Salaries in Switzerland 2024

The median salary in Switzerland was CHF 7’024 gross a month in 2024 (full time, including the pro-rata 13th month salary): half of employees earn more, half less. 10% earn less than CHF 4’635, 10% more than CHF 12’526. Compared with 2022 the median rose 3.5%. Women’s median is CHF 6’666, men’s CHF 7’276 (8.4% less). The median is highest in the Zurich region (CHF 7’502) and lowest in the Ticino region (CHF 5’708).

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Gross salary standardised to full time (4⅓ weeks of 40 hours), including employees’ social security contributions, 1/12 of the 13th month salary and 1/12 of annual special payments (FSO definition). Major regions, not cantons: the earnings structure survey is published by major region only.

Median salary by major region 2024

Region	Median	P10	P90	vs 2022
Zurich	7’502	4’761	13’970	+3.8%
Northwestern Switzerland	7’156	4’689	12’918	+2.7%
Central Switzerland	7’092	4’745	12’856	+4.6%
Lake Geneva region	6’998	4’585	12’636	+2.2%
Espace Mittelland	6’964	4’737	11’734	+3.1%
Eastern Switzerland	6’623	4’563	11’030	+4.4%
Ticino	5’708	3’783	10’012	+2.1%

Median salary by sector 2024

Sector	Median	Women	Men	P10–P90	vs 2022
Manufacture of tobacco products 12	14’304	14’001	14’435	7’151–37’324	+7.6%
Financial services 64	10’723	9’055	11’914	6’409–21’105	+2.2%
Head offices and management consultancy 70	10’418	9’104	11’526	5’643–22’216	+5.7%
Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 21	10’159	10’144	10’173	6’386–20’167	−1.3%
Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance 66	10’042	8’072	11’654	5’670–20’978	+4.3%
IT services 62	9’874	8’618	10’175	6’062–20’000	+4.9%
Telecommunications 61	9’380	8’122	9’752	5’979–15’274	+4.6%
Insurance 65	9’351	8’032	10’681	6’086–15’109	+3.7%
Research and development 72	9’139	8’753	9’414	5’814–16’833	+1.6%
Broadcasting 60	9’121	8’743	9’388	6’181–12’590	+3.7%
Information services 63	9’014	7’691	9’750	5’356–15’618	−21.7%
Public administration, defence, social security 84	8’872	8’298	9’424	6’082–12’979	+5.2%
Energy supply 35	8’811	8’016	8’959	6’297–13’250	+3.7%
Education 85	8’745	8’557	9’105	5’364–12’629	+2.0%
Legal and accounting activities 69	8’266	7’512	10’000	5’251–16’192	+1.5%
Manufacture of chemicals 20	8’109	7’693	8’251	5’420–14’561	+0.5%
Publishing activities 58	8’095	7’444	8’665	5’548–12’695	+3.5%
Water supply 36	7’887	7’284	7’963	6’088–11’169	+1.5%
Architecture and engineering, technical testing 71	7’853	7’168	8’235	5’400–12’782	+2.7%
Membership and religious organisations 94	7’849	7’530	8’440	5’200–12’246	+4.6%
Computer, electronic and optical products, watches 26	7’651	6’368	8’292	5’036–12’728	+3.9%
Manufacture of machinery 28	7’632	6’824	7’772	5’364–11’960	+5.3%
Other transport equipment 30	7’485	7’345	7’518	5’467–11’234	+2.7%
Wholesale trade 46	7’478	7’209	7’619	4’849–16’247	+0.9%
Water transport 50	7’470	7’089	7’607	5’074–19’752	+21.5%
Manufacture of leather and footwear 15	7’438	6’969	8’095	4’332–12’816	+25.2%
Libraries, archives, museums, botanical and zoological gardens 91	7’369	7’220	7’664	4’853–11’212	+2.8%
Rental and leasing 77	7’324	7’573	7’267	4’937–16’274	+15.1%
Real estate activities 68	7’239	6’868	7’808	4’893–12’535	+3.3%
