Salary for cross-border commuters

What do cross-border commuters earn in health care in Liechtenstein?

CHF7’303per month, gross

The median: half earn more, half earn less.

In short

Cross-border commuters earn a median of CHF 7’303 gross a month in health care.
A quarter earn less than CHF 5’815, a quarter more than CHF 9’254.
Residents in the same industry: CHF 7’011.
Across all places of residence, the industry median is CHF 7’138.
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 QA.

How wages are spread

1st quartile: CHF 5’815
Median: CHF 7’303
3rd quartile: CHF 9’254

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

Within the same industry

All places of residence: CHF 7’138Details →
Living in Liechtenstein: CHF 7’011Details →

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 5’959	CHF 4’621
Switzerland (Buchs SG)	CHF 5’959	CHF 5’422

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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Trend since 2006

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

2006: CHF 5’579 · 2024: CHF 7’303

20065’579
20085’893
20105’786
20126’004
20146’226
20166’437
20186’327
20206’557
20226’782
20247’303

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 7’138
Men: CHF 8’033

Men earn a median of CHF 895 more (11.1 %).

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.