Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 12'689
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 673
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 140
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 50.76
Total tax
- CHF 863
Net pay
* CHF 11'826
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 11'826
Net pay
CHF 1'933
Tax the employer pays
CHF 863
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'796
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'933 to pay you CHF 12'689. 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 12'689 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 863. That means that your net pay will be CHF 11'826 per year, or CHF 986 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 12'689
0.0%
1
Ireland
CHF 12'639
0.4%
2
Spain
CHF 11'883
6.4%
3
Switzerland
CHF 11'802
7.0%
4
France
CHF 11'257
11.3%
5
Norway
CHF 11'190
11.8%
6
Russia
CHF 11'039
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
CHF 11'015
13.2%
8
Austria
CHF 10'789
15.0%
9
Italy
CHF 10'750
15.3%
10
Czech Republic
CHF 10'530
17.0%
11
Hungary
CHF 10'342
18.5%
12
Ukraine
CHF 10'215
19.5%
13
Germany
CHF 10'192
19.7%
14
Greece
CHF 9'719
23.4%
15
Sweden
CHF 9'639
24.0%
16
Poland
CHF 9'200
27.5%
17
Portugal
CHF 8'797
30.7%
18
Finland
CHF 8'706
31.4%
19
Belgium
CHF 8'619
32.1%
20
Denmark
CHF 8'484
33.1%
21
Netherlands
CHF 7'985
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 7'423
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 11'254
11.3%
1
Canada
CHF 9'626
24.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 10'972
13.5%
1
Mozambique
CHF 9'622
24.2%
2
Morocco
CHF 9'524
24.9%
3
Angola
CHF 9'384
26.1%
4
Kenya
CHF 9'328
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
CHF 9'306
26.7%
6
Ghana
CHF 9'225
27.3%
7
Cameroon
CHF 8'828
30.4%
8
Nigeria
CHF 8'741
31.1%
9
Uganda
CHF 8'507
33.0%
10
Senegal
CHF 8'447
33.4%
11
Zambia
CHF 8'061
36.5%
12
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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.