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# Working as a nurse in Switzerland

In Switzerland, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 7,756 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Nurse is a regulated profession in Switzerland. Foreign qualifications go through: Complete the free compulsory PreCheck; after a positive result submit the full recognition dossier and fee. SRC assesses equivalence and may require compensatory measures. In Switzerland, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals": ≈ 7,756 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Complete the free compulsory PreCheck; after a positive result submit the full recognition dossier and fee. SRC assesses equivalence and may require compensatory measures.; General care nurse
- Recognition authority: Swiss Red Cross (SRC) handles foreign qualification recognition for nursing; the relevant cantonal regulator grants any required practice authorisation.
- Language requirement: For SRC recognition, accepted certificates are German B2, French B2 or Italian B2.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

Health Professions Act (GesBG/HFG), Arts. 2 and 10–12; Art. 15: nursing appears among regulated health professions and foreign qualification / independent-practice rules apply. — https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2020/16/de
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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nurse in Switzerland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version fdcd8a6809b84a2f767a019ddea6a329]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/switzerland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-switzerland-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_0f77f286d542,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in Switzerland: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {fdcd8a6809b84a2f767a019ddea6a329},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/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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- Title: Nurse in Switzerland: salary, recognition and shortage status
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