Income tax / Schaffhausen

Income tax in Schaffhausen

Tax year 2026 · Data updated 14 Nov 2026 · Source: ESTV, BSV

Of a gross salary of CHF 100’000, a single person without children in Schaffhausen has CHF 6’490 left a month. Income tax and social contributions take 22.1% of the salary, which puts Schaffhausen 8th among the 26 cantonal capitals.

The figures are for employees who file a tax return in Schaffhausen: Swiss citizens and C permit holders. With a B or L permit you pay withholding tax: net salary in Schaffhausen.

Gross salary and what's left in Schaffhausen

Gross salary per yearSingleMarried, 2 children
CHF 60’0004’10717.9%4’48810.2%
CHF 80’0005’30820.4%5’82212.7%
CHF 100’0006’49022.1%7’17014.0%
CHF 120’0007’67323.3%8’48715.1%
CHF 150’0009’40924.7%10’38616.9%
CHF 200’00012’20726.8%13’34519.9%

The table shows what is left per month in Schaffhausen and, below it, the share of the salary that goes to income tax and social contributions. We assume one salary per household, no church tax and no pillar 3a payment, and the children are 6 and 10.

How Schaffhausen calculates the tax

  • The canton's multiplier is 76% of the simple tax. Communes add between 59% and 117%, and Schaffhausen adds 83%.
  • Married couples and single parents pay the rate that applies to their income divided by 1.9.
  • Two children lower the income tax of a married couple with a salary of CHF 100’000 in Schaffhausen by CHF 3’860 a year.
  • On a salary of CHF 100’000 in Schaffhausen, church members pay another CHF 795 of church tax a year, Roman Catholics and Protestants alike.
  • A personal tax of CHF 60 a year comes on top, the same for single people and married couples.
  • Paying the pillar 3a maximum of CHF 7’258 on a salary of CHF 100’000 saves CHF 1’723 of tax in Schaffhausen.

Deductions for employees in Schaffhausen

  • Professional expenses on a CHF 100’000 salaryCHF 2’680
  • Commuting, maximumCHF 6’000
  • Meals away from home, maximumCHF 3’200
  • Childcare per child, maximumCHF 9’400
  • Second-earner deduction on a second salary of CHF 50’000CHF 800

These amounts apply to cantonal and communal tax in Schaffhausen. For federal tax the same employee deducts CHF 2’680 for professional expenses, up to CHF 3’300 for commuting, up to CHF 25’800 for childcare per child and CHF 14’100 for the second earner.

  • A married couple with salaries of CHF 100’000 and CHF 50’000 pays CHF 14’649 of income tax a year in Schaffhausen and has CHF 9’983 left a month.

Cheapest and most expensive communes in Schaffhausen

On a gross salary of CHF 100’000, a single person pays CHF 8’314 of cantonal and communal tax a year in Buchberg and CHF 11’860 in Oberhallau. The difference is CHF 3’546 a year. Schaffhausen is number 5 of 26 communes.

CommuneMultiplierTax per year
Buchberg59%8’314
Stetten (SH)65%8’681
Neuhausen am Rheinfall78%9’476
Rüdlingen80%9’598
Schaffhausen83%9’782
16 more communes
Wilchingen112%11’555
Beggingen114%11’677
Gächlingen115%11’738
Schleitheim115%11’738
Oberhallau117%11’860

Schaffhausen compared with other capitals

In Lucerne you keep CHF 1 more a month, in Zurich CHF 24 less. The deductions of every canton are in the table of deductions for employees. For the self-employed: sole proprietors in Schaffhausen.

All 26 communes of Schaffhausen

The list gives the cantonal and communal tax per year for a single person with a gross salary of CHF 100’000, without church tax, from Buchberg to Oberhallau. Federal tax of CHF 1’681 comes on top in every commune.

Show the list of 26 communes
  1. Buchberg8’314
  2. Stetten (SH)8’681
  3. Neuhausen am Rheinfall9’476
  4. Rüdlingen9’598
  5. Schaffhausen9’782
  6. Büttenhardt9’904
  7. Hemishofen10’148
  8. Beringen10’271
  9. Thayngen10’332
  10. Löhningen10’393
  11. Stein am Rhein10’515
  12. Buch (SH)10’576
  13. Dörflingen10’699
  14. Lohn (SH)10’699
  15. Neunkirch10’760
  16. Ramsen10’760
  17. Bargen (SH)10’943
  18. Siblingen11’127
  19. Merishausen11’432
  20. Hallau11’555
  21. Trasadingen11’555
  22. Wilchingen11’555
  23. Beggingen11’677
  24. Gächlingen11’738
  25. Schleitheim11’738
  26. Oberhallau11’860

Calculate your case in Schaffhausen

CHF

Everything your employer pays before deductions, with the 13th salary and bonus.

The pension fund contribution depends on age.

Schaffhausen · Schaffhausen

Marital status
Children under 18
0
Pillar 3a payment
More options
CHF

Season ticket or car costs for the way to work. Federal tax accepts up to CHF 3’300, and most cantons have their own limit.

CHF

CHF 15 per working day if you can't eat at home, at most CHF 3’200 a year. Half of that if your employer pays part of the meal.

CHF

Leave empty to use the assumption of the federal tax calculator: CHF 4’560 per adult and CHF 1’200 per child.

Left per month

CHF6’490
Per year CHF 77’884Tax and contributions 22.1%
13%

Set aside 13% of your net salary for income tax. Your employer doesn't deduct this tax. The bill follows your tax return.

A pillar 3a payment of CHF 7’258, the most you can deduct, would lower your tax by CHF 1’723.

Where your salary goes

  • Left for youAfter income tax and social contributions77’88477.9%
  • Cantonal and communal taxSchaffhausen, Schaffhausen9’7829.8%
  • Federal taxDirect federal tax, the same everywhere in Switzerland1’6811.7%
  • AHV / IV / EO and ALVOld age, disability and income loss 5.3%, unemployment insurance 1.1%6’4006.4%
  • Pension fundLegal minimum for your age. Your pension fund may charge more.3’2133.2%
  • Accident insuranceNon-occupational accidents, estimated at 1%1’0001.0%
  • Cantonal fundCantonal social fund, 0.04% up to CHF 148’200400.0%
  • Gross salary per year100’000100%

Of the next CHF 1’000 of salary, CHF 709 is left for you.

Income tax in detail

CantonFederal
Net salary89’34789’347
Professional expenses, flat rate-2’680-2’680
Insurance premiums-3’750-1’800
Taxable income82’91784’867
Federal tax1’681
Cantonal tax, multiplier 76%4’647
Communal tax, multiplier 83%5’075
Personal tax60
Income tax per year11’463

Same salary in every canton

Left per month if you live in the cantonal capital.

  • 1Zug6’961
  • 2Schwyz6’777
  • 3Appenzell Innerrhoden6’596
  • 4Nidwalden6’509
  • 5Obwalden6’508
  • 6Uri6’499
  • 7Lucerne6’491
  • 8Schaffhausen6’490

This is an estimate and doesn't replace tax advice. It covers your salary only. Other income, wealth tax and deductions that aren't listed above are left out. Your pension fund sets your real contribution, and your tax office sets the final tax.

Left per monthCHF6’490