Salaries in the canton of Fribourg

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Salary entries by canton

Aargau Salaries: 49 593
Appenzell IR Salaries: 1 169
Appenzell AR Salaries: 2 071
Bern Salaries: 73 822
Basel Land Salaries: 20 110
Basel-Stadt Salaries: 24 638
Fribourg Salaries: 19 539
Geneva Salaries: 56 670
Glarus Salaries: 2 347
Grisons Salaries: 10 084
Jura Salaries: 4 636
Lucerne Salaries: 30 701
Neuchâtel Salaries: 15 141
Nidwalden Salaries: 2 387
Obwalden Salaries: 2 456
St. Gallen Salaries: 33 878
Schaffhausen Salaries: 5 941
Solothurn Salaries: 19 583
Schwyz Salaries: 9 006
Thurgau Salaries: 14 360
Ticino Salaries: 2 805
Uri Salaries: 1 398
Vaud Salaries: 75 075
Valais Salaries: 16 214
Zug Salaries: 15 824
Zurich Salaries: 163 142

How much do people earn on average in the Canton of Fribourg?

The median salary in the canton of Fribourg is 72 800 CHF (calculation based on 19 539 salary details of jobup.ch users). This puts the canton of Fribourg in the middle of the ranking. Even though the capital city, Fribourg, probably offers the most job opportunities, other cities such as Bulle, Estavayer or Murten also deserve to be considered when looking for a job.

What are the best remunerated fields of activity in the Canton of Fribourg?

According to the data of our salary comparator, the Chemicals / Pharmaceuticals sector pays the highest salaries in the Canton of Fribourg, followed by Information technology / Telecom and Medical Technology. Like Berne and Valais, the Canton of Fribourg is bilingual: it is therefore advisable to master (or at least have some knowledge of) French and German in order to live or work there. Even though the canton has no large conurbations, Lausanne and Bern are relatively close and easily accessible.