Work & Labour in Switzerland 988 indicators covering work & labour for Switzerland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Employed persons by professional status and job tenure 8.4 Year 2025 down 3.4% 41st Newly employed by professional status and citizenship - % of persons 16.8% 2025 down 7.2% 9th Newly employed by professional status and country of birth - % of 16.8% 2025 down 7.2% 9th Expenditure on unemployment function by type of benefit and 5,430 Million euro 2023 up 16.8% 10th Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by citizenship 30.2% 2025 down 18.6% 23rd Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by country of 30.2% 2025 down 18.6% 23rd Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 85.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 37.5% 16th Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 85.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 37.5% 16th Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 2,345 2023 up 5.8% 17th SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total 1.09 2024 up 27.7% 46th Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 49.1 2024 up 37.7% 41st Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1.09 2024 up 27.7% 46th Informal employment rate 1.09 2024 up 27.7% 46th Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 83.23 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2024 up 13.1% 13th Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 95.86 2024 up 37.9% 34th Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 2.13 2024 up 27.8% 42nd Youth unemployment rate by country of birth 9.2% 2025 up 1.1% 45th Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 52.27 2025 up 14.9% 23rd Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 52.27 2025 up 14.9% 23rd Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2024 unchanged 1st Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 79.26 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2024 down 0.3% 16th Early leavers from education and training by labour status 5.5% 2025 up 5.8% 33rd Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - absolute 81.61 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2023 down 7.9% 21st Children in employment 110.25 2025 up 10.9% 17th Children in child labour 44.07 2025 up 36.2% 18th Share of children in child labour 16.47 2025 up 29.5% 7th Labour input in construction - annual data 105 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 8.6% 22nd Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of 32.0% 2025 up 27.5% 6th Informal employment, female 0.9% 2024 up 13.6% 45th Informal employment, male 1.1% 2024 up 181.0% 45th Informal employment 1.0% 2024 up 76.3% 45th Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - indices 98.51 Index, n-1 = 100 2023 down 0.3% 16th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 3.89 2024 up 0.0% 36th Unemployment rate 3.89 2024 up 0.0% 36th Labour input in wholesale and retail trade - annual data 100.6 Index, 2021=100 2025 down 3.1% 24th Fatal occupational injury rates 1.13 per 100,000 employees 2023 down 43.8% 64th Informal employment 5.6% 2024 down 40.5% 41st Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 unchanged 1st Collective bargaining coverage rate 47.7 2018 up 6.7% 21st Employment in STEM occupations 1,170 2025 up 24.2% 9th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 63.62 2020 up 13.6% 9th Informal employment, male 5.6% 2024 down 0.6% 40th Employees working shifts - % of total employees 15.5% 2025 down 0.6% 33rd Employed persons working on Saturdays by professional status - % of 2.8% 2025 down 34.9% 44th Employed persons working on Sundays by professional status - % of 1.5% 2025 down 34.8% 44th Employed persons working at nights by professional status - % of 6.6% 2025 down 20.5% 30th Job tenure by professional status and occupation 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Long working hours in the main job by professional status and 6.8% 2025 up 58.1% 14th Employed persons working in the evenings by professional status - % 20.2% 2025 down 18.2% 23rd Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 81.5% 2025 down 0.9% 15th Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 81.5% 2025 down 0.9% 15th Unemployment rates of young persons not in education and training by 7.6% 2025 down 5.0% 27th Labour force participation rates of young persons not in education 88.2% 2025 down 1.3% 13th Labour force non-participation rates of young persons not in 11.8% 2025 up 11.3% 30th Participation rate of young persons in education and training by 92.6% 2025 down 2.7% 39th Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by labour 61.4% 2025 down 5.2% 25th Share of children in child labour -- General Production Boundary 16.47 2025 up 29.5% 7th Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs 20 Rate 2024 up 4.2% 44th Informal employment, female 14.6% 2022 down 18.7% 33rd Persons in part-time employment by country of birth - % of total 16.4% 2025 up 13.9% 38th ← Previous Page 12 of 17 Next →