Salary Paris vs Zurich

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Hello

I am moving to Zurich and would like to know what would be the salary comparison to have similar purchasing power when I move to Zurich from Paris.

Here in Paris have a salary of EU 85k gross. What would be an equivalent in Zurich?

The position is for HR Senior Manager in an industrial company.

Many thanks!

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ah.. and some people think that HR are useless...

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Hello, welcome to the forum.

Quite hard to know the similar purchasing power if the largest expense in the budget is unknown: rent. So, how are you expecting to live? Apartment, single home? City center, outside city center with commute, or in a really desirable part of the city where all cool people lives? What is an acceptable commute time?

From that we get to a monthly and divide by 0.3 to get to an income after taxes by following the thumb rule that 1/3 of your income goes to rent.

That answers the question of "if I want to afford to live like X, I need to earn Y" after taxes.

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this is a very rough guide, but several times I was approached for exactly the Same global role I was in, but for companies based in Paris. I was offered 50% of my Swiss gross salary. in other words, double your Paris gross salary, as a guide.

THEN look at rent prices in Switzerland.

note. personal expericne will vary a LOT on this,..,...