Switzerland - Earned income 2023, by gender

Gross earned income of employees in Switzerland from 2013 to 2023, by gender (in Swiss francs)

Characteristic	Total	Men	Women
2013	79,700	84,000	68,900
2014	80,000	84,500	68,900
2015	80,300	84,400	70,500
2016	80,000	84,500	70,200
2017	80,000	84,600	70,200
2018	81,000	85,200	71,500
2019	82,000	86,000	72,800
2020	82,900	87,100	73,500
2021	83,700	87,500	75,000
2022	84,000	87,700	75,400
2023	85,100	90,000	77,300

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August 2024

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Region

Switzerland

Survey time period

2013 to 2023

Special properties

Full-time¹, median², permanent resident population

Supplementary notes

¹ For one half of the labour force, earned income is above the median, for the other half it is below.

² 90 per cent and more.

According to the source, the annual income is determined based on the amount stated by the respondent. If this amount is stated as a monthly amount, 12 monthly amounts are calculated and one or two monthly amounts are added if a 13th or 14th monthly salary is paid. If the income is stated in the form of an hourly wage, this is converted to the annual amount by multiplying it by the person's weekly working hours and by 52. For employees, the net amounts are converted into gross amounts by adding a lump sum for social security contributions, which are calculated according to the economic sector and age of the respondent.

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In 2023, the median income¹ of full-time employees² in Switzerland was approximately 85,100 Swiss francs gross. Men received an average of 90,000 Swiss francs, while women earned 77,300 Swiss francs on average. The average income increased every year over this timeline. The difference between men's and women’s wages has been slowly decreasing over the years.