Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
CHF 1'267
Personal Tax
- CHF 24
Contributions to OASI, DI, APG
- CHF 67.15
Unemployment insurance
- CHF 13.94
Non-occupational Accident Insurance
- CHF 5.07
Total tax
- CHF 110
Net pay
* CHF 1'157
Marginal tax rate
6.8%
Average tax rate
8.7%
91.3%
Net pay
8.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
CHF 1'157
Net pay
CHF 193
Tax the employer pays
CHF 110
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
CHF 303
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 193 to pay you CHF 1'267. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.39 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.7% tax rate now rises to 20.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make CHF 1'267 a year living in the region of Zurich, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 110. That means that your net pay will be CHF 1'157 per year, or CHF 96.40 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.7% 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Lucerne
CHF 1'131
10.7%
1
Nidwalden
CHF 1'131
10.7%
2
Schaffhausen
CHF 1'121
11.5%
3
Solothurn
CHF 1'111
12.3%
4
Fribourg
CHF 1'093
13.7%
5
Uri
CHF 1'081
14.7%
6
Aargau
CHF 1'181
6.8%
7
App. Ausserrhoden
CHF 1'181
6.8%
8
App. Innerrhoden
CHF 1'181
6.8%
9
Basel-Landschaft
CHF 1'181
6.8%
10
Basel-Stadt
CHF 1'181
6.8%
11
Bern
CHF 1'181
6.8%
12
Glarus
CHF 1'181
6.8%
13
Graubünden
CHF 1'181
6.8%
14
Jura
CHF 1'181
6.8%
15
Obwalden
CHF 1'181
6.8%
16
Schwyz
CHF 1'181
6.8%
17
St. Gallen
CHF 1'181
6.8%
18
Thurgau
CHF 1'181
6.8%
19
Vaud
CHF 1'181
6.8%
20
Zug
CHF 1'181
6.8%
21
Neuchâtel
CHF 1'171
7.6%
22
Ticino
CHF 1'161
8.4%
23
Zurich
CHF 1'157
8.7%
24
Valais
CHF 1'147
9.5%
25
Geneva
CHF 1'146
9.6%
26
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CHF 1'237
2.4%
1
Brazil
CHF 1'172
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
CHF 1'166
8.0%
3
Colombia
CHF 1'166
8.0%
4
Ecuador
CHF 1'147
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CHF 1'146
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CHF 1'134
10.5%
7
Panama
CHF 1'128
11.0%
8
Peru
CHF 1'109
12.5%
9
Argentina
CHF 1'052
17.0%
10
Chile
CHF 1'044
17.6%
11
Uruguay
CHF 1'038
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CHF 1'254
1.0%
1
Zambia
CHF 1'191
6.0%
2
Morocco
CHF 1'182
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
CHF 1'129
10.9%
4
Kenya
CHF 1'107
12.6%
5
Uganda
CHF 1'099
13.2%
6
Senegal
CHF 1'080
14.8%
7
Cameroon
CHF 1'069
15.6%
8
Mozambique
CHF 1'061
16.3%
9
Ghana
CHF 1'044
17.6%
10
Angola
CHF 993
21.7%
11
Nigeria
CHF 955
24.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CHF 1'267
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CHF 1'204
5.0%
2
Qatar
CHF 1'204
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CHF 1'166
8.0%
4
Oman
CHF 1'166
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CHF 1'128
11.0%
6
Israel
CHF 1'100
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CHF 1'079
14.8%
8
Turkey
CHF 1'045
17.5%
9
Egypt
CHF 1'043
17.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Zurich 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.