Swiss fact: 96% of Swiss workers earn more than 3,000 francs a month

A report published by the Swiss Federal Office of statistics, shows that only 4.3% of full-time¹ workers earn CHF 3,000 or less per month². The monthly figure is net of social security deductions, but includes one twelfth of the 13th bonus month typically paid in Switzerland.

CHF 3,000 per month is CHF 36,000 a year, equivalent to US$ 36,250 or GBP 28,250, slightly above the annual UK median of GBP 28,028³.

At the other end of the spectrum, only 5.6% of full-time Swiss workers earn over CHF 10,000 per month, and only 0.3% over CHF 20,000.

80% earn more than CHF 4,000, 54% earn more than CHF 5,000, 34% more than CHF 6,000, 22% more than CHF 7,000, 15% more than CHF 8,000, and 9% more than CHF 9,000.

The cost of living is high in Switzerland so CHF 3,000 soon gets consumed by bills.

The average working week for full-time workers in Switzerland is 41.7 hours, higher than in the UK (39.2 hours), but lower than in the US (47 hours).

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Swiss Federal Office of statistics 2016 report (in French) - Take a 5 minute French test now
¹ Those working at least 90 percent of full-time..
² 2014 data.
³ Based on April 2016 weekly median earnings for a full-time UK worker GBP 539.

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