Taxable income: Wollerau (SZ) reports CHF 199,928, six times more than Oberems (VS)

Lowest-income communities

Oberems (VS) shows the lowest average taxable income in the country at CHF 33,109 — six times less than Wollerau. Horrenbach-Buchen (BE, CHF 34,963) and Saxeten (BE, CHF 36,950) follow at the bottom of the ranking.

The ten lowest-income communities are spread across Valais, Bern, Grisons, Ticino, and Jura cantons. Calanca (GR, CHF 37,749), Onsernone (TI, CHF 38,119), Tschappina (GR, CHF 38,471), Beurnevésin (JU, CHF 38,975), Habkern (BE, CHF 39,106), Eisten (VS, CHF 39,149), and Buseno (GR, CHF 39,205) all show averages below CHF 40,000.

In French-speaking Switzerland

Among French-speaking communities, Corsier (GE) stands out clearly with CHF 157,169 average taxable income — a level that earns it third place in the national ranking. Jouxtens-Mézery (VD, CHF 140,354) ranks ninth nationally.

Greng (FR, CHF 116,667), Tannay (VD, CHF 116,470), and Coppet (VD, CHF 111,786) complete the top 5 in French-speaking Switzerland.

What remains uncertain

The statistics have two methodological limitations. Income brackets masked for tax secrecy reasons are counted as zero, which may slightly underestimate the average for certain communities. Furthermore, a few very high incomes can skew the average upward in small communities.

The precise definition of 'standard cases' — designating the taxpayers retained in the ESTV methodology for this calculation — is not detailed in the sources available for this article.

1 August 2026 at 13:37