Why work in Switzerland?
- Higher salary. Nurses in Switzerland typically earn CHF 72,000–95,000+ gross per year, depending on experience and specialization. In Germany, gross pay is often €45,000–50,000.
- Lower taxes and deductions. Withholding tax (Quellensteuer) for singles sits at just 11–14% in many cantons — in Germany, tax class I plus social contributions often takes more than 40% of gross.
- Real work-life balance. A minimum of 4–5 weeks of vacation, reliable shift planning, and strong employee protections.
- Better working conditions. Better staffing ratios, modern facilities, and a structured path to
SRKAnerkennungwith our dossier.
Run the numbers yourself: the salary and cost-of-living calculator below compares your current German net income with your projected savings potential in Switzerland — including Swiss rent, health insurance, and living costs.
Why now?
Swiss hospitals urgently need nurses at the Pflegefachperson HF, Pflegefachperson FH, FaGe, or AGS level — the nursing shortage grows every year. You bring the qualification from Germany or another EU country — but the path to SRK Anerkennung is opaque, slow, and documented only in German. That's exactly where we help.
How we make it easier
- Create a profile. Sign up, capture your background, language skills, and preferred Swiss region.
- Upload your
Diplom. Drop yourDiplomas a PDF or photo. Our AI extracts the fields and proposes a Swiss equivalence —Pflegefachperson HF,Pflegefachperson FH,FaGe, orAGS. - Review the dossier. Confirm or correct the fields. The result is a German-language pre-
Anerkennungdossier you can present to hospitals and submit to theSRK.
Who this is for
- Qualified German-speaking nurses from the EU with a completed nursing qualification.
- Hospitals, clinics, and care homes in Switzerland looking for pre-qualified candidates with language readiness — without months of waiting on
SRKAnerkennung.
The dossier is a pre-application aid. The final SRK Anerkennung requires submitting the original documents to the Swiss Red Cross.