Average net salary
CHF 5,904Monthly net income
SwitzerlandCost of Living and Purchasing Power in Switzerland
Switzerland · Average net salary: CHF 5,904. Monthly costs for one person excluding rent: CHF 1,378.
Latest data date:1-bedroom rent (centre)
By cityCity rents are listed separatelyLiving costs
CHF 1,378One person · excluding rentFuel (1 L)
CHF 2.03Gasoline 95iPhone affordability
4.5 daysWorking days at country salaryOverview
Switzerland · Average net salary: CHF 5,904. Monthly costs for one person excluding rent: CHF 1,378. Consider salary, rent, everyday costs and product prices together with their scope. Sources and verification dates appear in the data section below.
9,007,798Country population 2026
2Cities in the dataset
CHF (CHF )Currency
Purchasing Power Overview
Sourced expenses as a share of monthly net salary. This is not a quality-of-life score.
Essential Expenses
Monthly living expenses and fuel per litre. Note the different units.
Living costs (excluding rent)CHF 1,378
Family of four costs (excluding rent)CHF 5,063
Petrol 95 (1 litre)CHF 2.03
Diesel (1 litre)CHF 2.33
LPG (1 litre)CHF 1.19
Product Prices & Purchasing Power
Country prices and working time at the average net salary.
Apple iPhone 18 Pro 256GBCHF 1,199.00 CHF4.5 working daysSame modelMilk · 1 litreCHF 1.82 CHF< 0.1 working daysBenchmark / proxyApple MacBook Air 13-inch M5 / 16 GB / 512 GBCHF 1,249.00 CHF4.7 working daysSame modelNike running shoes (mid-range) · benchmarkCHF 126.06 CHF0.5 working daysBenchmark / proxy
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Sources and methodology
Read prices together with their scope and source dates. City rents are not country averages.
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Sourced data details
Population
9,007,7982026
SourceSingle person · monthly living costs, excluding rent
CHF 1,378.402026-09-18
SourceFamily of four · monthly living costs, excluding rent
CHF 5,062.502026-09-18
SourceGasoline 95 · litre
CHF 2.032026-09-14
SourceDiesel · litre
CHF 2.332026-09-14
SourceLPG · litre
CHF 1.192026-09-14
SourceHero image: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0
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What do the data show?
Switzerland: average monthly net salary CHF 5,904; monthly costs for one person excluding rent CHF 1,378. Rent is shown separately in the city pages below.
Latest source-data date: . Each metric retains its own date and scope.