Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 7'140
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 378
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 78.54
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 28.56
Total tax
- CHF 486
Net pay
* CHF 6'654
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 6'654
Net pay
CHF 1'088
Tax the employer pays
CHF 486
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'573
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'088 to pay you CHF 7'140. 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 7'140 a year living in the region of Vaud, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 486. That means that your net pay will be CHF 6'654 per year, or CHF 555 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 6'654
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 6'654
6.8%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 6'654
6.8%
3
Basel-Stadt
CHF 6'654
6.8%
4
Bern
CHF 6'654
6.8%
5
Glarus
CHF 6'654
6.8%
6
Graubünden
CHF 6'654
6.8%
7
Jura
CHF 6'654
6.8%
8
Obwalden
CHF 6'654
6.8%
9
Schwyz
CHF 6'654
6.8%
10
St. Gallen
CHF 6'654
6.8%
11
Thurgau
CHF 6'654
6.8%
12
Vaud
CHF 6'654
6.8%
13
Zug
CHF 6'654
6.8%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 6'644
6.9%
15
Ticino
CHF 6'634
7.1%
16
Zurich
CHF 6'630
7.1%
17
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 6'626
7.2%
18
Geneva
CHF 6'619
7.3%
19
Valais
CHF 6'620
7.3%
20
Lucerne
CHF 6'604
7.5%
21
Nidwalden
CHF 6'604
7.5%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 6'594
7.6%
23
Solothurn
CHF 6'584
7.8%
24
Fribourg
CHF 6'566
8.0%
25
Uri
CHF 6'554
8.2%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 7'140
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 7'140
0.0%
2
Spain
CHF 6'687
6.4%
3
Norway
CHF 6'646
6.9%
4
Switzerland
CHF 6'630
7.1%
5
Italy
CHF 6'484
9.2%
6
France
CHF 6'447
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
CHF 6'355
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
CHF 6'342
11.2%
9
Russia
CHF 6'212
13.0%
10
Austria
CHF 6'071
15.0%
11
Hungary
CHF 5'819
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 5'748
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 5'735
19.7%
14
Sweden
CHF 5'637
21.0%
15
Poland
CHF 5'604
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 5'580
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 5'265
26.3%
18
Finland
CHF 4'944
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 4'855
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 4'750
33.5%
21
Netherlands
CHF 4'493
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 4'177
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 6'505
8.9%
1
Canada
CHF 5'516
22.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 7'140
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 7'140
0.0%
2
Thailand
CHF 6'756
5.4%
3
Pakistan
CHF 6'666
6.6%
4
Taiwan
CHF 6'508
8.9%
5
Malaysia
CHF 6'301
11.8%
6
South Korea
CHF 6'298
11.8%
7
New Zealand
CHF 6'291
11.9%
8
Philippines
CHF 6'243
12.6%
9
Indonesia
CHF 6'216
12.9%
10
Japan
CHF 5'802
18.7%
11
India
CHF 5'750
19.5%
12
Vietnam
CHF 5'745
19.5%
13
Singapore
CHF 5'715
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
CHF 5'655
20.8%
15
China
CHF 5'112
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 6'572
8.0%
1
Colombia
CHF 6'569
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 6'465
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 6'455
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 6'390
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 6'355
11.0%
6
Peru
CHF 6'247
12.5%
7
Mexico
CHF 6'181
13.4%
8
Brazil
CHF 6'129
14.2%
9
Chile
CHF 5'883
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 5'705
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 4'635
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 6'586
7.8%
1
Morocco
CHF 5'928
17.0%
2
Mozambique
CHF 5'623
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 5'542
22.4%
4
Cameroon
CHF 5'538
22.4%
5
Kenya
CHF 5'456
23.6%
6
Angola
CHF 5'333
25.3%
7
Ghana
CHF 5'292
25.9%
8
Nigeria
CHF 4'966
30.5%
9
Uganda
CHF 4'900
31.4%
10
Senegal
CHF 4'873
31.8%
11
Zambia
CHF 4'767
33.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 6'783
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 6'783
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 6'569
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 6'569
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 6'426
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 6'355
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 6'201
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 5'589
21.7%
8
Lebanon
CHF 5'522
22.7%
9
Turkey
CHF 4'267
40.2%
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.