Wage levels in Switzerland

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Wage levels in Switzerland

In 2014, the gross median wage for a full-time job was CHF 6189 in the Swiss private sector as a whole. Between 2012 and 2014 wages rose by 1.2%.

Swiss tourism statistics

Swiss tourism statistics

Swiss tourism statistics 2015

The aim of this publication is to present in detail the results of the FSO’s tourism statistics and to provide a summarised overview of the tourism sector.

Swiss Consumer Price Index

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Consumer prices increase by 0.1% in October 2016

The Swiss Consumer Price Index increased by 0.1% in October 2016 compared with the previous month, reaching 100.3 points. Inflation was -0.2% in comparison with the same month in the previous year.

Educational institutions

Educational institutions, 2016 edition

Educational institutions, 2016 edition

Educational institutions are described by their educational level, from lower primary to tertiary level.In autumn 2014 there were 10,566 educational institutions in Switzerland including all levels...

Graph of the week: Foreign cross-border commuters

Commuters

Foreign cross-border commuters by country of residence

With regard to the publication of the cross-border commuter statistics for the third quarter 2016 , the entire time series has been recalculated (update of AHV/AVS data).

Publications

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Agenda

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Director General

Dr. Georges-Simon Ulrich, Direktor des BFS

Dr MBA Georges-Simon Ulrich

"Statistics are like a language:
- learn to understand
- discuss
- and further develop it!"
 

In focus

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Farming

The agricultural statistics show changes in the number of farms, jobs, utilised areas, livestock and other data. Time series allow the development of important key figures to be shown over several years.

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Occupational pension plans

The purpose of occupational pension funds is, together
with AHV/AVS, to enable old, disabled or widowed persons to maintain their previous standard of living.

Monitoring of the legislature plan

Monitoring of the legislature plan

The purpose of the legislature indicators is to observe the objectives defined by the Federal Council and Parliament in the 2015-2019 Legislature Plan.

Surveys

Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS)

The main purpose of the SLFS is to provide information on the structure of the labour force and employment behaviour patterns.

Structural Survey

The structural survey is a component of the Population Census and complements information obtained from registers with additional statistics on the structure of the population.  In this

Remark

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