Press releases, 23.03.2015
Neuchâtel, 23.03.2015 - (FSO) - The number of foreign cross-border commuters working in Switzerland increased by 8600 persons (+3.1%) in 2014. Just over half of the cross-border commuters (52.4%) were resident in France, around a quarter (23.7%) were resident in Italy and a fifth in Germany (20.4%). In Ticino, the proportion of commuters out of all employed persons was highest at 26.2%. These are the findings of the Cross-border Commuter Statistics, conducted by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) on a quarterly basis.
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Patrick Walter, FSO, Section Labour Force, +41 58 46 36402, Patrick.walter@bfs.admin.ch
Press service, FSO, +41 58 46 36013, e-mail: kom@bfs.admin.ch
Federal Statistical OfficeInternet: http://www.statistics.admin.ch
