Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 5'520
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 293
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 60.72
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 22.08
Total tax
- CHF 375
Net pay
* CHF 5'145
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
6.8%
93.2%
Net pay
6.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 5'145
Net pay
CHF 841
Tax the employer pays
CHF 375
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'216
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 841 to pay you CHF 5'520. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.20 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.8% tax rate now rises to 19.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 5'520 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 375. That means that your net pay will be CHF 5'145 per year, or CHF 429 per month. Your average tax rate is 6.8% and your marginal tax rate is 6.8%. 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 6.80, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 93.20.
Bonus Example
A CHF 1'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 932 of net incomes. A CHF 5'000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4'660 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Aargau
CHF 5'145
6.8%
1
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 5'145
6.8%
2
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 5'145
6.8%
3
Basel-Stadt
CHF 5'145
6.8%
4
Bern
CHF 5'145
6.8%
5
Glarus
CHF 5'145
6.8%
6
Graubünden
CHF 5'145
6.8%
7
Jura
CHF 5'145
6.8%
8
Obwalden
CHF 5'145
6.8%
9
Schwyz
CHF 5'145
6.8%
10
St. Gallen
CHF 5'145
6.8%
11
Thurgau
CHF 5'145
6.8%
12
Vaud
CHF 5'145
6.8%
13
Zug
CHF 5'145
6.8%
14
Neuchâtel
CHF 5'135
7.0%
15
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 5'127
7.1%
16
Ticino
CHF 5'125
7.2%
17
Zurich
CHF 5'121
7.2%
18
Geneva
CHF 5'110
7.4%
19
Valais
CHF 5'111
7.4%
20
Lucerne
CHF 5'095
7.7%
21
Nidwalden
CHF 5'095
7.7%
22
Schaffhausen
CHF 5'085
7.9%
23
Solothurn
CHF 5'075
8.1%
24
Fribourg
CHF 5'057
8.4%
25
Uri
CHF 5'045
8.6%
26
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
CHF 5'520
0.0%
1
Austria
CHF 5'520
0.0%
2
Ireland
CHF 5'520
0.0%
3
Norway
CHF 5'430
1.6%
4
Spain
CHF 5'169
6.4%
5
Switzerland
CHF 5'121
7.2%
6
Italy
CHF 5'013
9.2%
7
France
CHF 4'985
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
CHF 4'913
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
CHF 4'910
11.1%
10
Russia
CHF 4'802
13.0%
11
Germany
CHF 4'539
17.8%
12
Hungary
CHF 4'499
18.5%
13
Ukraine
CHF 4'444
19.5%
14
Sweden
CHF 4'420
19.9%
15
Poland
CHF 4'335
21.5%
16
Greece
CHF 4'314
21.9%
17
Portugal
CHF 4'110
25.6%
18
Finland
CHF 3'823
30.8%
19
Belgium
CHF 3'754
32.0%
20
Denmark
CHF 3'660
33.7%
21
Netherlands
CHF 3'474
37.1%
22
Romania
CHF 3'229
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 5'043
8.7%
1
Canada
CHF 4'375
20.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CHF 5'520
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
CHF 5'520
0.0%
2
Pakistan
CHF 5'249
4.9%
3
Thailand
CHF 5'217
5.5%
4
Taiwan
CHF 5'031
8.9%
5
Philippines
CHF 5'010
9.2%
6
South Korea
CHF 4'883
11.5%
7
Indonesia
CHF 4'881
11.6%
8
Malaysia
CHF 4'871
11.8%
9
New Zealand
CHF 4'864
11.9%
10
India
CHF 4'679
15.2%
11
Singapore
CHF 4'582
17.0%
12
Vietnam
CHF 4'513
18.3%
13
Japan
CHF 4'485
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
CHF 4'372
20.8%
15
China
CHF 4'150
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 5'081
8.0%
1
Colombia
CHF 5'078
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 4'998
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 4'991
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 4'940
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 4'913
11.0%
6
Brazil
CHF 4'907
11.1%
7
Mexico
CHF 4'899
11.3%
8
Peru
CHF 4'830
12.5%
9
Chile
CHF 4'548
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CHF 4'410
20.1%
11
Argentina
CHF 3'582
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 5'274
4.5%
1
Morocco
CHF 4'828
12.5%
2
Cameroon
CHF 4'424
19.9%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 4'412
20.1%
4
Mozambique
CHF 4'388
20.5%
5
Kenya
CHF 4'333
21.5%
6
Angola
CHF 4'147
24.9%
7
Ghana
CHF 4'144
24.9%
8
Nigeria
CHF 3'864
30.0%
9
Zambia
CHF 3'851
30.2%
10
Uganda
CHF 3'847
30.3%
11
Senegal
CHF 3'846
30.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 5'244
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 5'244
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 5'078
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 5'078
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 4'968
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 4'913
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 4'794
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 4'336
21.4%
8
Lebanon
CHF 4'307
22.0%
9
Turkey
CHF 3'382
38.7%
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.