF 19'744
7.1%
6
Aargau
CHF 19'708
7.3%
7
Geneva
CHF 19'722
7.3%
8
Thurgau
CHF 19'654
7.6%
9
Ticino
CHF 19'632
7.7%
10
Obwalden
CHF 19'521
8.2%
11
Lucerne
CHF 19'483
8.4%
12
Schaffhausen
CHF 19'479
8.4%
13
Uri
CHF 19'485
8.4%
14
Valais
CHF 19'485
8.4%
15
Schwyz
CHF 19'446
8.5%
16
Glarus
CHF 19'430
8.6%
17
Jura
CHF 19'434
8.6%
18
Nidwalden
CHF 19'426
8.6%
19
Fribourg
CHF 19'416
8.7%
20
Neuchâtel
CHF 19'405
8.7%
21
St. Gallen
CHF 19'425
8.7%
22
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 19'387
8.8%
23
Solothurn
CHF 19'388
8.8%
24
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 19'321
9.1%
25
Zurich
CHF 19'314
9.2%
26
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Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
CHF 19'314
9.2%
1
Ireland
CHF 19'196
9.7%
2
United Kingdom
CHF 18'926
11.0%
3
Russia
CHF 18'500
13.0%
4
France
CHF 18'151
14.6%
5
Norway
CHF 17'728
16.6%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 17'444
18.0%
7
Hungary
CHF 17'330
18.5%
8
Austria
CHF 17'323
18.5%
9
Spain
CHF 17'121
19.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 17'118
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 16'875
20.6%
12
Italy
CHF 15'682
26.3%
13
Germany
CHF 15'523
27.0%
14
Greece
CHF 15'419
27.5%
15
Sweden
CHF 15'386
27.6%
16
Poland
CHF 14'676
31.0%
17
Denmark
CHF 14'253
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 14'119
33.6%
19
Portugal
CHF 13'833
35.0%
20
Netherlands
CHF 13'381
37.1%
21
Belgium
CHF 12'940
39.1%
22
Romania
CHF 12'439
41.5%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 17'817
16.2%
1
Canada
CHF 15'796
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 20'073
5.6%
1
Taiwan
CHF 19'104
10.2%
2
Thailand
CHF 18'984
10.7%
3
Australia
CHF 18'796
11.6%
4
South Korea
CHF 17'914
15.8%
5
New Zealand
CHF 17'762
16.5%
6
Pakistan
CHF 17'341
18.5%
7
Indonesia
CHF 17'196
19.1%
8
Kazakhstan
CHF 16'993
20.1%
9
Malaysia
CHF 16'970
20.2%
10
Japan
CHF 16'919
20.4%
11
Singapore
CHF 16'829
20.9%
12
Philippines
CHF 16'260
23.5%
13
Vietnam
CHF 15'631
26.5%
14
China
CHF 14'963
29.6%
15
India
CHF 14'117
33.6%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 19'225
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 18'910
11.1%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 18'897
11.1%
3
Ecuador
CHF 18'376
13.6%
4
Colombia
CHF 17'838
16.1%
5
Panama
CHF 17'541
17.5%
6
Chile
CHF 17'162
19.3%
7
Mexico
CHF 16'739
21.3%
8
Peru
CHF 16'324
23.2%
9
Brazil
CHF 15'911
25.2%
10
Uruguay
CHF 15'488
27.2%
11
Argentina
CHF 13'815
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 17'117
19.5%
1
Mozambique
CHF 15'730
26.0%
2
Angola
CHF 15'622
26.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 15'331
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 14'950
29.7%
5
Ghana
CHF 14'945
29.7%
6
Morocco
CHF 14'876
30.0%
7
Nigeria
CHF 14'573
31.5%
8
Uganda
CHF 14'081
33.8%
9
Cameroon
CHF 14'032
34.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 13'765
35.3%
11
Zambia
CHF 13'335
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 20'201
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 20'201
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 19'563
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 19'563
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 19'138
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 18'925
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 18'128
14.8%
7
Egypt
CHF 16'191
23.9%
8
Lebanon
CHF 16'115
24.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 12'487
41.3%
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.