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