Show HN: Software Developer salaries in Switzerland: average and percentiles

The data is sourced from over 1500 job postings published in the last 18 months on the job board.

In each case the salary range was provided directly by the company and means the total annual salary (without variable bonuses or stock / equity options)

Median 105k CHF seems low compared to the high cost of living in Switzerland.

Tech in Switzerland is a middle class profession, you are doing well but not getting rich with it.

It's certainly not on par with what you might earn in SV, unless you work for Big Tech.

It is surprisingly low even for a middle-class profession, especially when comparing to neighboring countries with lower cost of living.

I had a job interview with an American (NASDAQ) company, for their swiss office, recently. They offered around 100k CHF for a 42h/week contract with 5 weeks of vacation. It is indeed surprisingly low, compared to the high cost of living in Switzerland. The wages in Germany are not much worse with a much lower cost of living (and you get less hours per week and more vacation). I found this strange, as Switzerland was known for very high pay in the past.

Interesting! Thanks for posting this!