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Real wages: wages of the respective year (adjusted for inflation; base 1939=100) as a percentage of wages in 1939.
Nominal wages: wages (not adjusted for inflation) as a percentage of wages in 1939. Nominal wages until 1993 based on the result of the October Wage and Salary Survey. After 1994 based on data from the Central Office for Statistics under the Federal Law for Accident Insurance.
Source: SFSO, Swiss Wage Index.
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Swiss wage index 1939-2011
Gross occupational earnings by country 1998-2009
Frequency distribution of net monthly earnings 2000 and 2010