Canada vs Switzerland: Average hourly earnings of employees

Canada
33.04 international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2025
Switzerland
35.86 international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2024
Canada rank
3rd
Switzerland rank
2nd

Average hourly earnings of employees over time

  • Canada
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 35.86 international-$ in 2021 prices against 33.04 international-$ in 2021 prices in Canada, a difference of 2.82 international-$ in 2021 prices.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Switzerland ahead.

Canada ranks 3rd and Switzerland ranks 2nd of 64 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Average hourly earnings of employees
Unit
international-$ in 2021 prices
Source
International Labour Organization (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
64 places, 923 data points, 1990–2025
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Gross remuneration for time worked or work done, vacation, and other types of paid leave.