Salary for cross-border commuters
What do cross-border commuters earn in head offices and management consulting in Liechtenstein?
CHF7’764per month, gross
The median: half earn more, half earn less.
In short
- Cross-border commuters earn a median of CHF 7’764 gross a month in head offices and management consulting.
- A quarter earn less than CHF 5’861, a quarter more than CHF 10’575.
- Residents in the same industry: CHF 7’376.
- Across all places of residence, the industry median is CHF 7’504.
- 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 MAB.
How wages are spread
- 1st quartile
- CHF 5’861
- Median
- CHF 7’764
- 3rd quartile
- CHF 10’575
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 6’335 | CHF 4’839 |
| Switzerland (Buchs SG) | CHF 6’335 | CHF 5’727 |
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 head offices and management consulting
No jobs are advertised in this industry right now.
Trend since 2006
Median in francs; the office collects data every two years.
2006: CHF 5’332 · 2024: CHF 7’764
- 20065’332
- 20085’625
- 20105’424
- 20125’551
- 20146’367
- 20166’404
- 20186’700
- 20207’200
- 20227’305
- 20247’764
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 7’064
- Men
- CHF 8’620
Men earn a median of CHF 1’556 more (18.1 %).
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.
