Salary by industry

What do people earn in private households in Liechtenstein?

CHF5’104per month, gross

The median: half earn more, half earn less.

In short

  • The median in private households is CHF 5’104 gross a month.
  • A quarter earn less than CHF 4’444, a quarter more than CHF 6’233.
  • That is CHF 2’297 less than the median across all industries (CHF 7’401).
  • Residents earn a median of CHF 5’090, cross-border commuters CHF 5’133.
  • Source: 2024 wage statistics of the Office of Statistics Liechtenstein, industry T.

How wages are spread

1st quartile
CHF 4’444
Median
CHF 5’104
3rd quartile
CHF 6’233

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 5’090Details →
Cross-border commuters
CHF 5’133Details →

What you take home

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

ResidencePayoutAfter tax
LiechtensteinCHF 4’369Tax follows with the assessment
AustriaCHF 4’165CHF 3’457
Switzerland (Buchs SG)CHF 4’165CHF 3’930

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 4’013 · 2024: CHF 5’104

  1. 20064’013
  2. 20084’249
  3. 20104’378
  4. 20124’460
  5. 20144’635
  6. 20164’980
  7. 20184’992
  8. 20205’146
  9. 20224’950
  10. 20245’104

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

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.