Federal councilors can look forward to higher wages
The rise in prices brings them a bulging pay packet: Albert Rösti, Ignazio Cassis, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider and Alain Berset.
dvp. Compared to other countries, prices in Germany have risen only moderately. Nevertheless, inflation at almost three percent this year is the highest it has been in 30 years.
However, employees in all sectors cannot expect wages to rise to the same extent as their cost of living increases. The 40,000 federal employees can consider themselves lucky: They are granted a generous cost-of-living allowance of 2.5 percent. And last but not least, the department heads at the top of the federal administration also benefit from this. Your annual income will increase by 11,421 francs to 468,275 francs in 2023, as reported by the Swiss media. This corresponds to an allowance of just over CHF 950 per month.
The ordinance of the Federal Assembly on the remuneration of magistrates, which dates from 2002, stipulates that the salaries of Federal Councilors will be adjusted in line with inflation. 20 years ago, the salary of a federal councilor was CHF 404,791 per year.
Not only at the federal level, but also in the cantons, the members of the government receive more wages. How high the cost-of-living adjustment is, however, differs significantly from canton to canton. In Zurich, the inflation adjustment is a whopping 3.5 percent. In Aargau, Solothurn and Lucerne, canton employees only get 1.5 percent more.