Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 1'000
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 53
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 11
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 4
Total tax
- CHF 68
Net pay
* CHF 932
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 932
Net pay
CHF 152
Tax the employer pays
CHF 68
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 220
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 152 to pay you CHF 1'000. 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 1'000 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 68. That means that your net pay will be CHF 932 per year, or CHF 77.67 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
CHF 947
5.3%
1
USA
CHF 913
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 1'000
0.0%
1
Singapore
CHF 1'000
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CHF 1'000
0.0%
3
Pakistan
CHF 990
1.0%
4
Thailand
CHF 950
5.0%
5
Philippines
CHF 923
7.7%
6
Indonesia
CHF 915
8.5%
7
Taiwan
CHF 911
8.9%
8
South Korea
CHF 893
10.7%
9
New Zealand
CHF 881
11.9%
10
India
CHF 880
12.0%
11
Malaysia
CHF 878
12.2%
12
China
CHF 868
13.2%
13
Vietnam
CHF 850
15.0%
14
Japan
CHF 813
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
CHF 792
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 976
2.4%
1
Brazil
CHF 925
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 920
8.0%
3
Colombia
CHF 920
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 906
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 904
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 895
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 890
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 875
12.5%
9
Argentina
CHF 830
17.0%
10
Chile
CHF 824
17.6%
11
Uruguay
CHF 819
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 990
1.0%
1
Zambia
CHF 940
6.0%
2
Morocco
CHF 933
6.7%
3
Uganda
CHF 909
9.1%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 901
9.9%
5
Kenya
CHF 873
12.7%
6
Senegal
CHF 870
13.0%
7
Cameroon
CHF 844
15.6%
8
Mozambique
CHF 842
15.8%
9
Ghana
CHF 836
16.4%
10
Angola
CHF 788
21.2%
11
Nigeria
CHF 766
23.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CHF 1'000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CHF 950
5.0%
2
Qatar
CHF 950
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CHF 920
8.0%
4
Oman
CHF 920
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 890
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 869
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CHF 867
13.3%
8
Egypt
CHF 843
15.7%
9
Turkey
CHF 833
16.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Zug 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.