Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 20'750
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 5.70
Cantonal tax
- CHF 6.90
Communal tax
- CHF 4.65
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'100
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 228
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 83
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 26.85
Total tax
- CHF 1'455
Net pay
* CHF 19'295
Marginal tax rate
12.7%
Average tax rate
7.0%
93.0%
Net pay
7.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 19'295
Net pay
CHF 3'188
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'455
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'643
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'188 to pay you CHF 20'750. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.24 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7% tax rate now rises to 19.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 20'750 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'455. That means that your net pay will be CHF 19'295 per year, or CHF 1'608 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.0% and your marginal tax rate is 12.7%. 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 12.68, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 87.32.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 873 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'366 of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Bern
CHF 18'679
10.0%
1
Basel-Stadt
CHF 19'306
7.0%
2
Graubünden
CHF 19'303
7.0%
3
Vaud
CHF 19'303
7.0%
4
Zug
CHF 19'295
7.0%
5
Aargau
CHF 19'273
7.1%
6
Geneva
CHF 19'268
7.1%
7
Thurgau
CHF 19'242
7.3%
8
Ticino
CHF 19'220
7.4%
9
Obwalden
CHF 19'142
7.7%
10
Uri
CHF 19'101
7.9%
11
Lucerne
CHF 19'077
8.1%
12
Schaffhausen
CHF 19'060
8.1%
13
St. Gallen
CHF 19'038
8.2%
14
Valais
CHF 19'058
8.2%
15
Glarus
CHF 19'031
8.3%
16
Jura
CHF 19'024
8.3%
17
Schwyz
CHF 19'026
8.3%
18
Fribourg
CHF 19'000
8.4%
19
Neuchâtel
CHF 19'002
8.4%
20
Nidwalden
CHF 19'016
8.4%
21
Solothurn
CHF 19'014
8.4%
22
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 18'978
8.5%
23
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 18'898
8.9%
24
Zurich
CHF 18'905
8.9%
25
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 18'686
9.9%
26
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 17'429
16.0%
1
Canada
CHF 15'415
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 18'760
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 18'496
10.9%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 18'459
11.0%
3
Ecuador
CHF 17'969
13.4%
4
Colombia
CHF 17'478
15.8%
5
Panama
CHF 17'152
17.3%
6
Chile
CHF 16'757
19.2%
7
Mexico
CHF 16'360
21.2%
8
Peru
CHF 15'937
23.2%
9
Brazil
CHF 15'538
25.1%
10
Uruguay
CHF 15'139
27.0%
11
Argentina
CHF 13'481
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 16'762
19.2%
1
Mozambique
CHF 15'389
25.8%
2
Angola
CHF 15'248
26.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 14'971
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 14'612
29.6%
5
Ghana
CHF 14'605
29.6%
6
Morocco
CHF 14'564
29.8%
7
Nigeria
CHF 14'224
31.5%
8
Uganda
CHF 13'746
33.8%
9
Cameroon
CHF 13'719
33.9%
10
Senegal
CHF 13'451
35.2%
11
Zambia
CHF 13'018
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 19'712
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 19'713
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 19'090
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 19'090
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 18'675
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 18'468
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 17'736
14.5%
7
Egypt
CHF 15'806
23.8%
8
Lebanon
CHF 15'729
24.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 12'162
41.4%
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.