Salaries in the canton of Fribourg

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Salary entries by canton

Aargau Salaries: 49 041
Appenzell IR Salaries: 1 151
Appenzell AR Salaries: 2 035
Bern Salaries: 72 890
Basel Land Salaries: 19 838
Basel-Stadt Salaries: 24 308
Fribourg Salaries: 19 231
Geneva Salaries: 55 560
Glarus Salaries: 2 318
Grisons Salaries: 9 973
Jura Salaries: 4 560
Lucerne Salaries: 30 309
Neuchâtel Salaries: 14 897
Nidwalden Salaries: 2 362
Obwalden Salaries: 2 432
St. Gallen Salaries: 33 533
Schaffhausen Salaries: 5 847
Solothurn Salaries: 19 362
Schwyz Salaries: 8 909
Thurgau Salaries: 14 184
Ticino Salaries: 2 745
Uri Salaries: 1 372
Vaud Salaries: 73 976
Valais Salaries: 15 981
Zug Salaries: 15 661
Zurich Salaries: 161 074

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

The median salary in the canton of Fribourg is 72 712 CHF (calculation based on 19 231 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.