A discreet but revealing signal of how Switzerland’s labor market is changing.
Temporary work was part of the daily lives of more than 420,000 people in 2024, and the long-term trend is upward: twenty years earlier, there were only 180,000. These workers accounted for 2.8% of employment in Switzerland in 2024.
This growth reflects the increasing flexibilization of the market, with increasingly diverse profiles among temporary workers, extending beyond young people entering the workforce.