Cross-border workers: sharp rise in Switzerland, year-on-year fall in Ticino
Keystone-SDA
There has been a sharp rise in the number of cross-border workers in Switzerland, although Ticino is an exception.
In the third quarter, at federal level, the number of workers holding a so-called G permit stood at 414,500, up 1.8% year-on-year, while south of the Alps the figure was 79,400, 0.3% less than in the same period of 2025.
Looking at the data published on Tuesday by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) for Switzerland as a whole, 58% of all cross-border workers were resident in France, compared with 22% in Italy and 16% in Germany. In just five years, the number of these workers has increased by 58,000, a rise of 17%.
The Lake Geneva region in particular continued to drive this growth in the third quarter (+3% to 169,200). In terms of economic sectors, the services sector is now increasingly prominent (289,300 employees, up 2.3% year-on-year), while the manufacturing sector showed less growth (up 0.6% to 122,100).
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Translated from Italian, reviewed by an English Department journalist.
