Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 9'120
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 483
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 100
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 36.48
Total tax
- CHF 620
Net pay
* CHF 8'500
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 8'500
Net pay
CHF 1'389
Tax the employer pays
CHF 620
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 2'010
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 1'389 to pay you CHF 9'120. 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 9'120 a year living in the region of Zug, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 620. That means that your net pay will be CHF 8'500 per year, or CHF 708 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 8'245
9.6%
1
Canada
CHF 6'984
23.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
CHF 8'398
7.9%
1
Colombia
CHF 8'390
8.0%
2
Ecuador
CHF 8'258
9.5%
3
Guatemala
CHF 8'246
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
CHF 8'162
10.5%
5
Panama
CHF 8'117
11.0%
6
Mexico
CHF 7'683
15.8%
7
Chile
CHF 7'515
17.6%
8
Brazil
CHF 7'483
18.0%
9
Uruguay
CHF 7'287
20.1%
10
Peru
CHF 7'186
21.2%
11
Argentina
CHF 5'922
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
CHF 8'664
5.0%
1
Qatar
CHF 8'664
5.0%
2
Bahrain
CHF 8'390
8.0%
3
Oman
CHF 8'390
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
CHF 8'208
10.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 8'117
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 7'921
13.2%
7
Egypt
CHF 7'083
22.3%
8
Lebanon
CHF 7'007
23.2%
9
Turkey
CHF 5'262
42.3%
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.