Vienna
🇦🇹 Austria · Address 53 of 100

Vienna, for a high earner.

A regular at the top of the world's livability rankings. Austrian income tax is steep and city hall has been socialist since 1945, yet there is no wealth tax and no inheritance tax.

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In short, current to October 2026

  • A person earning $1,000,000 and resident in Vienna, Austria, pays an effective 48% of income tax on the Patrician.ch 2026 model, keeping $519K. At $300,000 the effective rate is 44%, and at $3,000,000 it is 53%.
  • Capital gains on a disposal by a resident individual are taxed at 28% in Vienna, so a $5,000,000 liquidity event realized after residence begins carries roughly $1.4M locally.
  • Inheritance: No inheritance tax. Austria abolished inheritance and gift tax in 2008. A real estate transfer tax still applies when Austrian property passes.
  • On the passports most readers hold, the realistic route into Vienna is Founder & talent.
  • Cost of the life is 74 on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, safety 9 of 10, schools 9 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: Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, Austrian Federal Law (RIS), Austrian Government, Migration. 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, Vienna tax and residence 2026 for a high earner, patrician.ch/cities/vienna/, October 2026.

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By the Patrician.ch research desk · Updated 29 October 2026 · 11 min read
The numbers

What Vienna takes, and what it costs.

Effective tax at $1M48%$519K kept after tax
Capital gains28%on a $1M gain
Cost index74Zurich = 100
Inheritance, children0%No inheritance tax
Supercar street index#69of 100
Safety9/10 
Schools9/10international options
The Patrician.ch 1006thof 100, the ranking
Prestige of address8/10Patrician.ch editorial index
A 200 m² prime home$5.1MUS$1M buys 39 m². Knight Frank, The Wealth Report 2026
Sun hours a year2,040High tax
Passport mobility185visa free destinations

Tax on your bracket.

IncomeTaxEffectiveKept after tax
$300K$131K44%$169K
$1M$481K48%$519K
$3M$1.6M53%$1.4M
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Paying for it

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. Vienna$519K

Note: single filer, not a US citizen. Vienna ranks 49 of 53 here, level with 1 other

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. In Austria employees also pay social insurance at 18.07% of salary, up to €97,020 of salary a year. Non-US single filer. Enter your own income, exit, passports, and family to see where Vienna ranks for you.

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FIRE

The FIRE number in Vienna.

The capital whose yearly withdrawal, at 4%, pays for a year here after Vienna's tax on the gain part of each sale: 27.5% on a resident's listed securities, with half of each sale counted as gain.

A $100K year here $2.90M
A $150K year here $4.35M
A $250K year here $7.25M

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Who gets in

The residence route.

EU nationals register on arrival. Others need the Red-White-Red card, with a job offer, as a key worker, or as a self employed key worker whose business brings Austria a wider economic benefit, such as at least €100,000 of investment capital or new jobs. The financially independent can apply for the quota limited settlement permit for people who will not work in Austria. No golden visa.

Founder & talent
The life

An ordinary day in Vienna.

Vienna, Austria
🇦🇹 AustriaVienna
  • PraterRun the Hauptallee under 4.5 kilometers of chestnut trees.
  • Innere StadtThe Privatstiftung, the private bank on the Ring, and a lawyer who has advised the same families for 3 generations.
  • Café LandtmannLunch where Freud had his.
  • DöblingHome in a villa with a garden. The opera at 7, the Heuriger after.

Flight times.

FromFlightRouting
New York8h 15mNonstop to Vienna
London2h 15mNonstop to Vienna
Zurich1h 20mNonstop to Vienna
Dubai6h 10mNonstop to Vienna
Singapore12h 30mNonstop to Vienna
Tel Aviv3h 45mNonstop to Vienna

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 department2 kmUniversitätsklinikum AKH Wien / Medizinische Universität Wien
Best ranked within reachWorld #20Universitätsklinikum AKH Wien / Medizinische Universität Wien, 2 km
Life expectancy, Austria82.0years at birth, 2024
Doctors per 1,000 people5.5Austria, 2023
Hospital beds per 1,0006.7Austria, 2022
Health spending per person$6,739US dollars a year, 2024
Care coverage index84WHO, out of 100, 2023

AKH Wien, ranked No. 20 worldwide and No. 1 in Austria, is about 2 km from the city center. AKH Wien runs the city's largest emergency department at Währinger Gürtel.

HospitalRoleDistanceNewsweek 2026JCI
Universitätsklinikum AKH Wien / Medizinische Universität WienNearest emergency department2 kmWorld #20No

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: Austria ranks 13 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 Vienna, 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 Vienna on the board.

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Questions

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

About $481K a year, an effective 48%, which leaves $519K of $1,000,000 on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

At $300K the effective rate is 44%, and at $3M it is 53%. Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled. In Austria employees also pay social insurance at 18.07% of salary, up to €97,020 of salary a year.

Does Vienna tax capital gains?

Yes. A resident individual in Vienna pays about 28% on a capital gain, about $275K on a $1,000,000 gain.

The rate is modeled on a $1,000,000 gain on listed securities after the common exemptions. Holding periods and exemptions can lower it.

Does Vienna have a wealth tax?

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

Does Vienna have an inheritance tax?

No. Austria abolished inheritance and gift tax in 2008. A real estate transfer tax still applies when Austrian property passes.

What a child pays: nothing. Source: Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, 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 Vienna?

EU nationals register on arrival.

Others need the Red-White-Red card, with a job offer, as a key worker, or as a self employed key worker whose business brings Austria a wider economic benefit, such as at least €100,000 of investment capital or new jobs. The financially independent can apply for the quota limited settlement permit for people who will not work in Austria. No golden visa. Routes that matter for money: Founder & talent.

What is the cost of living in Vienna?

Vienna scores 74 on the Patrician.ch cost index, where Zurich is 100, and ranks 75 of 100 on cost, 1 being the most expensive.

Safety scores 9 of 10 and schools 9 of 10, with 2,040 sun hours a year. Cost, safety and schools are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled. In Austria employees also pay social insurance at 18.07% of salary, up to €97,020 of salary a year. Figures are for a non-US single filer. Wealth tax, an exit and your passports are added when you run the engine on your own numbers. Not advice. Residence rules change often. Verify before acting.

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