LSE Statistic

The Swiss Earnings Structure Survey (ESS) is a written survey conducted in companies in Switzerland. It allows making a regular description of the salary structure in all branches of the secondary and tertiary sectors based on representative data. In addition to the branch and the size of the company concerned, it covers individual characteristics of employees and workplaces.

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The following properties are registered:

Company:

❑ Number of employees

❑ Salary Settlement

Employees:

❑ AHV-number as a key for demographic properties like sex, marital status, age and nationality (Swiss nationals and foreigners according to residence categories)

❑ Education

❑ Occupational status

❑ Occupation held

❑ Date of employment at the Company

❑ Type of contract

❑ Work hours

❑ Holidays

❑ Gross salary in October (base wage and allowances for shift work, as well as other severance allowances

❑ Family allowances

❑ Social security contributions (employee contributions)

❑ 13th Payday, 14th and subsequent

❑ Reimbursement from overtime worked

❑ Special bonuses

❑ Bur No. as a key for workplace and workplace economic activity

When payroll data is transmitted via Swissdec 5.0, option “Z – BVG purchase” may no longer be used when assigning salary types for LSE statistics. If this option is selected, a corresponding error message is now displayed.