Salary for cross-border commuters

What do cross-border commuters earn in private households in Liechtenstein?

CHF5’133per month, gross

The median: half earn more, half earn less.

In short

  • Cross-border commuters earn a median of CHF 5’133 gross a month in private households.
  • A quarter earn less than CHF 4’444, a quarter more than CHF 6’233.
  • Residents in the same industry: CHF 5’090.
  • Across all places of residence, the industry median is CHF 5’104.
  • 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 T.

How wages are spread

1st quartile
CHF 4’444
Median
CHF 5’133
3rd quartile
CHF 6’233

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

Within the same industry

All places of residence
CHF 5’104Details →
Living in Liechtenstein
CHF 5’090Details →

What you take home

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

ResidencePayoutAfter tax
AustriaCHF 4’189CHF 3’472
Switzerland (Buchs SG)CHF 4’189CHF 3’950

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 3’836 · 2024: CHF 5’133

  1. 20063’836
  2. 20083’907
  3. 20104’019
  4. 20124’433
  5. 20144’506
  6. 20164’840
  7. 20184’932
  8. 20205’037
  9. 20224’892
  10. 20245’133

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.