Average Salary in Switzerland

[Mr Darcy]

Hi, Was just wondering what would be considered a decent salary in Zurich. Might have a job offer there and want to know if the wage is good or not. Also how much is the cost of living over there? Is it as expensive as say london and how much to rent a decent flat/house in a decent area?

Cheers

[silversun]

An ex-colleague of mine went to work in Zurich doing front office IT support for a bank. IIRC, he was being paid around £55K and he said that was a good salary.

[Bodo]

More than half of all Swiss earners took home more than 5,823 CHF in 2008.

The lowest 10% took home less than 3,848 CHF
The highest 10% more than 10,538 CHF

This page calculates your salary to expect:
http://www.lohnrechner.bfs.admin.ch/Pages/Salarium...

said:

UBS publishes every second year "Prices and earnings" that compare prices, incomes, income taxes, purchasing power, working hours and vacation days for 71 major cities across the globe. According to this study, the Swiss hubs of economic development, namely Zurich, Basle and Geneva, are among the front runners of cities with the highest gross pay, for all types of professions. Prices for consumer goods, housing and health insurance are, partly due to the relatively high level of salaries in Switzerland, very high. However, people working in Zurich have the highest purchasing power in the world.

[cs02rm0]

Bodo said:

More than half of all Swiss earners took home more than 5,823 CHF in 2008.

Google said:

5823 Swiss francs = 3 475.69727 British pounds

Really?

[Bodo]

http://www.myscience.ch/en/living/salary/salary_in...

[spikeyhead]

cs02rm0 said:

Bodo said:

More than half of all Swiss earners took home more than 5,823 CHF in 2008.

Google said:

5823 Swiss francs = 3 475.69727 British pounds

Really?

I do hope that's a monthly post tax number

[Beardy10]

Very much doubt they quote post tax....every Canton is different tax basis.

[bigandclever]

Definitions

Wage components: gross wage before deduction of employee contributions to social security, payments in kind, paid out regular bonuses, commission sales or shares, extra allowances, any 1 / 12 of the 13 Monthly salary and if so required 1 / 12 of the special payments such as bonuses. Not included are the family and child.