Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 20'800
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 6.08
Cantonal tax
- CHF 7.36
Communal tax
- CHF 4.96
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'102
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 229
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 83.20
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 28.64
Total tax
- CHF 1'461
Net pay
* CHF 19'339
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 19'339
Net pay
CHF 3'198
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'461
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'659
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'198 to pay you CHF 20'800. 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 20'800 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'461. That means that your net pay will be CHF 19'339 per year, or CHF 1'612 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
CHF 18'944
8.9%
1
Ireland
CHF 18'892
9.2%
2
United Kingdom
CHF 18'616
10.5%
3
Russia
CHF 18'096
13.0%
4
France
CHF 17'778
14.5%
5
Norway
CHF 17'413
16.3%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 17'112
17.7%
7
Austria
CHF 17'000
18.3%
8
Hungary
CHF 16'952
18.5%
9
Spain
CHF 16'797
19.2%
10
Ukraine
CHF 16'744
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 16'532
20.5%
12
Italy
CHF 15'418
25.9%
13
Germany
CHF 15'260
26.6%
14
Greece
CHF 15'116
27.3%
15
Sweden
CHF 15'075
27.5%
16
Poland
CHF 14'379
30.9%
17
Denmark
CHF 13'941
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 13'831
33.5%
19
Portugal
CHF 13'580
34.7%
20
Netherlands
CHF 13'089
37.1%
21
Belgium
CHF 12'746
38.7%
22
Romania
CHF 12'168
41.5%
23
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 16'797
19.3%
1
Mozambique
CHF 15'422
25.9%
2
Angola
CHF 15'285
26.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 15'006
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 14'645
29.6%
5
Ghana
CHF 14'638
29.6%
6
Morocco
CHF 14'595
29.8%
7
Nigeria
CHF 14'258
31.5%
8
Uganda
CHF 13'779
33.8%
9
Cameroon
CHF 13'749
33.9%
10
Senegal
CHF 13'482
35.2%
11
Zambia
CHF 13'049
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 19'760
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 19'760
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 19'136
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 19'136
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 18'720
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 18'512
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 17'775
14.5%
7
Egypt
CHF 15'843
23.8%
8
Lebanon
CHF 15'767
24.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 12'193
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.