Salary for cross-border commuters
What do cross-border commuters earn in residential care and social work in Liechtenstein?
CHF7’042per month, gross
The median: half earn more, half earn less.
In short
- Cross-border commuters earn a median of CHF 7’042 gross a month in residential care and social work.
- A quarter earn less than CHF 5’736, a quarter more than CHF 8’513.
- Residents in the same industry: CHF 6’452.
- Across all places of residence, the industry median is CHF 6’736.
- 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 QB.
How wages are spread
- 1st quartile
- CHF 5’736
- Median
- CHF 7’042
- 3rd quartile
- CHF 8’513
A quarter earn less than the 1st quartile, a quarter more than the 3rd quartile.
Within the same industry
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 5’746 | CHF 4’496 |
| Switzerland (Buchs SG) | CHF 5’746 | CHF 5’248 |
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.
Open jobs in residential care and social work
No jobs are advertised in this industry right now.
Trend since 2006
Median in francs; the office collects data every two years.
2006: CHF 6’367 · 2024: CHF 7’042
- 20066’367
- 20086’774
- 20106’469
- 20126’313
- 20146’819
- 20166’955
- 20186’518
- 20206’645
- 20226’363
- 20247’042
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 6’712
- Men
- CHF 7’947
Men earn a median of CHF 1’235 more (15.5 %).
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.
