Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 17'700
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 938
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 195
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 70.80
Total tax
- CHF 1'204
Net pay
* CHF 16'496
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 16'496
Net pay
CHF 2'697
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'204
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 3'900
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'697 to pay you CHF 17'700. 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 17'700 a year living in the region of Vaud, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'204. That means that your net pay will be CHF 16'496 per year, or CHF 1'375 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
Ireland
CHF 16'957
4.2%
1
United Kingdom
CHF 16'547
6.5%
2
Switzerland
CHF 16'295
7.9%
3
Russia
CHF 15'399
13.0%
4
France
CHF 15'286
13.6%
5
Norway
CHF 15'158
14.4%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 14'859
16.1%
7
Austria
CHF 14'840
16.2%
8
Spain
CHF 14'621
17.4%
9
Hungary
CHF 14'425
18.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 14'249
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 14'238
19.6%
12
Italy
CHF 13'655
22.9%
13
Germany
CHF 13'502
23.7%
14
Greece
CHF 13'076
26.1%
15
Sweden
CHF 12'997
26.6%
16
Poland
CHF 12'400
29.9%
17
Finland
CHF 11'896
32.8%
18
Denmark
CHF 11'855
33.0%
19
Portugal
CHF 11'829
33.2%
20
Belgium
CHF 11'332
36.0%
21
Netherlands
CHF 11'138
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 10'355
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 15'129
14.5%
1
Canada
CHF 13'154
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 16'778
5.2%
1
Thailand
CHF 16'056
9.3%
2
Taiwan
CHF 16'022
9.5%
3
Australia
CHF 15'980
9.7%
4
South Korea
CHF 15'127
14.5%
5
New Zealand
CHF 14'871
16.0%
6
Pakistan
CHF 14'836
16.2%
7
Indonesia
CHF 14'603
17.5%
8
Malaysia
CHF 14'523
18.0%
9
Japan
CHF 14'179
19.9%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 14'106
20.3%
11
Singapore
CHF 14'073
20.5%
12
Philippines
CHF 13'855
21.7%
13
Vietnam
CHF 13'239
25.2%
14
China
CHF 12'478
29.5%
15
India
CHF 12'093
31.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 16'003
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 15'855
10.4%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 15'838
10.5%
3
Ecuador
CHF 15'558
12.1%
4
Colombia
CHF 15'250
13.8%
5
Panama
CHF 14'844
16.1%
6
Chile
CHF 14'345
19.0%
7
Mexico
CHF 14'112
20.3%
8
Peru
CHF 13'642
22.9%
9
Brazil
CHF 13'327
24.7%
10
Uruguay
CHF 13'068
26.2%
11
Argentina
CHF 11'499
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 14'647
17.3%
1
Mozambique
CHF 13'230
25.3%
2
Angola
CHF 13'029
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 12'836
27.5%
4
Morocco
CHF 12'703
28.2%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 12'604
28.8%
6
Ghana
CHF 12'587
28.9%
7
Nigeria
CHF 12'149
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 11'862
33.0%
9
Uganda
CHF 11'764
33.5%
10
Senegal
CHF 11'583
34.6%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'143
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 16'815
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 16'815
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 16'284
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 16'284
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 15'930
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 15'753
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 15'372
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 13'518
23.6%
8
Lebanon
CHF 13'442
24.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 10'233
42.2%
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.