Advertising and market research 73	7’222	6’808	7’821	4’800–13’969	+4.6%
Human health 86	7’214	6’987	8’079	5’102–11’759	+3.7%
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 33	7’169	6’895	7’186	5’199–10’903	+4.1%
Civil engineering 42	7’161	7’032	7’171	5’712–10’173	+6.0%
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 74	7’143	6’690	7’619	4’874–12’226	+3.8%
Air transport 51	7’134	4’904	8’576	3’972–14’771	+2.2%
Creative, arts and entertainment 90	7’040	6’725	7’340	4’717–10’480	+2.2%
Electrical equipment 27	7’005	5’661	7’357	4’802–11’558	+3.0%
Motor vehicles and parts 29	6’911	6’655	6’943	4’982–11’209	+5.9%
Social work (non-residential) 88	6’802	6’582	7’370	4’681–9’816	+2.9%
Construction of buildings 41	6’707	6’901	6’695	5’293–10’052	+2.4%
Veterinary activities 75	6’691	6’108	9’631	4’510–11’919	+6.3%
Land transport and transport via pipelines 49	6’641	6’521	6’665	4’642–10’060	+5.3%
Sewerage 37	6’610	6’615	6’610	4’835–9’493	+0.1%
Manufacture of furniture 31	6’599	6’339	6’657	5’219–9’648	+3.3%
Other mining and quarrying 8	6’592	6’620	6’586	5’453–8’984	+4.1%
Fabricated metal products 25	6’535	5’782	6’666	4’772–9’909	+4.5%
Specialised construction activities 43	6’499	6’190	6’531	5’072–9’472	+3.1%
Manufacture of beverages 11	6’487	6’086	6’585	4’875–10’353	+6.3%
Glass, ceramics and other non-metallic mineral products 23	6’482	6’341	6’501	5’157–10’346	+2.5%
Printing and reproduction of recorded media 18	6’476	5’862	7’068	4’553–10’513	+2.0%
Other business support services 82	6’410	6’102	6’826	4’324–11’632	+5.3%
Manufacture of paper and paper products 17	6’400	5’361	6’668	4’686–9’725	+2.0%
Other manufacturing 32	6’400	5’651	7’014	4’091–12’969	−2.9%
Sports and recreation 93	6’395	5’960	6’667	4’180–12’179	+3.2%
Audiovisual media 59	6’362	6’000	6’563	4’067–10’754	+7.6%
Manufacture of wood and cork products (except furniture) 16	6’351	6’031	6’392	4’946–8’641	+3.6%
Rubber and plastic products 22	6’322	5’419	6’607	4’582–9’832	+3.1%
Travel agencies 79	6’318	6’185	6’761	4’697–10’440	+4.1%
Manufacture of basic metals 24	6’279	5’945	6’312	4’546–10’112	+1.8%
Trade and repair of motor vehicles 45	6’273	5’964	6’335	4’619–9’972	+4.1%
Residential care 87	6’200	6’049	6’672	4’724–9’029	+4.0%
Waste collection, treatment and recovery 38	6’159	6’422	6’121	4’595–9’573	+0.3%
Postal and courier activities 53	6’145	6’256	6’097	4’615–9’684	+5.8%
Warehousing and support activities for transport 52	6’033	5’852	6’083	4’318–10’677	+3.4%
Manufacture of textiles 13	6’007	5’356	6’446	4’413–9’516	+7.0%
Gambling and betting 92	5’969	5’725	6’145	4’357–9’461	+3.2%
Employment activities 78	5’931	5’652	5’993	4’455–9’165	+1.3%
Repair of household goods 95	5’901	5’578	6’012	4’441–8’834	−1.1%
Manufacture of food products 10	5’463	4’992	5’832	4’151–8’750	+2.5%
Services to buildings and landscape 81	5’266	4’385	5’856	3’935–8’155	+0.3%
Retail trade 47	5’214	5’028	5’671	4’320–8’505	+2.3%
Security and investigation 80	5’117	5’021	5’145	4’376–6’826	+1.3%
Food and beverage service activities 56	4’744	4’612	4’862	3’782–6’907	+3.1%
Accommodation 55	4’715	4’601	4’871	3’783–7’002	+3.1%
Manufacture of wearing apparel 14	4’571	4’160	6’118	3’256–8’662	−2.9%
Other personal services 96	4’496	4’335	5’121	3’646–7’166	+2.6%

