Jersey (Channel Islands)
🇯🇪 Jersey · Address 51 of 100

Jersey, for a high earner.

The Crown Dependency 14 miles off Normandy that has been the quiet British answer since before Monaco had a casino. 20% and then 1%, no capital gains tax, no inheritance tax, an island 9 miles by 5, and London about an hour away by air.

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In short, current to October 2026

  • A person earning $1,000,000 and resident in Jersey pays an effective 20% of income tax on the Patrician.ch 2026 model, keeping $800K. At $300,000 the effective rate is 20%, and at $3,000,000 it is 20%.
  • Jersey levies no capital gains tax on a disposal by a resident individual, so a liquidity event realized after residence begins is not taxed locally.
  • Inheritance: No inheritance tax. Jersey levies no inheritance tax. Probate stamp duty of up to 0.75% applies to Jersey movable estate.
  • Jersey operates a special regime for arriving foreigners: High Value Residency: 20% on Jersey property income and on the first £1.25M of other income, and 1% on everything above, a minimum tax of £250K a year, and a house bought above £3.5M or an apartment above £1.75M. 49 of the 100 addresses on the Patrician.ch board sit in a jurisdiction that does.
  • On the passports most readers hold, the realistic route into Jersey is Lump sum residence.
  • Cost of the life is 105 on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, safety 9 of 10, schools 7 of 10. These 3 are Patrician.ch editorial indices scored by us, not published statistics.
  • Figures are current to October 2026. Tax thresholds and residence routes move, so confirm with counsel before relying on any of them.

Official sources: Government of Jersey, Jersey Financial Services Commission. Checked against them on .

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 47 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to October 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Jersey (Channel Islands) tax and residence 2026 for a high earner, patrician.ch/cities/jersey/, October 2026.

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By the Patrician.ch research desk · Updated 29 October 2026 · 12 min read
The numbers

What Jersey takes, and what it costs.

Effective tax at $1M20%$800K kept after tax
Capital gains0%on a $1M gain
Cost index105Zurich = 100
Inheritance, children0%No inheritance tax
Supercar street index#77of 100
Safety9/10 
Schools7/10international options
The Patrician.ch 10045thof 100, the ranking
Prestige of address7/10Patrician.ch editorial index
Corporate tax0%headline rate on profits
Sun hours a year2,090Capital friendly
Passport mobilityindex

Tax on your bracket.

IncomeTaxEffectiveKept after tax
$300K$60K20%$240K
$1M$200K20%$800K
$3M$600K20%$2.4M
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Special regime. High Value Residency: 20% on Jersey property income and on the first £1.25M of other income, and 1% on everything above, a minimum tax of £250K a year, and a house bought above £3.5M or an apartment above £1.75M. In figures, 20% on the first £1.25M and 1% above it, with the £250K minimum, on worldwide income: about $346K on $3M (12%). Every other figure and ranking on this site uses the standard system.

Near the top

Income kept after tax on $1M a year, US dollars, the 53 places in Europe on the board

  1. Monaco$1M
  2. Gibraltar$944K
  3. Andorra la Vella$904K
  4. Tivat$832K
  5. Vaduz$819K
  6. Jersey$800K
  7. Zug$787K
  8. Prague$778K
  9. Lucerne$724K
  10. St. Moritz$723K
  11. Hvar$709K
  12. Limassol$663K

Note: single filer, not a US citizen. Jersey ranks 6 of 53 here

Source: Patrician.ch 2026 tax model, built on official tax authority rates

Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled. Non-US single filer. Enter your own income, exit, passports, and family to see where Jersey ranks for you.

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FIRE

The FIRE number in Jersey.

The capital whose yearly withdrawal, at 4%, pays for a year here after Jersey's tax on the gain part of each sale: 0% on a resident's listed securities, with half of each sale counted as gain.

A $100K year here $2.50M
A $150K year here $3.75M $4.26M for a US citizen
A $250K year here $6.25M

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Who gets in

The residence route.

British and Irish citizens need no visa, but housing is licensed: a newcomer rents only registered homes and buys only with a license, and High Value Residency is the license for wealth. Everyone else applies through the same route or a licensed job. No capital gains tax, no inheritance tax, and 1 hour from London.

Lump sum residence
The life

An ordinary day in Jersey.

