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Augst

Canton Basel-Landschaft (BL)

Taxes, health insurance premiums and electricity prices in Augst, compared with every Swiss municipality.

Income tax
CHF 15’627 per year
Health insurance
from CHF 413 per month
Electricity
— per year
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Fixed costs per year

Single, CHF 100k: tax, health insurance and electricity at the cheapest standard offers.

  • Income taxCHF 15’62776%
  • Health insuranceCHF 4’95724%
  • TotalCHF 20’584

Health insurance: cheapest offers, adults CHF 2500 deductible, children CHF 0. Electricity: 4-room flat for singles, 5-room flat for families.

Taxes

CHF 15’627 per year

Single, CHF 100k

+CHF 337 vs. Swiss median · rank 9 of 86 in BL

Cheaper than 46 % of Swiss municipalities for this household.

Details

Federal, cantonal and municipal income tax combined.

HouseholdTax per yearRank in BL
Single, CHF 60kCHF 6’121−CHF 149 vs. Swiss median9 of 86
Single, CHF 100kCHF 15’627+CHF 337 vs. Swiss median9 of 86
Single, CHF 150kCHF 30’623+CHF 1’001 vs. Swiss median9 of 86
Married, 2 kids, CHF 130kCHF 10’963+CHF 1’247 vs. Swiss median9 of 86
Married, 2 kids, CHF 200kCHF 28’900+CHF 4’079 vs. Swiss median9 of 86

Steuerfuss

Municipal (income)
53 %
Cantonal (income)
100 %
Municipal (wealth)
53 %

A Steuerfuss multiplies the canton's base tax, so it only compares municipalities within BL. The CHF amount above compares across cantons.

Source: ESTV tax calculator, tax year 2026, retrieved 02.10.2026. Rank 1 is the lowest tax. Estimates for sample households, not tax advice.

Health insurance

from CHF 413 per month

Adult 26+, CHF 2500 deductible, cheapest offer

Details

Premium region 2, canton BL. Basic insurance with accident cover, CHF per month.

Health insuranceCheapestTypical standard
Adult 26+, deductible CHF 2500413.10532.10
Adult 26+, deductible CHF 300525.00656.40
Young adult 19–25, deductible CHF 2500249.40355.00
Child 0–18, deductible CHF 0115.50155.70

“Cheapest” is the lowest offer of any insurance model (often family doctor or telemedicine). “Typical standard” is the median premium of the standard model. Employees are usually covered for accidents through work and pay less without accident cover.

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Source: BAG health insurance premiums, premium year 2027, retrieved 09.10.2026.

Electricity

Details

Standard product of the local grid operator in 2027, all-in price including grid, energy and levies.

Genossenschaft Elektra Augst

HouseholdRp./kWhper year
4-room flat2’500 kWh—Swiss median 29.71—
5-room flat with tumble dryer4’500 kWh22.93Swiss median 26.56CHF 1’032
House with electric boiler7’500 kWh17.40Swiss median 24.61CHF 1’305

Households cannot choose their supplier: the local grid operator sets the price. The yearly cost is consumption times the all-in price; fixed fees are included in the price per kWh.

Source: ElCom electricity prices, tariff year 2027, retrieved 02.10.2026.

Public transport

87.6 %

of residents live in public transport classes A–C (good to very good service).

To Basel

By public transport
31 min
By road
18 min
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Residents by public transport quality class
Class A · Very good0 %
Class B · Good77.6 %
Class C · Medium10 %
Class D · Low11.1 %
No class1.3 %

Shares count residents per hectare, not area. Travel time is the typical time from where residents live to the nearest of Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, from the national passenger transport model (published 30 June 2023).

Sources: ARE public transport quality classes 2026, ARE travel time to centres, BFS STATPOP residents 2024, retrieved 02.10.2026

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Compare the monthly cost of renting and of owning a home here, and the year from which buying has cost less overall. An estimate based on your inputs, not financial advice.

Lowest tax in Basel-Landschaft

  • Augst · CHF 15’627
  • Single person, CHF 100,000 gross salary.
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