Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 8'998
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 477
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 98.98
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 35.99
Total tax
- CHF 612
Net pay
* CHF 8'386
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 8'386
Net pay
CHF 1'371
Tax the employer pays
CHF 612
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 1'983
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'371 to pay you CHF 8'998. 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 8'998 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 612. That means that your net pay will be CHF 8'386 per year, or CHF 699 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CHF 8'137
9.6%
1
Canada
CHF 6'893
23.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 8'286
7.9%
1
Colombia
CHF 8'278
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 8'148
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 8'135
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 8'053
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 8'008
11.0%
6
Mexico
CHF 7'591
15.6%
7
Chile
CHF 7'414
17.6%
8
Brazil
CHF 7'401
17.7%
9
Uruguay
CHF 7'189
20.1%
10
Peru
CHF 7'094
21.2%
11
Argentina
CHF 5'843
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 8'091
10.1%
1
Morocco
CHF 7'143
20.6%
2
Mozambique
CHF 6'964
22.6%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 6'822
24.2%
4
Kenya
CHF 6'745
25.0%
5
Angola
CHF 6'694
25.6%
6
Cameroon
CHF 6'664
25.9%
7
Ghana
CHF 6'609
26.6%
8
Nigeria
CHF 6'230
30.8%
9
Uganda
CHF 6'108
32.1%
10
Senegal
CHF 6'081
32.4%
11
Zambia
CHF 5'817
35.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 8'548
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 8'548
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 8'278
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 8'278
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 8'098
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 8'008
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 7'815
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 6'992
22.3%
8
Lebanon
CHF 6'915
23.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 5'201
42.2%
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.