Press releases, 04.03.2013
Neuchâtel, According to the Cross-border Commuter Statistics of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), the number of foreign cross-border commuters working in Switzerland rose by 4.8% last year. In the Lake Geneva region and in Northwestern Switzerland, about one in ten employed persons is a cross-border commuter; in Ticino, the figure is one in four. Comparing the numbers over a five-year period, there has been an above-average increase among office workers, unskilled workers and managers.
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Martial Berset, FSO, Section Labour Force, 032 713 64 02, e-mail: martial.berset@bfs.admin.ch
Federal Statistical OfficeInternet: http://www.statistics.admin.ch
