Salaries in the canton of Fribourg

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Salary entries by canton

Aargau Salaries: 48 903
Appenzell IR Salaries: 1 149
Appenzell AR Salaries: 2 029
Bern Salaries: 72 680
Basel Land Salaries: 19 782
Basel-Stadt Salaries: 24 229
Fribourg Salaries: 19 181
Geneva Salaries: 55 362
Glarus Salaries: 2 313
Grisons Salaries: 9 957
Jura Salaries: 4 525
Lucerne Salaries: 30 240
Neuchâtel Salaries: 14 847
Nidwalden Salaries: 2 360
Obwalden Salaries: 2 432
St. Gallen Salaries: 33 457
Schaffhausen Salaries: 5 820
Solothurn Salaries: 19 319
Schwyz Salaries: 8 892
Thurgau Salaries: 14 166
Ticino Salaries: 2 737
Uri Salaries: 1 368
Vaud Salaries: 73 737
Valais Salaries: 15 933
Zug Salaries: 15 631
Zurich Salaries: 160 631

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

The median salary in the canton of Fribourg is 72 679 CHF (calculation based on 19 181 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.