Hi everyone, this is my first post. Although I have seen every possible post about salaries, taxes, etc etc, I haven't found anybody in my position.

I was offered a 16880 CHF/year salary as a postdoc at EPFL, to be complemented with 66321 CHF/year by an EMBO fellowship. That adds up to roughly 83000CHF/year, i.e. 6900 CHF/month.

The big question is, how much can I expect to really take home?

Thanks to everybody in advance,

Luciano

Your EMBO is probably free from tax and social security contributions but you need to ask your personnel office. If you pay only tax & social security contributions on the EPFL part you will likely be taking home almost everything as both tax and contributions will be low (they are a percentage).