Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 7'775
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 412
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 85.53
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 31.10
Total tax
- CHF 529
Net pay
* CHF 7'246
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 7'246
Net pay
CHF 1'185
Tax the employer pays
CHF 529
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'713
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'185 to pay you CHF 7'775. 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 7'775 a year living in the region of Vaud, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 529. That means that your net pay will be CHF 7'246 per year, or CHF 604 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 7'246
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 7'246
6.8%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 7'246
6.8%
3
Basel-Stadt
CHF 7'246
6.8%
4
Bern
CHF 7'246
6.8%
5
Glarus
CHF 7'246
6.8%
6
Graubünden
CHF 7'246
6.8%
7
Jura
CHF 7'246
6.8%
8
Obwalden
CHF 7'246
6.8%
9
Schwyz
CHF 7'246
6.8%
10
St. Gallen
CHF 7'246
6.8%
11
Thurgau
CHF 7'246
6.8%
12
Vaud
CHF 7'246
6.8%
13
Zug
CHF 7'246
6.8%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 7'236
6.9%
15
Ticino
CHF 7'226
7.1%
16
Zurich
CHF 7'222
7.1%
17
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 7'214
7.2%
18
Valais
CHF 7'212
7.2%
19
Geneva
CHF 7'211
7.3%
20
Lucerne
CHF 7'196
7.4%
21
Nidwalden
CHF 7'196
7.4%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 7'186
7.6%
23
Solothurn
CHF 7'176
7.7%
24
Fribourg
CHF 7'158
7.9%
25
Uri
CHF 7'146
8.1%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 7'063
9.2%
1
Canada
CHF 5'986
23.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 7'157
8.0%
1
Colombia
CHF 7'153
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 7'040
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 7'029
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 6'959
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 6'920
11.0%
6
Peru
CHF 6'803
12.5%
7
Mexico
CHF 6'663
14.3%
8
Brazil
CHF 6'580
15.4%
9
Chile
CHF 6'407
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 6'212
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 5'048
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 7'100
8.7%
1
Morocco
CHF 6'352
18.3%
2
Mozambique
CHF 6'084
21.8%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 5'980
23.1%
4
Cameroon
CHF 5'947
23.5%
5
Kenya
CHF 5'896
24.2%
6
Angola
CHF 5'798
25.4%
7
Ghana
CHF 5'742
26.2%
8
Nigeria
CHF 5'398
30.6%
9
Uganda
CHF 5'313
31.7%
10
Senegal
CHF 5'286
32.0%
11
Zambia
CHF 5'126
34.1%
12
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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.