Living in Brig-Glis

In Brig-Glis, unemployment is 0.8% (2022).

Brig-Glis is a city in Switzerland, with a population of 14,085 at the end of 2024. For Brig-Glis, the resident counts list 10,924 Swiss permanent residents and 228 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1018 sources

Population14,085people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source

Median gross salary (region)7,346EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch

Average net rent15.96EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)

Unemployment rate0.8%country median 2.3% — 65% belowOfficial source · Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO

Recorded crime6,804incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 41% belowOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) Jahresbericht Wallis 2025

Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Brig-Glis?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€71

Mobile plan, 10 GB€56

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	70.68 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Swisscom blue Internet S¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	56.03 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Salt Swiss 10GB¹⁰Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	15.96 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2024	Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)³Official · regional context

Is Brig-Glis a good place to live?

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Remote worker64%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 54–74%

Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on education · range 60–80%

Student37%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 26–48%

Family51%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–61%

Retirement50%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–62%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Brig-Glis?

The unemployment rate is 0.8 % (2022). Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO¹

Unemployment across cities in SwitzerlandUnemployment in Brig-Glis is 0.8%. Of 176 cities with data, 52 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

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Brig-Glis 0.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	7,346 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	0.8 %country median 2.3%	31 Dec 2022	Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO¹Official

What does a salary buy in Brig-Glis?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€5,060of €6,144 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€6,144
Rent, 60 m²€15.96/m² · official · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) · 2024-12-31	− €957
Internet€71 · official · Swisscom blue Internet S · 2026-09-30	− €71
Mobile plan€56 · official · Salt Swiss 10GB · 2026-09-30	− €56
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€5,060

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Brig-Glis. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

arbeit.swiss — Public employment service

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Brig-Glis. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Brig-Glis?

Police recorded about 6,804 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) Jahresbericht Wallis 2025⁹

Recorded crime across major citiesBrig-Glis highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Solothurn25,779

Bern20,196

Interlaken18,896

Olten15,369

Kloten13,097

St. Gallen9,783

Winterthur7,988

Muri bei Bern5,389

Wetzikon (ZH)4,048

Küsnacht (ZH)3,718

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,804 incidents per 100,000country median 11,440	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) Jahresbericht Wallis 2025⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Brig-Glis. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Cantonal integration programmes — Newcomer Adaptation

SEM and cantons

For migrants, refugees.

German, French, ItalianIn Person

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fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

German, French, ItalianIn Person, Online

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

3°-5°

7°-4°

13°0°

17°4°

21°7°

25°11°

27°12°

26°12°

22°9°

16°4°

9°0°

3°-4°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.2 · Feb 6.7 · Mar 13.1 · Apr 17 · May 21.3 · Jun 25.1 · Jul 27.1 · Aug 26.3 · Sep 21.8 · Oct 16.3 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.9 · Feb -3.5 · Mar 0.3 · Apr 3.5 · May 7.4 · Jun 10.9 · Jul 12.4 · Aug 12.1 · Sep 8.6 · Oct 4.5 · Nov -0.3 · Dec -4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.7 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 10.5 · May 14.5 · Jun 18.1 · Jul 19.8 · Aug 19.1 · Sep 15 · Oct 10.2 · Nov 4.2 · Dec -0.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 56.6 · Feb 38.8 · Mar 43.1 · Apr 40.4 · May 56.5 · Jun 43.8 · Jul 47.2 · Aug 49.7 · Sep 36.3 · Oct 51.6 · Nov 61.3 · Dec 65.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Basel ±2.1 °C. Elsewhere: Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Trostberg (Germany) ±1.5 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Brig-Glis?

The published population was 14,085 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source¹⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport77.6%
Foreign residents22.4%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	503.7 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS¹³Official
City area	37.69 km²	2014	Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2014, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².²Official
Foreign non-permanent residents	228 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official
Foreign residents	3,161 people	31 Dec 2024	Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.¹¹Official
Non-permanent residents	228 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official
Population density	373.7 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2013-2018; FJ=2014; area observed_at=2014).²Official
Population	14,085 people	31 Dec 2024	Switzerland official denominator source¹⁵Official
Swiss non-permanent residents	0 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official
Swiss permanent residents	10,924 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024⁸Official

International community in Brig-Glis

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	164	100.0%
Abroad	163	99.4%
In Switzerland	1	0.6%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Country of birth

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	14,197	100.0%
In Switzerland	10,597	74.6%
Abroad	3,600	25.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Citizenship

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship - total	164	100.0%
Ukraine	28	17.1%
Italy	22	13.4%
Croatia	16	9.8%
Portugal	15	9.1%
Poland	10	6.1%
Romania	10	6.1%
Germany	5	3.0%
Slovakia	5	3.0%
Afghanistan	5	3.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Spain	4	2.4%
Hungary	4	2.4%
Ethiopia	4	2.4%
Bulgaria	3	1.8%
Eritrea	3	1.8%
China	3	1.8%
South Korea	3	1.8%
Syria	3	1.8%
France	2	1.2%
Sweden	2	1.2%
Czechia	2	1.2%
United States	2	1.2%
India	2	1.2%
Belgium	1	0.6%
Greece	1	0.6%
Netherlands	1	0.6%
Slovenia	1	0.6%
Lithuania	1	0.6%
Somalia	1	0.6%
Honduras	1	0.6%
Indonesia	1	0.6%
Iraq	1	0.6%
Yemen	1	0.6%
Thailand	1	0.6%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Alternatives for people set on Brig-Glis

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Visp as a Brig-Glis alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,399 Visp vs 6,804 Brig-Glis−21%
Unemployment: 0.9% Visp vs 0.8% Brig-Glis+12%
Residents: 8,838 Visp vs 14,085 Brig-Glis−37%
Rent: €15.96/m² Visp vs €15.96/m² Brig-Glissame level
Median gross pay, region: €7,346 Visp vs €7,346 Brig-Glissame level

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Basel as a Brig-Glis alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 142 km, better on 0 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 177,571 Basel vs 14,085 Brig-Glis+1161%
Rent: €18.54/m² (2021) Basel vs €15.96/m² (2024) Brig-Glisno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 18,189 Basel vs 6,804 Brig-Glisno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €7,512 Basel vs €7,346 Brig-Glissame level

Full comparison More about Basel

Cities near Brig-Glis

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Switzerland

Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Brig-Glis, nearest in population first.

All Switzerland cities

Buchs (SG)14,038 residents Muri14,024 residents Küssnacht (SZ)14,148 residents Versoix13,996 residents Gland13,987 residents Chêne-Bougeries14,342 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Brig-Glis under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Einführungsklassen / integrative DaZ-Sprachförderung (per canton). How to enrol a child (edk.ch).

A country-wide rule for Switzerland; Brig-Glis's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Brig-Glis?

The published population was 14,085 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How safe is Brig-Glis?

What is the unemployment rate in Brig-Glis?

The unemployment rate is 0.8 % (2022). Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO.

What is the typical salary around Brig-Glis?

The median gross salary is 7,346 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How many foreign residents live in Brig-Glis?

3,161 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Brig-Glis a good place to live?

Brig-Glis may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Brig-Glis?

Visp is near Brig-Glis. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Place of birth - total live in Brig-Glis?

The official country of birth distribution records 164 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-12-31. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Brig-Glis, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 2709c447f57867528affbb9d4c047251]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/brig-glis/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Brig-Glis, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {2709c447f57867528affbb9d4c047251},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/brig-glis/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO dam-api.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-04
Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2014, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km². disseminate.stats.swiss · checked 2026-07-15
Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) dam-api.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-09-24
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024 pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-07-18
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) Jahresbericht Wallis 2025 polizeiwallis.ch · checked 2026-10-09
Salt Swiss 10GB salt.ch · checked 2026-09-15

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Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024. pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2024-12-31
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-30
Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-08
Swisscom blue Internet S swisscom.ch · checked 2026-09-15
Switzerland official denominator source pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-07-14
www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-27
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06

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