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# Working as an engineer in Switzerland

In Switzerland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 9,453 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Engineer is a regulated profession in Switzerland. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Not any, the cantons are competent for the regulation of the profession. In Switzerland, engineers 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: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Not any, the cantons are competent for the regulation of the profession.; Generic engineering access has no blanket federal recognition step; where the actual engineering activity is regulated, the foreign qualification must be assessed by the authority for that specific activity.; General system of recognition - primary application
- Language requirement: Value: Path: /requirements/0/reserved_language · Value: fr
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

/regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6160; record id=656901; /regprof/general generic.title=Civil engineer; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=656901&lang=EN
SERI engineering fact sheet states there is no federal legislation regulating generic access to engineering; specific regulated activities are outside that blanket statement. — https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/dam/sbfi/en/dokumente/2017/02/ingenieure.pdf
JSON list[].id=657981; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=241&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
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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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Engineer in Switzerland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 6b57f7a93191f295ded4e11a3897b9d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/switzerland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_engineer-in-switzerland-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_06076c65c311,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Engineer in Switzerland: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {6b57f7a93191f295ded4e11a3897b9d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/switzerland/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Engineer in Switzerland: salary, recognition and shortage status](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/switzerland/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 6b57f7a93191f295ded4e11a3897b9d0; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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- Title: Engineer in Switzerland: salary, recognition and shortage status
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