Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 650
Cantonal tax
- CHF 10
Personal Tax
- CHF 24
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 34.50
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 7.50
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 2.25
Total tax
- CHF 78.25
Net pay
* CHF 572
Marginal tax rate
6.5%
Average tax rate
12.0%
88.0%
Net pay
12.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 572
Net pay
CHF 99.43
Tax the employer pays
CHF 78.25
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 178
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 99.43 to pay you CHF 650. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.73 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 12% tax rate now rises to 23.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 650 a year living in the region of Valais, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 78.25. That means that your net pay will be CHF 572 per year, or CHF 47.65 per month. Your average tax rate is 12.0% and your marginal tax rate is 6.5%. 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 6.50, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 93.50.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 935 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'675 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Zurich
CHF 582
10.5%
1
Valais
CHF 572
12.0%
2
Geneva
CHF 571
12.2%
3
Lucerne
CHF 556
14.5%
4
Nidwalden
CHF 556
14.5%
5
Schaffhausen
CHF 546
16.0%
6
Solothurn
CHF 536
17.6%
7
Fribourg
CHF 518
20.3%
8
Uri
CHF 506
22.2%
9
Aargau
CHF 606
6.8%
10
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 606
6.8%
11
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 606
6.8%
12
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 606
6.8%
13
Basel-Stadt
CHF 606
6.8%
14
Bern
CHF 606
6.8%
15
Glarus
CHF 606
6.8%
16
Graubünden
CHF 606
6.8%
17
Jura
CHF 606
6.8%
18
Obwalden
CHF 606
6.8%
19
Schwyz
CHF 606
6.8%
20
St. Gallen
CHF 606
6.8%
21
Thurgau
CHF 606
6.8%
22
Vaud
CHF 606
6.8%
23
Zug
CHF 606
6.8%
24
Neuchâtel
CHF 596
8.3%
25
Ticino
CHF 586
9.9%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
CHF 638
1.9%
1
USA
CHF 594
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 635
2.4%
1
Brazil
CHF 601
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 598
8.0%
3
Colombia
CHF 598
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 589
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 588
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 582
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 579
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 569
12.5%
9
Argentina
CHF 539
17.0%
10
Chile
CHF 536
17.6%
11
Uruguay
CHF 532
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 644
1.0%
1
Uganda
CHF 615
5.5%
2
Zambia
CHF 611
6.0%
3
Morocco
CHF 606
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 601
7.6%
5
Senegal
CHF 588
9.5%
6
Kenya
CHF 567
12.8%
7
Ghana
CHF 563
13.3%
8
Mozambique
CHF 555
14.7%
9
Cameroon
CHF 548
15.6%
10
Angola
CHF 517
20.5%
11
Nigeria
CHF 512
21.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CHF 650
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CHF 618
5.0%
2
Qatar
CHF 618
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CHF 598
8.0%
4
Oman
CHF 598
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 578
11.0%
6
Lebanon
CHF 573
11.9%
7
Egypt
CHF 568
12.7%
8
Israel
CHF 565
13.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 548
15.8%
10
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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.