Median salary by occupation 2024

Occupation	Median	up to 29	30–49	50+
Managers	10’208	6’505	9’887	11’344
Chief executives, senior officials and legislators	10’831	6’505	10’277	11’958
Administrative and commercial managers	10’375	6’664	10’165	11’485
Production and specialised services managers	9’594	6’581	9’407	10’403
Hospitality, retail and other services managers	6’723	5’636	6’739	7’002
Professionals	9’027	6’783	9’125	10’681
Science and engineering professionals	8’730	6’734	8’801	10’670
Health professionals	8’000	6’642	8’152	8’968
Teaching professionals	9’697	7’316	9’462	11’048
Business and administration professionals	9’509	6’706	9’707	11’215
ICT professionals	9’949	7’200	9’995	11’349
Legal, social and cultural professionals	9’122	6’707	9’064	10’326
Technicians and associate professionals	7’523	5’833	7’663	8’457
Science and engineering associate professionals	7’507	6’088	7’568	8’208
Health associate professionals	6’203	5’357	6’484	7’032
Business and administration associate professionals	7’900	5’945	7’980	8’818
Legal, social and cultural associate professionals	7’078	5’674	7’181	7’865
ICT technicians	7’859	6’012	7’892	9’148
Clerical support workers	6’370	5’348	6’475	7’040
General and keyboard clerks	6’637	5’439	6’717	7’244
Customer services clerks	5’965	5’079	6’126	6’871
Numerical and material recording clerks	6’035	5’236	6’075	6’685
Other clerical support workers	6’356	5’396	6’573	6’933
Service and sales workers	5’136	4’739	5’185	5’445
Personal service workers	4’927	4’554	4’934	5’309
Sales workers	4’970	4’712	5’058	5’149
Personal care workers	5’629	5’109	5’663	5’912
Protective services workers	6’528	5’340	7’158	7’128
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	5’670	5’190	5’873	6’237
Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers	5’622	5’154	5’828	6’149
Skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers	6’109	5’486	6’406	7’359
Craft and related trades workers	6’190	5’482	6’341	6’705
Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)	6’172	5’546	6’277	6’540
Metal, machinery and related trades workers	6’394	5’409	6’545	7’112
Handicraft and printing workers	6’165	5’291	6’189	6’787
Electrical and electronics trades workers	6’432	5’765	6’681	7’352
Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft workers	5’302	4’862	5’417	5’643
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	5’897	5’305	5’880	6’205
Stationary plant and machine operators	5’778	5’246	5’756	6’105
Assemblers	5’980	5’509	5’936	6’463
Drivers and mobile plant operators	5’951	5’215	5’968	6’195
Elementary occupations	5’120	4’832	5’112	5’309
Cleaners and helpers	4’549	4’293	4’489	4’684
Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers	4’919	4’574	4’985	5’193
Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport	5’541	5’109	5’544	5’848
Food preparation assistants	4’429	4’242	4’411	4’579
Refuse workers and other elementary workers	5’288	4’598	5’346	5’677

Frequently asked questions

What is the average salary in Switzerland?

The FSO publishes the median: CHF 7’024 gross a month for a full-time job in 2024. The median says more than the average because very high salaries do not distort it.

Is the 13th month salary included?

Yes. The survey’s monthly salaries include 1/12 of the 13th month salary and 1/12 of annual special payments. With 13 salaries a year, each payment is therefore lower than the value shown (value × 12 / 13).

How much is deducted from the gross salary?

Employees pay 5.3% for AHV/IV/EO (old-age, disability, income compensation) and 1.1% for unemployment insurance (on salary up to CHF 148’200 a year), plus the pension fund (depends on the fund; legal minimum retirement credits 7 / 10 / 15 / 18% of the coordinated salary, at least half paid by the employer) and non-occupational accident insurance (depends on the insurer). Withholding tax and taxes come on top depending on your situation (as of 2026-01-01).

Which sector pays most?

In 2024, Manufacture of tobacco products had the highest median salary (CHF 14’304) and Other personal services the lowest (CHF 4’496).

Source: BFS, Schweizerische Lohnstrukturerhebung (LSE) · AHV/IV: Synoptische Tabelle der Beitrags- und Prämiensätze, Stand 1.1.2026 · Data as JSON · SLI-2026-10-03.32

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