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# Working as an accountant in Switzerland

In Switzerland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes accountants, earns ≈ 9,453 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Accountant is not a regulated profession in Switzerland. Foreign qualifications go through: For statutory audit only, FAOA/RAB may recognise a comparable foreign diploma if relevant audit experience, Swiss-law knowledge, reciprocity and licensing eligibility in the origin country are established. Generic accountant work has no such mandatory recognition route. In Switzerland, accountants are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 9,453 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Not marked regulated
- Recognition route: For statutory audit only, FAOA/RAB may recognise a comparable foreign diploma if relevant audit experience, Swiss-law knowledge, reciprocity and licensing eligibility in the origin country are established. Generic accountant work has no such mandatory recognition route.
- Recognition authority: No national recognition authority for generic accounting is identified; FAOA/RAB is responsible only for statutory auditor and audit-expert licences.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

FAOA/RAB Individuals: licensing is for auditors and audit experts; requirements are professional education/practice and good repute. — https://www.rab-asr.ch/en/individuals
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en
Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_25) — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_25?lang=en&format=JSON&freq=A&sex=T&indic_se=ERN&sizeclas=10-49&unit=EUR&geo=CH

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Accountant in Switzerland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9745c4154d183ffe6930ffefa5e268a8]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/switzerland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_accountant-in-switzerland-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_2053082444b1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Accountant in Switzerland: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {9745c4154d183ffe6930ffefa5e268a8},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/switzerland/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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