Money is TimeThe Hours Index

Switzerland, in hours

What the same things cost the average worker in Switzerland, in hours of take-home pay.

iPhone 18 Pro CHF 1,199

30 hours of work

Monday 9 am to Thursday 3 pm.

Fewer hours than any of the other nine. In Mexico the same phone takes 327 hours.

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Three things, in Switzerland

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The sums

The average full-time worker in Switzerland earns CHF 100,715 a year before tax and takes home CHF 82,536 after income tax and social security contributions (OECD, 2025, a single worker without children). Divided by 2,080 working hours, an hour of work pays CHF 39.68.

An iPhone 18 Pro: CHF 1,199 ÷ CHF 39.68 = 30 hours. Monday 9 am to Thursday 3 pm.
A Tesla Model Y: CHF 40,990 ÷ CHF 39.68 = 1,033 hours. January to late June.
A Big Mac: CHF 7.30 ÷ CHF 39.68 = 0.18 hours, or 11 minutes.

Before Tesla's CHF 990 destination and authority fee (CHF 41,980 in all). Hours count 52 weeks of 40, whatever people in Switzerland actually work. More in what the index leaves out.

Against the other nine

iPhone 18 Pro first of ten

  1. Switzerland CHF 1,199 30 hours
  2. United States $1,199 45 hours
  3. Australia A$2,099 53 hours
  4. United Kingdom £1,199 58 hours
  5. Germany €1,449 74 hours
  6. France €1,479 93 hours
  7. Japan ¥219,800 104 hours
  8. Italy €1,489 119 hours
  9. Spain €1,469 122 hours
  10. Mexico MX$29,999 327 hours

Tesla Model Y first of ten

  1. Switzerland CHF 40,990 1,033 hours
  2. Australia A$58,900 1,474 hours
  3. United States $39,990 1,495 hours
  4. United Kingdom £41,000 1,982 hours
  5. Germany €39,990 2,034 hours
  6. France €40,990 2,575 hours
  7. Japan ¥5,587,000 2,634 hours
  8. Italy €40,990 3,264 hours
  9. Spain €40,990 3,413 hours
  10. Mexico MX$799,000 8,716 hours

Big Mac first of ten

  1. Switzerland CHF 7.30 11 minutes
  2. Australia A$8.50 13 minutes
  3. United States $6.22 14 minutes
  4. Japan ¥500 14 minutes
  5. United Kingdom £5.49 16 minutes
  6. France €5.60 21 minutes
  7. Germany €6.99 21 minutes
  8. Spain €5.90 29 minutes
  9. Italy €6.56 31 minutes
  10. Mexico MX$109 71 minutes

Sources

Pay: OECD, Taxing Wages 2026: net take-home pay of a single worker without children on 100% of the average wage, 2025 (the OECD's own estimate, as for most countries).

Prices, checked 29 September 2026: Apple, the iPhone 18 Pro with 256 GB; Tesla, the cheapest Model Y on sale; The Economist, the Big Mac index, July 2026 (data, CC BY 4.0).

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