Jersey
🇯🇪 Channel IslandsJersey
  • St Brelade's BayThe tide is out half a mile. Nobody on the sand but dogs and the 2 families who own the headland.
  • St HelierThe advocate, the housing license, and a finance quarter that runs more than 600 funds from 3 streets.
  • GoreyLunch under Mont Orgueil. The oyster beds are visible from the table.
  • Jersey AirportThe evening flight to Heathrow, about an hour. Dinner in Mayfair, home by the last flight tomorrow.

Flight times.

FromFlightRouting
New York9h 25m1 stop to Jersey
London1h 10mNonstop to Jersey
Zurich4h 10m1 stop to Jersey
Dubai10h 05m1 stop to Jersey
Singapore16h1 stop to Jersey
Tel Aviv7h 30m1 stop to Jersey

Scheduled gate to gate times on the fastest routing, with 1h 30m allowed for each connection. Airline schedules read October 17, 2026.

Healthcare

Care within reach.

Nearest emergency departmentunder 1 kmJersey General Hospital
Best ranked within reachNoneNo hospital within reach is in the 2026 lists
Life expectancy, Jersey83.1years at birth, 2023

Care not available on the island is provided in UK hospitals. Southampton's trust is among those with agreements to treat Jersey patients, and the scheduled Jersey to Southampton flight SI3350 is timed 07:00 to 07:50. Jersey General Hospital in St Helier is the island's acute hospital. Patients too ill for scheduled flights are moved to the UK by charter or air ambulance.

HospitalRoleDistanceNewsweek 2026JCI
Jersey General HospitalNearest emergency departmentunder 1 kmNot rankedNo
Southampton General Hospital (University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust)Where serious cases go200 km#13 in UKNo

Mid-table

Life expectancy at birth, years, the 20 countries and territories in Europe on the board

  1. Monaco86.5
  2. Switzerland84.4
  3. Liechtenstein84.2
  4. Andorra84.2
  5. Italy84.0
  6. Spain83.9
  7. Gibraltar83.6
  8. Luxembourg83.2
  9. Jersey83.1
  10. France83.0
  11. Malta83.0
  12. Portugal82.4
  13. Austria82.0
  14. Greece81.8

Note: Jersey ranks 9 of 20. Latest year published for each, 2023 to 2024.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, latest year for each country. Jersey: its government

Hospital ranks from Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026. Accreditation from the Joint Commission International directory. Distances in a straight line from Jersey, from OpenStreetMap. Country figures from the World Bank and the WHO, the latest year each publishes. Checked 23.10.2026. Research, not medical advice.

Within reach

Near Jersey on the board.

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Questions

How much income tax does a $1M earner pay in Jersey?

About $200K a year, an effective 20%, which leaves $800K of $1,000,000 on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

At $300K the effective rate is 20%, and at $3M it is 20%. Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled. Special regime for arrivals: High Value Residency: 20% on Jersey property income and on the first £1.25M of other income, and 1% on everything above, a minimum tax of £250K a year, and a house bought above £3.5M or an apartment above £1.75M. In figures, 20% on the first £1.25M and 1% above it, with the £250K minimum, on worldwide income: about $346K on $3M (12%). Every other figure and ranking on this site uses the standard system.

Does Jersey tax capital gains?

No. A resident individual in Jersey pays no capital gains tax on a disposal of listed securities.

A liquidity event realized after residence begins is not taxed locally. The country you leave can still apply its own exit rules to a gain that accrued while you lived there.

Does Jersey have a wealth tax?

No. Jersey levies no general annual wealth tax on a resident's net worth.

Does Jersey have an inheritance tax?

No. Jersey levies no inheritance tax. Probate stamp duty of up to 0.75% applies to Jersey movable estate.

What a child pays: nothing. Source: Government of Jersey, current to October 2026. The heir's own residence and the location of the assets can bring another country's tax into play.

How does a foreigner get residence in Jersey?

British and Irish citizens need no visa, but housing is licensed: a newcomer rents only registered homes and buys only with a license, and High Value Residency is the license for wealth.

Everyone else applies through the same route or a licensed job. No capital gains tax, no inheritance tax, and 1 hour from London. Routes that matter for money: Lump sum residence.

What is the cost of living in Jersey?

Jersey scores 105 on the Patrician.ch cost index, where Zurich is 100, and ranks 30 of 100 on cost, 1 being the most expensive.

Safety scores 9 of 10 and schools 7 of 10, with 2,090 sun hours a year. Cost, safety and schools are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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