Independent Swiss household tools
Independent calculations and practical tools for people moving to Switzerland, changing canton or weighing an important household decision.
Free tools · No account required
Example: CHF 120’000 a year in Zurich, single person
ExampleEach tool answers one question, takes a few minutes and requires no account.
Calculate your disposable income in any canton and compare two offers on the same basis.
Find municipalities that meet your criteria for commute, childcare, schools and lifestyle, with public transport routes to your place of work.
Find places that fitAlready living in Switzerland? Use it to explore a change of canton.
A dated checklist from your arrival to the end of your first year: permit, registration, health insurance and tax.
Moving to SwitzerlandThe administrative steps for leaving Switzerland: municipality, tax, pension fund and insurance.
Leaving SwitzerlandMost tools are free and need no account. A free account remembers your work and fills in what you have already told us. The paid products look at your own offer, contract and household.
Both paid products are being prepared. No payment is taken yet.
CHF 79
One payment · Family version CHF 99 · 12 months of access
A detailed assessment of your job offer and its implications for your household.
The first year of Swiss Year Planner is included.
CHF 39
Per year · Renews annually until cancelled
Your household’s annual administrative and financial check-up.
Also available on its own, without the Report.
The salary calculator, the comparison of two offers, “Find places that fit” and the checklists are free of charge and require no account. The Offer Decision Report, now being prepared, will cost CHF 79 as a single payment (family version CHF 99), with the first year of Swiss Year Planner included; after that, Swiss Year Planner costs CHF 39 a year. Swiss Year Planner can also be purchased on its own.
Income tax is estimated with the official calculator of the Federal Tax Administration (ESTV) for the capital of each canton, tax year 2026, with standard deductions and without church tax. It differs between communes, with church membership and further deductions, and many new residents are taxed at source under separate tariffs. Every figure is therefore marked as an estimate, and on each canton page you can enter your own rate.
The salary calculator, the comparison and the checklists calculate in your browser and do not send what you enter to My Swiss Chapter; the checklists keep your selection in your browser so that you can continue later. “Find places that fit” sends your criteria and the rounded position of your place of work to our server to calculate routes; nothing is stored with your identity. My Swiss Chapter records page visits only as anonymous totals, without an IP address or a visitor identifier.
No. My Swiss Chapter is not a recruitment agency: it does not list vacancies, forward applications or contact employers on your behalf. It provides information and planning tools, so that you can assess an offer, a canton or a career step yourself.
The Offer Decision Report applies the figures to your own offer, contract and household: the salary you need, salary benchmarks, a Contract Clarity Check, up to eight municipalities with your disposable income in each, a 10-year outlook and a Decision Brief. Swiss Year Planner provides dated yearly checks, permit milestones, Write & Understand for letters and messages, and your own reminders. Details are on the page “Plans and pricing”.
