Work & Labour in Switzerland 988 indicators covering work & labour for Switzerland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 595 Thousand persons 2025 down 4.8% 11th Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 249 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.7% 18th Employment and labour force by sex and age - quarterly data 589 Thousand persons 2020 down 5.6% 17th Long-term unemployment by sex - annual data 74 Thousand persons 2025 down 11.9% 17th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 77 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.2% 16th Supplementary indicators to unemployment - annual data 229 Thousand persons 2025 down 29.3% 8th Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 229 Thousand persons 2025 down 29.3% 8th Unemployed persons by type of employment sought 237.6 Thousand persons 2020 up 11.9% 19th Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data 61 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.6% 19th Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts by sex 34.9% 2024 up 17.1% 34th Employed persons in forestry and forest-based industry - NACE Rev. 2 6.5 Thousand persons 2025 down 52.2% 30th Unemployment by sex and age - quarterly data 246 Thousand persons 2020 up 30.2% 20th Labour market slack by sex and age - quarterly data 246 Thousand persons 2020 up 30.2% 20th Temporary employment agency workers by NACE Rev. 2 activity 1.0% 2025 down 16.7% 27th Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 574 Thousand persons 2020 down 8.9% 15th Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 238 Thousand persons 2020 up 12.3% 20th Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 238 Thousand persons 2020 up 12.3% 20th Employed persons by detailed occupation 4,837 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.3% 17th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and sex 4,838 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.3% 17th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and age 4,838 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.3% 17th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and educational 4,838 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.3% 17th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and NACE Rev. 2 4,838 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.3% 17th Employees by European socio-economic group and employment contract 4,059 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.4% 18th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and working time 4,838 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.3% 17th Youth self-employment by educational attainment level 3.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 143.8% 15th Cultural employment by sex 244 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.3% 13th Cultural employment by age 244 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.3% 13th Cultural employment by educational attainment level 244 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.3% 13th Cultural employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 244 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.3% 13th Cultural employment by sex and selected labour market characteristics 58.2% 2025 down 6.0% 43rd Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors 58.2% 2025 down 6.0% 43rd Employed persons in sport by sex 50.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 4.5% 14th Employed persons in sport by age 50.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 4.5% 14th Employed persons in sport by educational attainment level 50.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 4.5% 14th Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings 16.9% 2014 down 23.2% 11th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data 156 Thousand persons 2020 up 28.9% 14th Job vacancy rate by NACE Rev. 2.1 activity - annual data 1.4 Annual average 2025 up 75.0% 20th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 1,846 Thousand persons 2020 up 26.2% 11th Labour market transitions - annual data 4,490 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.3% 17th Persons who cannot afford to get-together with friends or family 4.7% 2024 up 62.1% 29th Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week 7.6% 2024 up 24.6% 30th Persons who cannot afford to replace worn-out clothes by some new 4.0% 2024 down 4.8% 37th Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.4% 2024 down 73.3% 41st Persons who cannot afford to regularly participate in a leisure 12.4% 2024 up 55.0% 14th Transition from unemployment to employment by duration of 31.0% 2025 down 6.1% 6th Job-to-job transitions (annual averages of quarterly transitions) 3.0% 2025 down 25.0% 8th Transition from outside the labour force to employment by labour 8.0% 2025 unchanged 3rd Employed persons working at atypical working time by European 37.2% 2025 down 8.8% 12th Transition from unemployment to employment by previous work 31.0% 2025 down 6.1% 6th Transition from employment to unemployment by degree of urbanisation 1.0% 2025 unchanged 12th Disability employment gap by level of activity limitation and sex 9.2% 2024 up 29.6% 43rd Transition from unemployment to employment by degree of urbanisation 31.0% 2025 down 6.1% 6th Unemployed persons by type of employment sought - quarterly data 246.4 Thousand persons 2020 up 30.5% 19th Unemployed persons by previous occupation - quarterly data 246.4 Thousand persons 2020 up 30.5% 19th Unemployed persons by methods used for seeking work - % of total 48.3% 2020 down 0.4% 26th Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 246.8 Thousand 2020 up 159.0% 12th Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 109.2 Thousand 2020 up 179.3% 12th Recent immigrants in the labour force by country of birth 88.0% 2025 up 3.3% 6th Employed recent immigrants by country of birth 81.6% 2025 up 3.8% 6th Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by age and NACE Rev. 2 activity 2.2% 2024 down 45.0% 24th ← Previous Page 15 of 17 Next →