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Salary entries by canton

Aargau Salaries: 47 532
Appenzell IR Salaries: 1 136
Appenzell AR Salaries: 1 958
Berne Salaries: 70 667
Basel Land Salaries: 19 152
Basel-Stadt Salaries: 23 464
Fribourg Salaries: 18 534
Geneva Salaries: 52 968
Glarus Salaries: 2 246
Grisons Salaries: 9 773
Jura Salaries: 4 337
Lucerne Salaries: 29 454
Neuchâtel Salaries: 14 352
Nidwalden Salaries: 2 300
Obwalden Salaries: 2 365
St. Gallen Salaries: 32 710
Schaffhausen Salaries: 5 662
Solothurn Salaries: 18 865
Schwyz Salaries: 8 665
Thurgau Salaries: 13 825
Ticino Salaries: 2 625
Uri Salaries: 1 336
Vaud Salaries: 70 954
Valais Salaries: 15 388
Zug Salaries: 15 265
Zurich Salaries: 156 189

What is the average wage in the canton of Zurich?

The Canton of Zurich is, along with Zug, the canton with the highest wages in the whole of Switzerland. The median wage in the Canton of Zurich is CHF 83 832 and is considerably higher than in all other cantons of the country. This value is based on 156 189 entries on the salary check of jobs.ch. There are particularly many jobs in the economic centre of Zurich, but also in Winterthur, at Zurich Airport or around Uster and Bülach. The Canton of Zurich is an internationally renowned economic centre and a popular financial centre with countless global corporations.

What are the highest paid industries in Zurich?

If you would like to work in the Canton of Zurich, you earn exceptionally well in some sectors. The Banking / Financial institutions sector pays the highest wages, on the second place follows the Information technology / Telecom industry and the bronze medal goes to the Medical Technology sector. It should be noted, however, that the cost of living in the Canton of Zurich is the highest in all of Switzerland. But despite the high cost of housing or leisure activities, the ratio between wages and expenses is still very attractive.