Salary for cross-border commuters

What do cross-border commuters earn in other manufacturing, energy and water in Liechtenstein?

CHF7’876per month, gross

The median: half earn more, half earn less.

In short

Cross-border commuters earn a median of CHF 7’876 gross a month in other manufacturing, energy and water.
A quarter earn less than CHF 6’161, a quarter more than CHF 10’080.
Residents in the same industry: CHF 7’272.
Across all places of residence, the industry median is CHF 7’629.
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 CM-E.

How wages are spread

1st quartile: CHF 6’161
Median: CHF 7’876
3rd quartile: CHF 10’080

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

Within the same industry

All places of residence: CHF 7’629Details →
Living in Liechtenstein: CHF 7’272Details →

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 6’427	CHF 4’891
Switzerland (Buchs SG)	CHF 6’427	CHF 5’798

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 4’816 · 2024: CHF 7’876

20064’816
20085’958
20106’011
20126’222
20146’492
20166’624
20186’867
20207’080
20227’370
20247’876

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 7’055
Men: CHF 8’445

Men earn a median of CHF 1’390 more (16.5 %).

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.