Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 21'447
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 11
Cantonal tax
- CHF 13.31
Communal tax
- CHF 8.97
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'137
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 236
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 85.79
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 51.80
Total tax
- CHF 1'543
Net pay
* CHF 19'904
Marginal tax rate
12.7%
Average tax rate
7.2%
92.8%
Net pay
7.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 19'904
Net pay
CHF 3'319
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'543
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 4'863
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 3'319 to pay you CHF 21'447. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.27 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.2% tax rate now rises to 19.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 21'447 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'543. That means that your net pay will be CHF 19'904 per year, or CHF 1'659 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.2% 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
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 19'225
10.4%
1
Bern
CHF 19'170
10.6%
2
Basel-Stadt
CHF 19'926
7.1%
3
Graubünden
CHF 19'920
7.1%
4
Vaud
CHF 19'919
7.1%
5
Zug
CHF 19'904
7.2%
6
Geneva
CHF 19'884
7.3%
7
Aargau
CHF 19'862
7.4%
8
Thurgau
CHF 19'801
7.7%
9
Ticino
CHF 19'778
7.8%
10
Obwalden
CHF 19'656
8.3%
11
Valais
CHF 19'637
8.4%
12
Lucerne
CHF 19'627
8.5%
13
Schaffhausen
CHF 19'628
8.5%
14
Uri
CHF 19'621
8.5%
15
Schwyz
CHF 19'596
8.6%
16
Glarus
CHF 19'573
8.7%
17
Jura
CHF 19'580
8.7%
18
Nidwalden
CHF 19'572
8.7%
19
Fribourg
CHF 19'564
8.8%
20
Neuchâtel
CHF 19'549
8.8%
21
St. Gallen
CHF 19'562
8.8%
22
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 19'533
8.9%
23
Solothurn
CHF 19'521
9.0%
24
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 19'471
9.2%
25
Zurich
CHF 19'460
9.3%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
CHF 19'460
9.3%
1
Ireland
CHF 19'315
9.9%
2
United Kingdom
CHF 19'048
11.2%
3
Russia
CHF 18'659
13.0%
4
France
CHF 18'298
14.7%
5
Norway
CHF 17'852
16.8%
6
Luxembourg
CHF 17'575
18.1%
7
Hungary
CHF 17'479
18.5%
8
Austria
CHF 17'451
18.6%
9
Ukraine
CHF 17'265
19.5%
10
Spain
CHF 17'248
19.6%
11
Czech Republic
CHF 17'011
20.7%
12
Italy
CHF 15'786
26.4%
13
Germany
CHF 15'626
27.1%
14
Greece
CHF 15'538
27.6%
15
Sweden
CHF 15'509
27.7%
16
Poland
CHF 14'792
31.0%
17
Denmark
CHF 14'376
33.0%
18
Finland
CHF 14'232
33.6%
19
Portugal
CHF 13'932
35.0%
20
Netherlands
CHF 13'496
37.1%
21
Belgium
CHF 13'017
39.3%
22
Romania
CHF 12'546
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 17'955
16.3%
1
Canada
CHF 15'932
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
CHF 19'391
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
CHF 19'058
11.1%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 19'053
11.2%
3
Ecuador
CHF 18'520
13.7%
4
Colombia
CHF 17'966
16.2%
5
Panama
CHF 17'679
17.6%
6
Chile
CHF 17'306
19.3%
7
Mexico
CHF 16'869
21.4%
8
Peru
CHF 16'462
23.2%
9
Brazil
CHF 16'044
25.2%
10
Uruguay
CHF 15'613
27.2%
11
Argentina
CHF 13'934
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 17'243
19.6%
1
Mozambique
CHF 15'852
26.1%
2
Angola
CHF 15'755
26.5%
3
Kenya
CHF 15'459
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
CHF 15'070
29.7%
5
Ghana
CHF 15'066
29.8%
6
Morocco
CHF 14'987
30.1%
7
Nigeria
CHF 14'698
31.5%
8
Uganda
CHF 14'199
33.8%
9
Cameroon
CHF 14'143
34.1%
10
Senegal
CHF 13'876
35.3%
11
Zambia
CHF 13'447
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 20'375
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 20'375
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 19'731
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 19'731
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 19'302
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 19'088
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 18'266
14.8%
7
Egypt
CHF 16'329
23.9%
8
Lebanon
CHF 16'252
24.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 12'603
41.2%
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.