Federal Statistical Office
Swiss earnings structure survey: medians, percentiles and history by occupational group and major region.
- Reference year
- 2024
- Survey frequency
- Every two years
- Checked
- 1 November 2026
Sources & methodology
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Means come from Eurostat and medians from the FSO. Their years and reference groups are shown separately. No mean is inferred from a median.
The sources behind your results
Eurostat · Swiss data
Mean gross annual earnings from the SES, in Swiss francs and full-time equivalents. Major ISCO groups, Switzerland, secondary and tertiary sectors including public administration.
- Reference year
- 2022
- Scope
- Switzerland · National
- Checked
- 1 November 2026
FSO · I14Y platform
CH-ISCO-19 classification and official titles in French, German, Italian and English where available. Multilingual search and synonyms.
- Active titles
- 22’965
- Directory version
- 1.2.3
- Import checked
- 21 October 2026
Switzerland in the international comparison
Eurostat SES 2022 · full-time equivalents · enterprises with 10 or more employees · industry, construction and services excluding public administration. Ranking among observed countries, not a world ranking.
Eurostat · View sourceRents, premiums and household spending
Reference years are shown separately. Annual rent and premium releases are integrated after verification; they are not real-time prices.
OFS / BFS / FSO / UST · 2024OFSP / BAG / FOPH / UFSP · 2026FSO · Household budget · 2023FSO · Spending in eight cantons · 2020-2021Poverty, wealth and salary position
FSO SILC for poverty, UBS for wealth in US dollars. The slider uses national FSO percentiles; the gender gap compares unadjusted national medians. Populations and observation years remain separate.
OFS · SILC · 2024UBS · Global Wealth Report 2026UBS · Billionaire Ambitions Report 2025Swiss market benchmarks
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What does the mean salary represent?
It is the official arithmetic mean published by Eurostat from Swiss SES 2022 data, by one-digit ISCO major occupational group. It covers all Switzerland. For a profession without a covered group, a national benchmark across occupations is explicitly displayed. It is not the mean for the exact job title.
Why can the mean and median differ?
The median splits jobs into two halves. The mean adds earnings and divides them by their number, using the survey weights. Here, the FSO median uses two-digit groups and the selected region; the Eurostat mean uses broader groups, all Switzerland and a different year. A direct comparison therefore does not measure wage dispersion.
How are amounts and part-time work calculated?
The FSO median is standardised to a 40-hour week and includes one twelfth of the 13th salary and special payments. Its annual equivalent is the monthly figure multiplied by 12. The Eurostat mean is annual, in full-time equivalents and includes annual payments; its monthly equivalent is divided by 12. Workload is applied on an indicative pro rata basis. All amounts are gross.
Do the figures apply to the selected canton?
The canton determines the FSO major region used for the median: seven regions and Switzerland are available. The Eurostat mean remains a national benchmark regardless of the canton. No cantonal adjustment factor is applied.
How is the ten-year change measured?
The calculation is: (final median ÷ initial median − 1) × 100, between surveys ten years apart. It uses current francs without an inflation adjustment and does not represent experience-related pay progression. Years without a survey are not reconstructed.
When are the sources checked?
An automatic monthly review checks salary, spending, poverty and wealth sources, even without visitors. New releases are integrated after validation; the last valid figures are retained if a check fails. Searches can also query public FSO and Eurostat APIs. The review date is separate from the statistical reference year: a check does not create new observations. The occupation directory uses the imported version shown above.
Which employees are covered?
The Eurostat mean covers employees in the secondary and tertiary sectors, including public administration. The Swiss survey targets enterprises with at least three people. Agriculture, self-employment, apprentices and trainees are not represented in this mean. ISCO group 6 therefore only covers occupations within the surveyed sectors. A national reference for an out-of-scope profession remains a general benchmark.
What does an asterisk mean?
The FSO uses it to flag a statistically uncertain value. The flag is retained in charts, tables and exports. Confidential cells are never replaced with zero.