Hard times are coming for most Swiss people: everything will become more expensive. Inflation this year will be just below 3 percent. To at least partially compensate for this, wages are being adjusted in various sectors.
Federal workers also receive higher wages. The inflation adjustment alone is 2.5 percent. Federal councilors also benefit from this. Your salary will also be adjusted, the CH Media newspapers report. This is provided for in the Ordinance of the Federal Assembly on the remuneration of magistrates.
11,421 francs more
The members of the state government, the Läppert With the cost of living adjustment of 2.5 percent, annual income rises by 11,421 francs to 468,275 francs. This equates to a bonus of just over CHF 950 per month.
The Federal President receives an additional CHF 12,000 and all Federal Council members receive an expense allowance of CHF 30,000. Even after their term of office, the Federal Councilors are well cared for: they receive half their salary as a pension for the rest of their lives.
Big differences in the cantons
Government members also receive higher wages in the cantons, as it turns out. However, the level of cost of living adjustments for government employees varies from canton to canton. Zurich is the leader with 3.5 percent. In Aargau, Solothurn and Lucerne, civil servants receive a cost of living allowance of 1.5 percent.
The canton of Basel-Stadt goes its own way. There, the adjustment of the cost of living is stepped: the higher the wage, the lower the increase. The government council members will get a maximum of 65 percent of the 2.9 percent cost-of-living adjustment. (dba)