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Salary entries by canton

Aargau Salaries: 44 586
Appenzell IR Salaries: 1 090
Appenzell AR Salaries: 1 841
Bern Salaries: 66 386
Basel Land Salaries: 17 654
Basel-Stadt Salaries: 21 866
Fribourg Salaries: 17 113
Geneva Salaries: 46 930
Glarus Salaries: 2 116
Grisons Salaries: 9 343
Jura Salaries: 3 919
Lucerne Salaries: 27 705
Neuchâtel Salaries: 13 099
Nidwalden Salaries: 2 189
Obwalden Salaries: 2 247
St. Gallen Salaries: 31 097
Schaffhausen Salaries: 5 291
Solothurn Salaries: 17 815
Schwyz Salaries: 8 188
Thurgau Salaries: 12 987
Ticino Salaries: 2 371
Uri Salaries: 1 278
Vaud Salaries: 64 839
Valais Salaries: 14 238
Zug Salaries: 14 375
Zurich Salaries: 146 603

What is the average salary in the Canton of Vaud?

Stretching from the Jura mountains to the Alps and Lake Geneva, the Canton of Vaud is the largest canton in French-speaking Switzerland. There are many job opportunities in Lausanne (capital of the canton and Olympic capital), but also in other cities such as Yverdon-les-Bains, Montreux, Morges, Nyon or Vevey. The median salary in the Canton of Vaud is 74 994 CHF, based on 64 839 salary indications of jobup.ch users.

What are the best paying jobs in the Canton of Vaud?

The sectors that pay the best in the Canton of Vaud are Medical Technology, Information technology / Telecom and Banking / Financial institutions. The cost of living is rather high, especially along the Lake Geneva arc and in the big cities, but life is more affordable in the other regions. Numerous national and even international sporting and cultural events punctuate life in the canton throughout the year: Athletissima in Lausanne, Montreux Jazz and Christmas market in Montreux, Paléo Festival in Nyon.