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Nurses for Swiss hospitals

The digital platform for qualified German-speaking nurses from the EU heading to Switzerland — with an AI-generated Swiss-equivalence Diplom dossier and a transparent salary comparison.

Salary & cost-of-living calculator: Germany → Switzerland
Compare your current German net income with your savings potential in Switzerland — transparently, including Swiss living costs.

Save 2.6× more in Switzerland!

That's roughly CHF 17,226 per year.

🇩🇪 Germany
🇨🇭 Switzerland
  • Disposable savings
  • Fixed living costs
  • Taxes & deductions
Gross / month
€3,900
Net / month
€2,262
Savings / month
€562
Gross / month
CHF 6,625
Net / month
CHF 4,956
Savings / month
CHF 1,436

Disclaimer: Calculations are structural approximations for guidance based on standard cantonal tax averages and a standard single-person household. Reference data 2026: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) regional averages, SRK wage recommendation guidelines, German tax class I (Steuerklasse I) baseline.

Your path to official SRK Anerkennung

The Swiss federal portal anerkennung.swiss confirms the SRK (Swiss Red Cross) as the authority for nursing diplomas. We sit upstream of that — so you arrive prepared.

  1. Step 1

    pflegeship dossier

    FreeStart today

    Upload your Diplom, get the Swiss equivalence proposal, and a dossier that gives Swiss hospitals something concrete right away.

  2. Step 2

    SRK PreCheck

    Free~4 weeks

    The SRK's official PreCheck returns a verdict in about four weeks. With our dossier, you reach it prepared.

  3. Step 3

    SRK Anerkennung

    CHF 550–1,000 + CHF 130Up to 4 months

    The final Anerkennung with your original documents costs CHF 550–1,000 (plus CHF 130 for the registry entry) and takes up to four months.

Start your free pre-check

Official information:anerkennung.swiss ·precheck.ch

Only the SRK can finalize the Anerkennung.

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 SRK Anerkennung with 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

  1. Create a profile. Sign up, capture your background, language skills, and preferred Swiss region.
  2. Upload your Diplom. Drop your Diplom as a PDF or photo. Our AI extracts the fields and proposes a Swiss equivalence — Pflegefachperson HF, Pflegefachperson FH, FaGe, or AGS.
  3. Review the dossier. Confirm or correct the fields. The result is a German-language pre-Anerkennung dossier you can present to hospitals and submit to the SRK.

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 SRK Anerkennung.

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