Published by: Federal Statistical Office
In 2024, 8.117 billion hours were worked in Switzerland, an increase of 0.1% compared with the previous year. Between 2019 and 2024, the actual weekly hours worked by full-time employees fell by 50 minutes on average, to 40 hours and 4 minutes.
Documents and files
Press release 22.05.2025
Swiss Labour Force Survey and its derivative statistics: hours worked in 2024
Over 8 billion hours worked in 2024
Diagram 22.05.2025
Absence rate due to health (illness or accident) of full-time employees by economic sector
Observation period: 2024
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.03.02.02
Diagram 22.05.2025
Absence rate due to health (illness or accident) of full-time employees by major groups of occupations
Observation period: 2024
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.03.02.03
Diagram 22.05.2025
Annual volume of hours of absence of employees by reason for absence, distribution in %
Observation period: 2024
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.03.02.01
Diagram 22.05.2025
Average weeks of contractual holiday per year of full-time employees by age group
Observation period: 1996-2024
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.03.03.01
Diagram 22.05.2025
Contractual annual working hours of full-time salaried employees by economic sectors
Observation period: 2024
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.03.01.03.01
Diagram 22.05.2025
Normal workweek in companies according to NWT
Observation period: 1973-2024
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.03.01.04.01
Diagram 22.05.2025
Overtime rate of full-time employees by economic branch
Observation period: 2024
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.03.01.05.03
Diagram 22.05.2025
Usual weekly working hours of full-time employed persons by work status
Observation period: 2024
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.03.01.03.05
