Switzerland
Latest Average Wage
+7.1% · 5 years
$92,285
Country Comparison
Switzerland vs Luxembourg
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Switzerland
vs
Luxembourg
$92,2852025
Latest Average Wage
Luxembourg +6.8%
(vs Switzerland)
$98,5302025
+7.1%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Luxembourg +1.2 pts
(vs Switzerland)
+8.3%2025
+5.8%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Luxembourg +5.3 pts
(vs Switzerland)
+11.0%2025
1192024
Overall Price Level
Switzerland +22.4 index points
(vs Luxembourg)
96.62024
Wages are PPP-adjusted average annual wages; price levels use the United States reference of 100. Years shown are each country's latest reported observation.
How Wages Have Changed
Follow PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices across both economies.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Luxembourg
Latest Average Wage
+8.3% · 5 years
$98,530
Wage Milestones
Switzerland
10 Years Ago
$87,262 (2015)
Historical Peak
$92,285 (2025)
Latest Wage
$92,285 (2025)
Luxembourg
10 Years Ago
$88,737 (2015)
Historical Peak
$98,530 (2025)
Latest Wage
$98,530 (2025)
Compare Everyday Price Levels
See how eight consumer price categories compare with the United States reference value of 100.
United States = 100 · Differences shown in index points
Switzerland (CHE)Luxembourg (LUX)
Overall
+22.4 index points
100
119vs96.6
Food
+31.0 index points
100
137vs106
Clothing
+23.3 index points
100
123vs99.7
Housing
+19.6 index points
100
119vs99.4
Health
+17.4 index points
100
94.5vs77.1
Transport
+33.0 index points
100
134vs101
Recreation
+38.9 index points
100
136vs97.1
Restaurants & Accommodation
+39.0 index points
100
140vs101
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Luxembourg's latest average wage is $98,530 for 2025, about 6.8% higher than Switzerland's $92,285 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $6,245 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Luxembourg shows the stronger movement at +1.1%, against +0.1% for Switzerland. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +8.3% against +7.1%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Restaurants & Accommodation shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 140 for Switzerland against 101 for Luxembourg. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 39.0 index points apart, Switzerland above Luxembourg. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Health: Switzerland reads 94.5 and Luxembourg 77.1 for 2024, just 17.4 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Housing at 19.6 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Luxembourg's latest PPP-adjusted average wage is $98,530 for 2025, moderately higher than Switzerland's $92,285 for 2025. In relative terms the gap is 6.8% — calculated from the two reported values — equivalent to about $6,245 a year on the same purchasing-power basis. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. For scale, neither series has moved by that much within any single reported year, so the gap is structural rather than the product of one unusual observation. Over ten years Switzerland recorded +5.8% and Luxembourg +11.0%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. Switzerland sits at the highest point of its series — $92,285 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +5.8%. Luxembourg sits at the highest point of its series — $98,530 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +11.0%. Luxembourg's five-year change of +8.3% outpaces Switzerland's +7.1% in magnitude, so the common direction does not mean the two levels are holding a fixed distance. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Switzerland's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 119, and Luxembourg's reads 96.6, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Switzerland sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Restaurants & Accommodation separates the two most: Switzerland reads 140 and Luxembourg 101, 39.0 index points apart. The two sit closest in Health (94.5 versus 77.1), only 17.4 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 7 of Switzerland's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 3 of Luxembourg's 8. These are index values for 2024, not currency amounts; categories without a reported value on either side are left out of the comparison.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
