Switzerland: increase in employment in the second quarter

Total employment in Switzerland increased 0.6% over a year in the second quarter after correction of seasonal variations, announces The Federal Statistics Office (OFS) Monday. Companies announced 10.0% less vacancies than at the same time in 2024.

At the end of June, companies had a total of 5.5 million jobsexcluding agriculture, or 35,400 positions more than a year earlier. The increase is 0.1% compared to the previous quarter, still after correction of seasonal variations, the OFS said in a press release.

Some 2.3 million people worked part -time, including 69.4% women. The volume of employment, calculated in full -time jobs, has reached 4.3 million positions (40.6% occupied by women), therefore increasing 21,000 full -time equivalents (+0.5%) in the space of a year.

Companies have announced a total of 93,200 vacant places, 10,400 less than in the same quarter in 2024. This decline affected both the secondary sector (-14.2%) and the tertiary sector (-8.8%). Vacancies represented 1.7% of all posts.

The recruitment difficulties of qualified personnel, weighted according to the number of jobs, also fell, from 2.2 percentage points to 37.1%.

Caution at the job level

The forecasts for evolution of employment have darkened, the companies continuing to bet on caution. Those who planned to increase their staff workforce represented 11.0% of total employment in the second quarter (compared to 12.3% a year earlier) and those that were planning to reduce it, 4.3% (3.7% a year earlier).

The indicator of employment development forecasts has fallen compared to last year (-1.1 point), but remains confident (1.04).

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