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@beenjammin3 practically, even a few hundred francs more in a year will increase your tax, but only on those extra francs (that's how progressive tax rates work). Here are the marginal tax rates for canton fribourg. As you can see, the marginal rate changes every 50 chf/month. All cantons have...

@richardrhys Having lived and worked in various European countries, I find that in Switzerland I manage to save substantially more (even discounting for the different seniority in roles). And that seems to be the case for all the people I discuss this with. Lurking at some FIRE focused sub, it...

@deborahs757 ah, the blissful life of the single person with no children and a salary well above the median.

@richardrhys Fairly common, not; relatively common, yes. Try to find similar statistics for France, Germany or Italy and the % will be much lower. And that 23.6% is based on the general population. I think we can assume that for the purpose of this post we can take the subset of people with a...

@rtrcam IB, without a doubt. You actually own the stock you buy (unlike eToro). Very low fees, wide availability of instruments (now you say you want to buy and hold s&p500 stocks, who knows what you will want to trade in 5 years), rock solid reputation with retail and even institutional...

@ericn Salaries above 100kUSD are relatively common in Switzerland. Even for entry level / junior experience roles. Cost of living is extremely high, but savings in absolute terms are high as well. Outside of Switzerland, best bet would be on top consulting firms (MBB) and investment banks /...