Salaries in the canton of Zurich

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Salary entries by canton

Aargau Salaries: 49 504
Appenzell IR Salaries: 1 168
Appenzell AR Salaries: 2 067
Berne Salaries: 73 676
Basel Land Salaries: 20 069
Basel-Stadt Salaries: 24 576
Fribourg Salaries: 19 490
Geneva Salaries: 56 480
Glarus Salaries: 2 340
Grisons Salaries: 10 058
Jura Salaries: 4 629
Lucerne Salaries: 30 640
Neuchâtel Salaries: 15 110
Nidwalden Salaries: 2 384
Obwalden Salaries: 2 450
St. Gallen Salaries: 33 837
Schaffhausen Salaries: 5 919
Solothurn Salaries: 19 554
Schwyz Salaries: 8 993
Thurgau Salaries: 14 337
Ticino Salaries: 2 798
Uri Salaries: 1 392
Vaud Salaries: 74 920
Valais Salaries: 16 186
Zug Salaries: 15 805
Zurich Salaries: 162 840

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 84 000 and is considerably higher than in all other cantons of the country. This value is based on 162 840 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.