Salary for cross-border commuters

What do cross-border commuters earn in food, textiles and mining in Liechtenstein?

CHF5’781per month, gross

The median: half earn more, half earn less.

In short

  • Cross-border commuters earn a median of CHF 5’781 gross a month in food, textiles and mining.
  • A quarter earn less than CHF 4’878, a quarter more than CHF 7’244.
  • Residents in the same industry: CHF 6’000.
  • Across all places of residence, the industry median is CHF 5’849.
  • 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 B-CB.

How wages are spread

1st quartile
CHF 4’878
Median
CHF 5’781
3rd quartile
CHF 7’244

A quarter earn less than the 1st quartile, a quarter more than the 3rd quartile.

Within the same industry

All places of residence
CHF 5’849Details →
Living in Liechtenstein
CHF 6’000Details →

What you take home

Calculated from the median, by place of residence, per month as one twelfth of the year.

ResidencePayoutAfter tax
AustriaCHF 4’717CHF 3’820
Switzerland (Buchs SG)CHF 4’717CHF 4’397

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.

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Produktionsleiter (w,m)

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Metzger für die Wurst- und Schinkenproduktion (Fleischfachmann) (w,m)

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Trend since 2006

Median in francs; the office collects data every two years.

2006: CHF 4’947 · 2024: CHF 5’781

  1. 20064’947
  2. 20085’213
  3. 20105’140
  4. 20125’129
  5. 20145’204
  6. 20165’130
  7. 20185’328
  8. 20205’333
  9. 20225’449
  10. 20245’781

Nominal values, not adjusted for inflation. That is why there is no percentage increase here.

Women and men

Median 2024 within the same industry.

Women
CHF 5’361
Men
CHF 5’946

Men earn a median of CHF 585 more (9.8 %).

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.

Source: Office of Statistics Liechtenstein, wage statistics 2024. Table at the office · Licence CC BY 4.0

Payout, net pay and the placement of your own salary are joblie's own calculations.