Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 18'700
Cantonal tax
- CHF 42.60
Communal tax
- CHF 47
Personal Tax
- CHF 24
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 991
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 206
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 74.80
Total tax
- CHF 1'385
Net pay
* CHF 17'315
Marginal tax rate
10.6%
Average tax rate
7.4%
92.6%
Net pay
7.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 17'315
Net pay
CHF 2'849
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'385
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'234
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'849 to pay you CHF 18'700. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.26 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.4% tax rate now rises to 19.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 18'700 a year living in the region of Valais, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'385. That means that your net pay will be CHF 17'315 per year, or CHF 1'443 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.4% and your marginal tax rate is 10.6%. 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 10.60, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 89.40.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 894 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'470 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
CHF 17'525
6.3%
1
United Kingdom
CHF 17'214
7.9%
2
Switzerland
CHF 17'175
8.2%
3
Russia
CHF 16'269
13.0%
4
France
CHF 16'090
14.0%
5
Norway
CHF 15'940
14.8%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 15'607
16.5%
7
Austria
CHF 15'539
16.9%
8
Spain
CHF 15'332
18.0%
9
Hungary
CHF 15'240
18.5%
10
Ukraine
CHF 15'054
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 14'978
19.9%
12
Italy
CHF 14'224
23.9%
13
Germany
CHF 14'072
24.8%
14
Greece
CHF 13'746
26.5%
15
Sweden
CHF 13'667
26.9%
16
Poland
CHF 13'038
30.3%
17
Denmark
CHF 12'528
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 12'527
33.0%
19
Portugal
CHF 12'434
33.5%
20
Belgium
CHF 11'862
36.6%
21
Netherlands
CHF 11'768
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 10'939
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 15'883
15.1%
1
Canada
CHF 13'895
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
CHF 17'709
5.3%
1
Taiwan
CHF 16'888
9.7%
2
Thailand
CHF 16'883
9.7%
3
Australia
CHF 16'770
10.3%
4
South Korea
CHF 15'909
14.9%
5
New Zealand
CHF 15'682
16.1%
6
Pakistan
CHF 15'560
16.8%
7
Indonesia
CHF 15'331
18.0%
8
Malaysia
CHF 15'217
18.6%
9
Japan
CHF 14'948
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
CHF 14'916
20.2%
11
Singapore
CHF 14'852
20.6%
12
Philippines
CHF 14'530
22.3%
13
Vietnam
CHF 13'910
25.6%
14
China
CHF 13'175
29.6%
15
India
CHF 12'661
32.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 16'907
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 16'723
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 16'709
10.7%
3
Ecuador
CHF 16'348
12.6%
4
Colombia
CHF 15'987
14.5%
5
Panama
CHF 15'601
16.6%
6
Chile
CHF 15'136
19.1%
7
Mexico
CHF 14'849
20.6%
8
Peru
CHF 14'395
23.0%
9
Brazil
CHF 14'052
24.9%
10
Uruguay
CHF 13'747
26.5%
11
Argentina
CHF 12'149
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 15'342
18.0%
1
Mozambique
CHF 13'950
25.4%
2
Angola
CHF 13'757
26.4%
3
Kenya
CHF 13'536
27.6%
4
Morocco
CHF 13'322
28.8%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 13'262
29.1%
6
Ghana
CHF 13'248
29.2%
7
Nigeria
CHF 12'829
31.4%
8
Cameroon
CHF 12'471
33.3%
9
Uganda
CHF 12'414
33.6%
10
Senegal
CHF 12'200
34.8%
11
Zambia
CHF 11'758
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.