Austria vs Switzerland: Employment by professional status
Employment by professional status over time
- Austria
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 4,886 Persons against 4,500 Persons in Austria, a difference of 386 Persons.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
Across all 28 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Austria ranks 22nd and Switzerland ranks 20th of 33 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,710 Persons | 3,848 Persons | 137.5 Persons | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 3,820 Persons | 4,035 Persons | 214.77 Persons | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 4,167 Persons | 4,488 Persons | 320.32 Persons | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 4,419 Persons | 4,794 Persons | 374.69 Persons | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher employment by professional status, Austria or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 4,886 Persons against 4,500 Persons in Austria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in employment by professional status between Austria and Switzerland?
- 386 Persons, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Switzerland?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Switzerland rank globally for employment by professional status?
- Austria ranks 22nd and Switzerland ranks 20th of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.