Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 84
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 4.47
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 1
Total tax
- CHF 5.47
Net pay
* CHF 78.53
Marginal tax rate
7.3%
Average tax rate
6.5%
93.5%
Net pay
6.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 78.53
Net pay
CHF 12.89
Tax the employer pays
CHF 5.47
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 18.36
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 12.89 to pay you CHF 84. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.19 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.5% tax rate now rises to 18.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 84 a year living in the region of Vaud, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 5.47. That means that your net pay will be CHF 78.53 per year, or CHF 6.54 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.5% and your marginal tax rate is 7.3%. 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 7.25, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 92.75.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 928 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'638 of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Fribourg
CHF 84
111.3%
1
Uri
CHF 84
125.6%
2
Neuchâtel
CHF 69
18.4%
3
Ticino
CHF 59
30.3%
4
Zurich
CHF 55
35.1%
5
Valais
CHF 45
47.0%
6
Geneva
CHF 44
48.2%
7
Aargau
CHF 79
6.5%
8
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 79
6.5%
9
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 79
6.5%
10
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 79
6.5%
11
Basel-Stadt
CHF 79
6.5%
12
Bern
CHF 79
6.5%
13
Glarus
CHF 79
6.5%
14
Graubünden
CHF 79
6.5%
15
Jura
CHF 79
6.5%
16
Obwalden
CHF 79
6.5%
17
Schwyz
CHF 79
6.5%
18
St. Gallen
CHF 79
6.5%
19
Thurgau
CHF 79
6.5%
20
Vaud
CHF 79
6.5%
21
Zug
CHF 79
6.5%
22
Lucerne
CHF 29
66.0%
23
Nidwalden
CHF 29
66.0%
24
Schaffhausen
CHF 19
77.9%
25
Solothurn
CHF 9
89.8%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 84
0.0%
1
Germany
CHF 84
0.0%
2
Austria
CHF 84
0.0%
3
Ireland
CHF 84
0.0%
4
Sweden
CHF 84
0.0%
5
Norway
CHF 84
0.0%
6
Spain
CHF 79
6.4%
7
Italy
CHF 76
9.2%
8
France
CHF 76
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
CHF 75
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
CHF 75
11.1%
11
Russia
CHF 73
13.0%
12
Hungary
CHF 68
18.5%
13
Ukraine
CHF 68
19.5%
14
Poland
CHF 66
21.5%
15
Greece
CHF 66
21.9%
16
Portugal
CHF 63
25.6%
17
Finland
CHF 58
30.8%
18
Belgium
CHF 57
32.0%
19
Switzerland
CHF 55
35.1%
20
Netherlands
CHF 53
37.0%
21
Romania
CHF 49
41.5%
22
Denmark
CHF 0
100.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
CHF 83
1.6%
1
USA
CHF 77
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 84
0.0%
1
Singapore
CHF 84
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CHF 84
0.0%
3
Thailand
CHF 80
5.0%
4
Indonesia
CHF 77
8.8%
5
Taiwan
CHF 77
8.9%
6
South Korea
CHF 75
10.7%
7
Pakistan
CHF 74
11.3%
8
New Zealand
CHF 74
11.9%
9
India
CHF 74
12.0%
10
China
CHF 73
13.2%
11
Vietnam
CHF 71
15.0%
12
Malaysia
CHF 70
16.8%
13
Japan
CHF 68
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
CHF 67
20.8%
15
Philippines
CHF 52
38.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 82
2.4%
1
Brazil
CHF 78
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 77
8.0%
3
Colombia
CHF 77
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 76
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 76
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 75
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 75
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 73
12.5%
9
Argentina
CHF 70
17.0%
10
Chile
CHF 69
17.6%
11
Uruguay
CHF 69
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 83
1.0%
1
Uganda
CHF 80
5.0%
2
Ghana
CHF 79
5.5%
3
Zambia
CHF 79
6.0%
4
Morocco
CHF 78
6.7%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 78
7.5%
6
Angola
CHF 77
7.9%
7
Senegal
CHF 75
10.1%
8
Cameroon
CHF 71
15.6%
9
Nigeria
CHF 70
16.8%
10
Mozambique
CHF 66
21.8%
11
Kenya
CHF 55
34.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
CHF 84
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
CHF 84
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
CHF 80
5.0%
3
Qatar
CHF 80
5.0%
4
Lebanon
CHF 78
7.0%
5
Bahrain
CHF 77
8.0%
6
Oman
CHF 77
8.0%
7
Kuwait
CHF 75
11.0%
8
Israel
CHF 73
13.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 71
15.8%
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.