About
Salaro is a salary calculator for Switzerland, aimed at the Serbian diaspora and anyone working in Switzerland. Every rate the calculation uses is traced to a primary source, cited where it applies.
What Salaro is
Salaro is a net-pay calculator for Switzerland. It is built for people already working here and for those still weighing the move — so that before you sign a contract or pack your bags you can see how much of a gross salary actually lands in your account.
The calculation starts from gross pay and subtracts what Switzerland really deducts: social contributions — AHV/IV/EO (old-age, disability and loss-of-income insurance), ALV (unemployment insurance), NBU (accident insurance) and BVG (the second-pillar occupational pension) — and income tax. Which tax you pay depends on your residence permit.
Publisher
- Legal name
- Desymphony web software development EOOD
- Legal form
- single-member limited liability company under Bulgarian law (EOOD)
- Registered address
- ul. Balgarska Morava 114, 1303 Sofia, Bulgaria
- Represented by
- Dusan Stojanovic
- Register
- Commercial Register, Registry Agency, Bulgaria
- Company number (UIC)
- 208083785
- VAT identification number
- BG208083785
- Contact
- info@salaro.ch
Why Switzerland is different
People taxed at source pay withholding tax (Quellensteuer) under their canton's tariff — automatically, straight off the payslip. C-permit holders and Swiss citizens are not taxed at source but by ordinary assessment (ordentliche Veranlagung): federal direct tax plus the cantonal "simple tax" multiplied by the combined cantonal and communal multiplier. That is why the calculator asks for a canton — Switzerland has 26 of them and the tax differs from one to the next.
Two more things surprise newcomers: a thirteenth salary is not a statutory entitlement here — it is owed by contract or a collective agreement (GAV); and there is no federal minimum wage — where a minimum exists at all, the canton sets it, and only some do. The calculator handles all of that for you.
Our promise: honest numbers
One rule sits above the rest: no number here is invented. Every rate and every amount traces to an official source, with the date it was last checked. Anything we could not confirm against a primary source is marked unverified or left out entirely — we would rather write less than write something that does not hold up.
The figures shown are the rates in force for 2026, taken from primary sources and cited where they are used. If a rule changed recently it may not be reflected here yet, and none of them has been through our final sign-off. The result is an estimate — the deduction that binds you is the one on your payslip. No model ever declares a rate correct on its own.
The research this site is built on was gathered: aug 2026. At launch, each value will carry its source and last-verified date.
Who it is for
We write first for the Balkan community in Switzerland and for those on the corridor — people weighing a move between home and here. The tone is deliberately plain and practical, with no needless jargon: the goal is that in a couple of minutes you get a rough but honest picture of what your payslip will look like. Anyone else working in Switzerland is just as welcome to use it.
Salaro is the Swiss edition of a salary calculator, adapted to Swiss rules and residence permits.
Disclaimer
Results are informational. Salaro is not a substitute for a tax adviser, an accountant or your cantonal tax authority — for an official calculation, turn to them. This site measures visits with the cookieless Google Analytics 4 — no cookie is set and no identifier is stored on your device; see the privacy policy and cookie policy for details. No advertising network is integrated.