Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 35'100
Direct Federal Tax
- CHF 108
Cantonal tax
- CHF 247
Communal tax
- CHF 166
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 1'860
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 386
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 140
Pension fund contributions
- CHF 500
Total tax
- CHF 3'408
Net pay
* CHF 31'692
Marginal tax rate
16.2%
Average tax rate
9.7%
90.3%
Net pay
9.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 31'692
Net pay
CHF 5'847
Tax the employer pays
CHF 3'408
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 9'256
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 5'847 to pay you CHF 35'100. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.64 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.7% tax rate now rises to 22.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 35'100 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 3'408. That means that your net pay will be CHF 31'692 per year, or CHF 2'641 per month. Your average tax rate is 9.7% and your marginal tax rate is 16.2%. 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 16.16, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 83.84.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 838 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'192 of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 28'066
20.0%
1
Canada
CHF 25'437
27.5%
2
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.