Which municipality in canton Schaffhausen has the most jobs per resident?

Schaffhausen: 0.75 jobs per resident (2024) — the highest intensity of any municipality in canton Schaffhausen. Source: FSO (STATENT).

What does jobs per resident mean?

It is the number of jobs at the workplace divided by the number of residents. A value above 1 means more jobs than residents — an employment hub people commute into. A low value marks a residential municipality. Source: FSO STATENT.

Ranking · Data 2024 · Source: BFS

The highest employment intensity in canton Schaffhausen

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Schaffhausen has the most jobs per resident in canton Schaffhausen: 0.75 jobs per inhabitant. Next come Wilchingen (0.52) and Beringen (0.5). A high value marks an employment hub, a low one a residential municipality. Source: FSO (STATENT).

Ranking

BFS · STATENT · 2024

Rank	Municipality	Jobs per resident	Residents
1	Schaffhausen	0.75	39'228
2	Wilchingen	0.52	1'747
3	Beringen	0.5	5'396
4	Neuhausen am Rheinfall	0.45	12'198
5	Ramsen	0.45	1'697
6	Stein am Rhein	0.44	3'956
7	Hallau	0.43	2'600
8	Thayngen	0.42	5'925
9	Schleitheim	0.35	1'928
10	Neunkirch	0.34	2'704
11	Trasadingen	0.34	626
12	Oberhallau	0.33	455
13	Buchberg	0.31	864
14	Beggingen	0.3	459
15	Rüdlingen	0.28	825
16	Gächlingen	0.23	1'043
17	Siblingen	0.23	906
18	Hemishofen	0.23	492
19	Dörflingen	0.21	1'074
20	Lohn	0.21	763
21	Buch	0.21	340
22	Löhningen	0.19	1'658
23	Bargen	0.19	339
24	Merishausen	0.19	907
25	Büttenhardt	0.16	472
26	Stetten	0.13	1'485

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

How we measure this

BFS · STATENT

Number of jobs (employment at the workplace) divided by the permanent resident population of the municipality, from the FSO business structure statistics (STATENT, 2024) and the population statistics. A value above 1 means more jobs than residents — typical of hubs with large employers, airports or industrial sites. Residential municipalities sit well below.

Frequently asked questions

Which municipality in canton Schaffhausen has the most jobs per resident?: Schaffhausen: 0.75 jobs per resident (2024) — the highest intensity of any municipality in canton Schaffhausen. Source: FSO (STATENT).
What does jobs per resident mean?: It is the number of jobs at the workplace divided by the number of residents. A value above 1 means more jobs than residents — an employment hub people commute into. A low value marks a residential municipality. Source: FSO STATENT.