Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 20'900
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 6.84
Cantonal tax
- CHF 8.28
Communal tax
- CHF 5.58
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'108
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 230
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 83.60
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 32.22
Total tax
- CHF 1'474
Net pay
* CHF 19'426
Marginal tax rate
12.7%
Average tax rate
7.1%
92.9%
Net pay
7.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 19'426
Net pay
CHF 3'216
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'474
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'690
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'216 to pay you CHF 20'900. 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 7.1% tax rate now rises to 19.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 20'900 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'474. That means that your net pay will be CHF 19'426 per year, or CHF 1'619 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.1% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 17'543
16.1%
1
Canada
CHF 15'526
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 18'896
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 18'617
10.9%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 18'587
11.1%
3
Ecuador
CHF 18'088
13.5%
4
Colombia
CHF 17'583
15.9%
5
Panama
CHF 17'265
17.4%
6
Chile
CHF 16'876
19.3%
7
Mexico
CHF 16'471
21.2%
8
Peru
CHF 16'050
23.2%
9
Brazil
CHF 15'647
25.1%
10
Uruguay
CHF 15'241
27.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 13'579
35.0%
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.