Working as a nurse in Switzerland
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Switzerland: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
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.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Switzerland: ≈ 7,756 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from Eurostat. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of nurses alone.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Switzerland.
- 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
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Switzerland: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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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 citation
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