Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 17'950
Cantonal tax
- CHF 29
Communal tax
- CHF 31.35
Personal Tax
- CHF 24
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 951
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 197
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 71.80
Total tax
- CHF 1'305
Net pay
* CHF 16'645
Marginal tax rate
11.3%
Average tax rate
7.3%
92.7%
Net pay
7.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 16'645
Net pay
CHF 2'735
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'305
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'040
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'735 to pay you CHF 17'950. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.25 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.3% tax rate now rises to 19.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 17'950 a year living in the region of Valais, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'305. That means that your net pay will be CHF 16'645 per year, or CHF 1'387 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.3% and your marginal tax rate is 11.4%. 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 11.35, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 88.65.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 887 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'433 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 15'318
14.7%
1
Canada
CHF 13'339
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 17'011
5.2%
1
Thailand
CHF 16'264
9.4%
2
Taiwan
CHF 16'239
9.5%
3
Australia
CHF 16'177
9.9%
4
South Korea
CHF 15'323
14.6%
5
New Zealand
CHF 15'074
16.0%
6
Pakistan
CHF 15'021
16.3%
7
Indonesia
CHF 14'785
17.6%
8
Malaysia
CHF 14'696
18.1%
9
Japan
CHF 14'371
19.9%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 14'309
20.3%
11
Singapore
CHF 14'268
20.5%
12
Philippines
CHF 14'023
21.9%
13
Vietnam
CHF 13'407
25.3%
14
China
CHF 12'652
29.5%
15
India
CHF 12'235
31.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 16'229
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
CHF 16'069
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
CHF 16'059
10.5%
3
Ecuador
CHF 15'755
12.2%
4
Colombia
CHF 15'436
14.0%
5
Panama
CHF 15'033
16.3%
6
Chile
CHF 14'542
19.0%
7
Mexico
CHF 14'296
20.4%
8
Peru
CHF 13'830
23.0%
9
Brazil
CHF 13'508
24.7%
10
Uruguay
CHF 13'238
26.3%
11
Argentina
CHF 11'661
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 14'821
17.4%
1
Mozambique
CHF 13'410
25.3%
2
Angola
CHF 13'211
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 13'011
27.5%
4
Morocco
CHF 12'859
28.4%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 12'769
28.9%
6
Ghana
CHF 12'752
29.0%
7
Nigeria
CHF 12'319
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 12'014
33.1%
9
Uganda
CHF 11'926
33.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 11'739
34.6%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'296
37.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Valais 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.