{"id":3355,"date":"2020-06-16T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quitt.ch\/en\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:06:33","slug":"fair-wage-cleaner-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quitt.ch\/en\/fair-wage-cleaner-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a fair wage for a cleaner?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\n\n\n

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Our wage recommendation for cleaners<\/h2>\n\n\n\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 29 and 35 francs per hour<\/span> for domestic help. The average in Switzerland is 32.90 francs gross<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How much do private employers pay their cleaner?<\/h2>\n\n\n\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\n\n\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 32.50 and 35.00 francs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The infographics show that private individuals are happy to pay fair wages \u2013 as long as they can determine them themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

In Switzerland, too, there are regional differences in the pay of cleaning assistants, although these are not quite as great compared to other countries. Our infographic shows the cantonal differences in average hourly wages on quitt. Cleaners earn an average of 32.90 francs per hour in Switzerland<\/span>. But wages vary greatly depending on the canton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Minimum wage in Switzerland \u2013 update January 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is no national minimum wage in Switzerland. However, some cantons have introduced a minimum wage at the cantonal level. Certain collective and standard employment contracts as well as companies also provide for minimum wages. For employees in the private domestic sector, these have been in force since March 1, 2020. 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\n\n\n