The Swiss Earnings Structure Survey (ESS) is a survey carried out every two years among private and public enterprises and administrations in Switzerland. It allows a regular description to be made of the earnings structure in all economic activities of the secondary and tertiary sectors based on representative data. It not only enquires after the economic activity and the size of the enterprise concerned, but also the individual characteristics of employees and their jobs.
In addition to a representative overview of the wage situation of employees in the industry and service sectors at national level, the ESS also provides a description of the wage structure in the seven major regions. You can find out here how high the wage levels are in Switzerland's seven major regions.
