Salary for cross-border commuters
What do cross-border commuters earn in arts, entertainment and other services in Liechtenstein?
CHF5’397per month, gross
The median: half earn more, half earn less.
In short
- Cross-border commuters earn a median of CHF 5’397 gross a month in arts, entertainment and other services.
- A quarter earn less than CHF 4’710, a quarter more than CHF 7’028.
- Residents in the same industry: CHF 6’635.
- Across all places of residence, the industry median is CHF 5’734.
- The office does not split commuters by country; we calculate the net pay below for Austria and Switzerland.
- Source: 2024 wage statistics of the Office of Statistics Liechtenstein, industry R, S.
How wages are spread
- 1st quartile
- CHF 4’710
- Median
- CHF 5’397
- 3rd quartile
- CHF 7’028
A quarter earn less than the 1st quartile, a quarter more than the 3rd quartile.
Within the same industry
What you take home
Calculated from the median, by place of residence, per month as one twelfth of the year.
| Residence | Payout | After tax |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | CHF 4’404 | CHF 3’614 |
| Switzerland (Buchs SG) | CHF 4’404 | CHF 4’132 |
Cross-border commuters pay 4 % withholding tax in Liechtenstein. Their country of residence credits it against its own tax.
Our own calculation, not tax advice. Assumptions: 13 monthly salaries, pension fund 8 %, non-occupational accident insurance 1 %, single, no children.
Open jobs in arts, entertainment and other services
No jobs are advertised in this industry right now.
Trend since 2006
Median in francs; the office collects data every two years.
2006: CHF 5’168 · 2024: CHF 5’397
- 20065’168
- 20085’584*
- 20105’138
- 20125’483
- 20145’188
- 20165’513
- 20185’046
- 20205’072
- 20225’342
- 20245’397
Nominal values, not adjusted for inflation. That is why there is no percentage increase here. * in brackets at the office.
Women and men
Median 2024 within the same industry.
- Women
- CHF 5’127
- Men
- CHF 5’697
Men earn a median of CHF 570 more (10 %).
Unadjusted
This puts two medians of the same industry side by side. Occupation, role, workload and experience are not accounted for; the figure says nothing about equal work.
