Switzerland Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Switzerland increased to 79.90 percent in the second quarter of 2018 from 79.40 percent in the first quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in Switzerland averaged 78.99 percent from 1996 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 81.30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 and a record low of 76.90 percent in the second quarter of 1997.

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Switzerland Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	2.50	2.40	5.70	1.50	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	5046.00	5025.00	5063.00	3242.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	110474.00	107315.00	206291.00	26.00		[+]
Productivity	104.72	102.90	104.72	77.83	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	31047.00	36850.00	36850.00	6062.00		[+]
Wages	6260.00	6235.00	6260.00	5082.00	CHF/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	113.10	113.20	113.20	100.00	Index Points	[+]
Population	8.48	8.42	8.48	5.30	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	64.00	64.00	64.00	63.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Wage Growth	0.80	0.80	7.80	0.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	2.40	2.40	5.70	1.40	percent	[+]
Job Offers	72133.00	73674.00	78215.00	29043.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	68.40	68.40	68.80	66.80	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.80	1.90	2.00	1.40	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	5070.00	5048.00	5070.00	3841.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	1699.40	1649.50	1699.40	1064.50	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.30	0.30	1.20	-0.60	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	79.90	79.40	81.30	76.90	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	2776.40	2798.30	2839.10	2628.90	Thousand	[+]

In Switzerland, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Switzerland Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Switzerland Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	79.90	79.40	81.30	76.90	1996 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.76	Oct/18	96.4	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	79.90	Jun/18	79.4	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.00	Jun/18	76.2	77.6 : 63.5	%
United Kingdom	75.70	Sep/18	75.5	75.7 : 65.6	%
Germany	75.40	Jun/18	75.4	76 : 63.6	%
France	65.90	Sep/18	65.8	65.9 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.01	Sep/18	63.53	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.20	Sep/18	62.2	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	61.70	Nov/18	61.5	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.40	Nov/18	61.2	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.60	Oct/18	60.5	63.5 : 55.9	%
United States	60.60	Nov/18	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
Russia	59.80	Oct/18	60.3	66.6 : 59.3	%
Italy	58.70	Oct/18	58.6	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.50	Oct/18	54.4	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	47.60	Aug/18	47.4	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	43.10	Sep/18	43.1	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	41.90	Jun/18	42.4	43.4 : 36.3	%