Work & Labour in Switzerland 988 indicators covering work & labour for Switzerland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment 4,065 Persons 2025 up 5.4% 21st Employment by professional status 4,886 Persons 2025 up 7.7% 20th Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Number of strikes and lockouts 5 2024 down 37.5% 55th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 4,837 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.3% 17th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 4,837 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.3% 17th Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 2,810 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.5% 14th Incidence of unemployment by duration 17.89 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 4.1% 28th Annual population and employment, national concept — Total employment 4,886 Persons 2025 up 7.7% 20th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 35.23 2025 down 2.7% 85th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 35.39 2025 down 1.6% 84th Youth unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 84.37 2025 up 3.2% 52nd Monthly unemployment levels 248.55 Persons 2025 up 8.6% 21st Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts 2.69 2024 up 40.7% 54th Gender share of part-time employment 71.36 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 5.6% 8th Full-time and part-time employment 2,997 Persons 2025 up 3.5% 28th Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition 2,997 Persons 2025 up 3.5% 28th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on national 61.34 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 3.8% 40th Youth employees 931.64 2025 down 6.1% 39th Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts 3,712 2024 down 11.3% 49th Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person 36 2025 up 1.5% 78th Average weekly hours usually worked per employee 35.64 2025 up 2.0% 81st Monthly unemployment rates 4.84 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 up 0.8% 19th Annual population and employment, national concept — Employees 4,432 Persons 2025 up 8.9% 18th Annual population and employment, national concept — Self employed 454.07 Persons 2025 down 3.0% 26th Average monthly earnings of employees 6,468 2025 up 11.6% 47th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on 74.49 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 1.6% 37th Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition 3,603 Persons 2025 up 9.0% 26th Average monthly earnings of employees 6,468 2025 up 11.6% 45th Days lost due to cases of occupational injury with temporary 1.93 million 2023 up 20.6% 19th Infra-annual registered unemployment and job vacancies 133,712 Persons 2025 down 6.4% 18th Long usual weekly working hours — Employment 318.63 Persons 2025 up 64.8% 26th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Population 7.86 million Persons 2026 up 11.3% 30th Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked — Share of 6.59 Percentage of workers in the same age, sex and employment status 2025 up 53.6% 27th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.344 2025 down 2.3% 43rd Median monthly earnings of employees 5,989 2025 up 10.6% 40th Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 12.0% 2024 down 9.9% 52nd Female share of employment in senior and middle management 33.3% 2025 up 6.6% 59th Median monthly earnings of employees 5,989 2025 up 10.6% 39th Median monthly earnings of employees 5,989 2025 up 10.6% 39th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 236.3 Thousand persons 2024 down 0.3% 12th Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 0.18 2024 down 48.6% 181st Own-account workers, total 7.1% 2016 down 4.9% 167th Incidence of involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time 2.57 Percentage of employment 2025 down 12.1% 15th STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment 8,106 Hours 2023 up 8.8% 15th Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 35.71 Hours per week per person 2025 up 1.4% 30th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 86.86 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 0.7% 24th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 13.14 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 4.2% 14th Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 48.65 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 3.9% 21st Involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time employment 125.69 Persons 2025 down 5.3% 19th Public sector employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 803.01 2025 up 13.8% 32nd LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 9.3 2025 down 15.2% 45th Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 229.13 2025 down 22.1% 32nd Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4.69 2025 down 27.6% 29th Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 17.85 2025 up 40.0% 52nd Labor market, S1 - Additional requirements for collective dismissal 0.7542 2014 unchanged 63rd Labor market, S1 - Firing costs 0.8684 2014 unchanged 16th Labor market, Overall 0.8851 2014 unchanged 5th Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience 0.95 2014 unchanged 25th Labor market, S1 - Redress measures 1 2014 unchanged 1st ← Previous Page 6 of 17 Next →