Salary by industry

What do people earn in other manufacturing, energy and water in Liechtenstein?

CHF7’629per month, gross

The median: half earn more, half earn less.

In short

The median in other manufacturing, energy and water is CHF 7’629 gross a month.
A quarter earn less than CHF 6’088, a quarter more than CHF 9’833.
That is CHF 228 more than the median across all industries (CHF 7’401).
Residents earn a median of CHF 7’272, cross-border commuters CHF 7’876.
Women earn a median of CHF 6’850, men CHF 8’190 (unadjusted).
Source: 2024 wage statistics of the Office of Statistics Liechtenstein, industry CM-E.

How wages are spread

1st quartile: CHF 6’088
Median: CHF 7’629
3rd quartile: CHF 9’833

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

Residents and cross-border commuters

The office splits by place of residence, not by country of origin.

Living in Liechtenstein: CHF 7’272Details →
Cross-border commuters: CHF 7’876Details →

What you take home

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

Residence	Payout	After tax
Liechtenstein	CHF 6’530	Tax follows with the assessment
Austria	CHF 6’225	CHF 4’775
Switzerland (Buchs SG)	CHF 6’225	CHF 5’639

Residents of Liechtenstein are paid without tax being deducted. The tax administration bills income tax later with the assessment; it is not deducted here.

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 5’633 · 2024: CHF 7’629

20065’633
20086’065
20106’167
20126’264
20146’461
20166’608
20186’702
20206’934
20227’200
20247’629

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 6’850
Men: CHF 8’190

Men earn a median of CHF 1’340 more (16.4 %).

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.