{"id":3355,"date":"2020-06-16T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowydaxe.cyon.site\/en\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2021-11-03T09:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T08:06:16","slug":"fair-wage-cleaner-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cowydaxe.cyon.site\/en\/fair-wage-cleaner-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair wage for a cleaner in Switzerland?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We tell you how high a fair wage for a cleaner in Switzerland is: The online platform quitt. handles the payroll of over 20,000 domestic helpers in Switzerland and therefore knows the average hourly wage employers pay their private cleaning staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We state our wage recommendations for cleaning and domestic help in gross wages. It refers to the salary agreed between the employer and employee for their work before deduction of taxes and social security contributions. We at quitt. recommend a gross wage of between 28 and 33 francs per hour<\/strong> for domestic help. The average in Switzerland is 31 francs gross.<\/p>\n

How much do private employers pay a cleaner in Switzerland?<\/h2>\n

Our wage recommendation is based on the wage details of domestic helpers registered with quitt. Our data is so reliable that it is even used by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.<\/p>\n

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The infographics above show how many employment relationships pay hourly wages in a given spectrum. Most employment relationships have defined an hourly wage between 27.50 and 30.00 francs. This is because a paid net wage usually results in a gross wage of around 28 francs.<\/p>\n

The infographics show that private individuals are happy to pay fair wages – as long as they can determine them themselves.<\/p>\n

Are there cantonal differences?<\/h2>\n

In Switzerland, too, there are regional differences in the remuneration of domestic workers, although these are not quite as great as in other countries. Our followwing table shows the cantonal differences in average hourly wages.<\/p>\n

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Minimum wage in Switzerland – Update March 2020<\/h2>\n

Even in 2020, there is no generally applicable minimum wage in Switzerland. However, there is a minimum wage for employees in domestic work. With the exception of the Canton of Geneva, the standard employment contract for employees in domestic work (NAV for domestic work for jobs with an average of five hours per week or more with the same employer) stipulates the following gross minimum wages per hour (without holiday bonus):<\/p>\n