I did not make this map, it was made by the BFS and the ESTV. I did however translate it from German/French to English.
Note that this also shows the taxable income, not the total income. Around 30% of all Swiss income is excempt from taxation and thus not taken account of in the map.
Is that little red one near Bern Muri? Would have to be.
What Gemeinde is the one in Ticino bordering Wallis and why is it so rich?
Now let’s compare this to the map of tax rates.
How does Gstaad not have a deep red?
Huh. I live in a red one. Seems like the stereotype is true.
Why the mean and not the median income? Given the probably skewed distribution of income, the median would be a much better measure of the “central tendency”.. the mean is very much influenced by the outliers, the ones with extremely high income- they pull the mean up a lot.
Is this a surprise? You should also juxtapose that map with real estate prices and costs of living. I think that earning 40k in Nidwalden buys you a much more comfortable lifestyle than earning 80k in Geneva actually does. But then again…. who, in their right mind, wants to live in Nidwalden?
Do you have the data for this? Or perhaps the original map?
I’m surprised by the blue/green part. How can anybody survive like that? Social aid?
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I did not make this map, it was made by the BFS and the ESTV. I did however translate it from German/French to English.
Note that this also shows the taxable income, not the total income. Around 30% of all Swiss income is excempt from taxation and thus not taken account of in the map.
[Same map showing language borders](https://i.imgur.com/LKnQ3Hp.png)
[Same map showing geographic situation in Swizerland](https://i.imgur.com/mMczPfO.png)
[Population density map for reference](https://s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/bestswiss-shop/produkte/20160612151738/schweizer-karte-einwohnerdichte.jpg)
Is that little red one near Bern Muri? Would have to be.
What Gemeinde is the one in Ticino bordering Wallis and why is it so rich?
Now let’s compare this to the map of tax rates.
How does Gstaad not have a deep red?
Huh. I live in a red one. Seems like the stereotype is true.
Why the mean and not the median income? Given the probably skewed distribution of income, the median would be a much better measure of the “central tendency”.. the mean is very much influenced by the outliers, the ones with extremely high income- they pull the mean up a lot.
Is this a surprise? You should also juxtapose that map with real estate prices and costs of living. I think that earning 40k in Nidwalden buys you a much more comfortable lifestyle than earning 80k in Geneva actually does. But then again…. who, in their right mind, wants to live in Nidwalden?
Do you have the data for this? Or perhaps the original map?
I’m surprised by the blue/green part. How can anybody survive like that? Social aid?