Salary for cross-border commuters
What do cross-border commuters earn in trade and vehicle repair in Liechtenstein?
CHF6’496per month, gross
The median: half earn more, half earn less.
In short
- Cross-border commuters earn a median of CHF 6’496 gross a month in trade and vehicle repair.
- A quarter earn less than CHF 5’289, a quarter more than CHF 8’485.
- Residents in the same industry: CHF 6’100.
- Across all places of residence, the industry median is CHF 6’338.
- 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 G.
How wages are spread
- 1st quartile
- CHF 5’289
- Median
- CHF 6’496
- 3rd quartile
- CHF 8’485
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 5’301 | CHF 4’203 |
| Switzerland (Buchs SG) | CHF 5’301 | CHF 4’885 |
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 trade and vehicle repair
No jobs are advertised in this industry right now.
Trend since 2006
Median in francs; the office collects data every two years.
2006: CHF 4’875 · 2024: CHF 6’496
- 20064’875
- 20085’200
- 20105’189
- 20125’612
- 20145’831
- 20165’889
- 20185’888
- 20205’907
- 20226’326
- 20246’496
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 5’882
- Men
- CHF 6’991
Men earn a median of CHF 1’109 more (15.9 %).
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.
