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Cost of living in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden: every municipality compared

Appenzell is the cheapest municipality in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden: CHF 19,466 per year for taxes, health insurance and electricity. The most expensive is Oberegg at CHF 21,189, a spread of CHF 1,723 per year.

Calculated for a couple without children with a gross income of CHF 100,000 (health insurance with CHF 300 deductible, electricity standard household H4). This is the same household as on the municipality pages. The values are approximations at municipality level; what a household pays depends on deductions, wealth and address.

Map of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden

Coloured by annual cost within the canton. Every municipality leads to its page.

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All 5 municipalities in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden

Annual cost for the standard profile, from cheapest to most expensive. Each column names its source and data year; the total mixes years and therefore carries no year of its own.

RankMunicipalityTotal per yearsum of the threeTaxesFTA 2026Health insuranceFOPH 2027ElectricityElCom 2027
1AppenzellCHF 19,466CHF 7,130CHF 11,184CHF 1,152
2GontenCHF 20,355CHF 7,940CHF 11,184CHF 1,231
3Schwende-RüteCHF 20,476CHF 8,140CHF 11,184CHF 1,152
4Schlatt-HaslenCHF 20,795CHF 8,380CHF 11,184CHF 1,231
5ObereggCHF 21,189CHF 8,740CHF 11,184CHF 1,265

Premium regions in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden

The whole canton is a single premium region: the health insurance premium is the same in every municipality. The differences in the table come from taxes and electricity.

Median monthly premium for one adult, standard model with accident cover, CHF 300 deductible, FOPH 2027.

Do you pay tax at source, for example on a B permit? Then differences between municipalities in a canton only matter to you under a subsequent ordinary assessment.

The deduction from your salary is the same in every municipality of a canton. From a gross salary of CHF 120,000 a year you are assessed under the ordinary procedure automatically, below that on application by 31 March of the following year; your municipality’s tax rate then applies. Tax at source and where you live

How we calculate

Total cost adds up income tax (FTA: federal + cantonal + municipal + church), the health insurance premium (FOPH premium region, standard model with CHF 300 deductible) and electricity (ElCom, standard household H4). All values are per year, for standard profiles. Municipality level is an approximation; your exact amount depends on deductions, wealth, deductible choice and your address. If a component is missing for a municipality, it stays grey and is never guessed.

Children calculated as insurers do: 1st and 2nd child usually at the full child rate, from the 3rd child with a sibling discount at many insurers. Calculated per insurer, then the median across all insurers.

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