More than 400,000 cross-border commuters now work in Switzerland

The number of cross-border commuters working in Switzerland has risen by 2.4% over the past year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Around 403,000 people with a G permit were working in Switzerland at the end of September, according to the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). More than half of all cross-border commuters were resident in France (around 57%). Large proportions also lived in Italy (23%) and Germany (around 16%), the FSO said on Friday. + New tax regime for cross-border remote workers begins in 2025 The FSO also noted a significant increase over the past five years. While there were 339,000 cross-border commuters in the third quarter of 2019, the figure was almost 19% higher in the third quarter of 2024. Translated from German by DeepL/ts How we work This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic ...