Living in Goldau

The unemployment rate was 0.7% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0724 sources

Median gross salary (region)7,445EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Salaire mensuel brut selon Année, Grande région, Groupes de professions, Âge, Sexe et Valeur centrale et autres percentiles

Average net rent19.11EUR/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 rate0.7%31 Dec 2022Municipality figureOfficial source · Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO

Recorded crime3,548incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9

PM2.5, annual mean4.22µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)

Lower unemployment than any other Swiss city that publishes it and cleaner air than 98% of Swiss cities that publish it.

Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Goldau?

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SwitzerlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Goldau.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

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 S¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	56.03 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Salt Swiss 10GB¹⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	19.11 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)⁴Official · regional context

Is Goldau a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

Try your profile

Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on housing · range 39–69%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–74%

Student38%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 24–52%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–70%

Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 40–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €1,146 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 19.11 EUR/m²/month. Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in SwitzerlandUnemployment in Goldau is 0.7%. Of 176 cities with data, 52 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

0–11–22–33–44–55–66–78–99–1011–12

Goldau 0.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	7,445 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Salaire mensuel brut selon Année, Grande région, Groupes de professions, Âge, Sexe et Valeur centrale et autres percentiles¹³Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	0.7 %	31 Dec 2022	Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO²Official · parent municipality

What does a salary buy in Goldau?

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

Left over each month€4,939of €6,212 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.	€6,212
Rent, 60 m²€19.11/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	− €1,146
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	€4,939

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Goldau Salary needed to live in Goldau

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Goldau. 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

Job SearchCareer Counselling

Open the Switzerland service overview

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGoldau 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	3,548 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9¹²Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Goldau's nearest airport was ZRH, 46 km away and offered 137 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	137 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	46 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	ZRH	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Goldau. 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

Open official information

fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

German, French, ItalianIn Person, Online

Open official information

Open the full Switzerland section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Goldau.

Find courses near Goldau

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −1.5°C in January to 16.2°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 98.6 mm in January and 196.1 mm in July. Goldau's average monthly sunshine was 50.8 hours in January and 208.9 hours in July.

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

0°

2°-5°

3°-5°

7°-2°

11°2°

15°6°

19°10°

21°12°

21°11°

16°8°

12°4°

7°-1°

3°-4°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

100

122

117

176

186

196

193

144

115

128

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

133

162

173

187

209

198

146

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.54.2WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SwitzerlandOf 43 cities with data, 12 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

2–36–77–88–99–1010–1116–1717–18

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	4.22 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.3 · Feb 3.3 · Mar 7.1 · Apr 11.2 · May 15.4 · Jun 19 · Jul 21 · Aug 20.6 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 12.2 · Nov 6.8 · Dec 3.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5.3 · Feb -5.3 · Mar -1.8 · Apr 1.8 · May 6 · Jun 9.7 · Jul 11.6 · Aug 11.4 · Sep 7.7 · Oct 4.1 · Nov -0.6 · Dec -4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.5 · Feb -1.1 · Mar 2.6 · Apr 6.6 · May 10.8 · Jun 14.4 · Jul 16.2 · Aug 16 · Sep 11.9 · Oct 7.9 · Nov 2.9 · Dec -0.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 98.6 · Feb 99.9 · Mar 121.7 · Apr 117.2 · May 176.1 · Jun 186.1 · Jul 196.1 · Aug 192.8 · Sep 144.4 · Oct 114.7 · Nov 114.9 · Dec 127.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 50.8 · Feb 79.9 · Mar 133.3 · Apr 161.5 · May 172.7 · Jun 186.9 · Jul 208.9 · Aug 198.4 · Sep 145.8 · Oct 99.4 · Nov 53.4 · Dec 39 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Winterthur ±1.9 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.3 °C, Eutin (Germany) ±2.0 °C, Bad Arolsen (Germany) ±2.1 °C, Marsberg (Germany) ±2.1 °C, Warburg (Germany) ±2.1 °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.

Alternatives for people set on Goldau

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.

Ennetbürgen as a Goldau alternative in the same region

12 km away, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €7,445 Ennetbürgen vs €7,445 Goldauno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,008 Ennetbürgen vs 3,548 Goldau−15%
Rent: €17.85/m² Ennetbürgen vs €19.11/m² Goldau−7%
Annual PM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³ Ennetbürgen vs 4.2 µg/m³ Goldausame level

Full comparison More about Ennetbürgen

Cities near Goldau

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

How does Goldau compare?

Pick a city. The answer appears here and the address bar keeps it, so the comparison can be shared; the page stays Goldau's.

Open the full comparison

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Goldau 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.

Open the official coverage guide

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; Goldau's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Goldau part of Zug?

Goldau is in the published commuting zone of Zug; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Zug city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source³

Put Goldau's key facts on your site — a card with this page's figures and a link back, free under CC BY 4.0.

Common questions

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

How much does it cost to rent in Goldau?

Average net cold rent is 19.11 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,337 a month before utilities. 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).

What is the typical salary around Goldau?

The median gross salary is 7,445 EUR/month. Source: Salaire mensuel brut selon Année, Grande région, Groupes de professions, Âge, Sexe et Valeur centrale et autres percentiles.

What is the unemployment rate in Goldau?

The unemployment rate is 0.7 %. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO.

Is the air quality good in Goldau?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 4.22 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is within the WHO guideline. Source: Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged).

How safe is Goldau?

Police recorded 3,548 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9.

Is Goldau a good place to live?

Goldau 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.

Is Goldau part of Zug?

Goldau is in the published commuting zone of Zug; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Goldau?

Zug, Arth, Ingenbohl, Schwyz, Küssnacht (SZ) are near Goldau. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

Cite this page

Open a format to select or copy this ImmigrationDB compilation citation. The native disclosure and text fallback work without JavaScript.

APA citation

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Goldau, Switzerland: rent, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 3b231869df2b944bccfc29ebf13a72aa]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/goldau/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_goldau-switzerland-rent-salary-cost-of-living-jobs_bee0edc7e34a,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Goldau, Switzerland: rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {3b231869df2b944bccfc29ebf13a72aa},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/goldau/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

[Goldau, Switzerland: rent, salary, cost of living, jobs](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/goldau/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 3b231869df2b944bccfc29ebf13a72aa; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. View the underlying source records.

Sources

JSON Markdown

Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged) discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-23
Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO dam-api.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-04
GISCO Urban Audit 2021 — Functional Urban Areas (URAU_RG_100K_2021_4326_FUA) GISCO Urban Audit 2021 · gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-19
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
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03

Show 14 more sources

OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9 dam-api.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-09-24
Salaire mensuel brut selon Année, Grande région, Groupes de professions, Âge, Sexe et Valeur centrale et autres percentiles pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-10-07
Salt Swiss 10GB salt.ch · checked 2026-09-15
Swisscom blue Internet S swisscom.ch · checked 2026-09-15
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06

Spotted a number that looks wrong? Every value here carries its source and date — tell us what you found and we will re-check it against the source.