Salaries in the canton of Fribourg

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Salary entries by canton

Aargau Salaries: 50 194
Appenzell IR Salaries: 1 186
Appenzell AR Salaries: 2 114
Bern Salaries: 74 783
Basel Land Salaries: 20 404
Basel-Stadt Salaries: 25 010
Fribourg Salaries: 19 847
Geneva Salaries: 57 887
Glarus Salaries: 2 384
Grisons Salaries: 10 175
Jura Salaries: 4 736
Lucerne Salaries: 31 058
Neuchâtel Salaries: 15 369
Nidwalden Salaries: 2 403
Obwalden Salaries: 2 482
St. Gallen Salaries: 34 286
Schaffhausen Salaries: 6 045
Solothurn Salaries: 19 801
Schwyz Salaries: 9 131
Thurgau Salaries: 14 526
Ticino Salaries: 2 883
Uri Salaries: 1 421
Vaud Salaries: 76 251
Valais Salaries: 16 500
Zug Salaries: 16 005
Zurich Salaries: 165 261

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 19 847 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.