Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 8'845
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 469
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 97.30
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 35.38
Total tax
- CHF 601
Net pay
* CHF 8'244
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 8'244
Net pay
CHF 1'348
Tax the employer pays
CHF 601
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'949
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'348 to pay you CHF 8'845. 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 8'845 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 601. That means that your net pay will be CHF 8'244 per year, or CHF 687 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 8'003
9.5%
1
Canada
CHF 6'780
23.4%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 7'967
9.9%
1
Morocco
CHF 7'045
20.4%
2
Mozambique
CHF 6'854
22.5%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 6'717
24.1%
4
Kenya
CHF 6'638
25.0%
5
Angola
CHF 6'582
25.6%
6
Cameroon
CHF 6'575
25.7%
7
Ghana
CHF 6'500
26.5%
8
Nigeria
CHF 6'126
30.7%
9
Uganda
CHF 6'008
32.1%
10
Senegal
CHF 5'981
32.4%
11
Zambia
CHF 5'730
35.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 8'403
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 8'403
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 8'137
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 8'137
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 7'961
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 7'872
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 7'682
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 6'877
22.3%
8
Lebanon
CHF 6'800
23.1%
9
Turkey
CHF 5'124
42.1%
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.