Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 12'800
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 678
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 141
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 51.20
Total tax
- CHF 870
Net pay
* CHF 11'930
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 11'930
Net pay
CHF 1'950
Tax the employer pays
CHF 870
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'820
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'950 to pay you CHF 12'800. 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 12'800 a year living in the region of Vaud, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 870. That means that your net pay will be CHF 11'930 per year, or CHF 994 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
United Kingdom
CHF 12'800
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 12'739
0.5%
2
Spain
CHF 11'987
6.4%
3
Switzerland
CHF 11'906
7.0%
4
France
CHF 11'346
11.4%
5
Norway
CHF 11'279
11.9%
6
Russia
CHF 11'136
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 11'102
13.3%
8
Austria
CHF 10'883
15.0%
9
Italy
CHF 10'818
15.5%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 10'612
17.1%
11
Hungary
CHF 10'432
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 10'304
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 10'282
19.7%
14
Greece
CHF 9'793
23.5%
15
Sweden
CHF 9'714
24.1%
16
Poland
CHF 9'271
27.6%
17
Portugal
CHF 8'865
30.8%
18
Finland
CHF 8'765
31.5%
19
Belgium
CHF 8'692
32.1%
20
Denmark
CHF 8'558
33.1%
21
Netherlands
CHF 8'055
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 7'488
41.5%
23
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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.