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

Freienbach: 1.05 jobs per resident (2024) — the highest intensity of any municipality in canton Schwyz. 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 Schwyz

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Freienbach has the most jobs per resident in canton Schwyz: 1.05 jobs per inhabitant. Next come Schwyz (0.82) and Feusisberg (0.81). 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	Freienbach	1.05	17'100
2	Schwyz	0.82	16'735
3	Feusisberg	0.81	5'588
4	Morschach	0.73	1'402
5	Wollerau	0.62	7'631
6	Lachen	0.62	9'448
7	Altendorf	0.6	7'539
8	Küssnacht	0.53	14'185
9	Riemenstalden	0.49	88
10	Oberiberg	0.47	941
11	Tuggen	0.46	3'491
12	Muotathal	0.44	3'604
13	Einsiedeln	0.43	16'667
14	Ingenbohl	0.41	9'599
15	Wangen	0.38	5'574
16	Steinen	0.38	3'762
17	Unteriberg	0.38	2'524
18	Reichenburg	0.37	4'142
19	Rothenthurm	0.36	2'604
20	Arth	0.35	12'616
21	Alpthal	0.32	641
22	Schübelbach	0.31	9'919
23	Steinerberg	0.29	954
24	Sattel	0.27	2'097
25	Galgenen	0.25	5'506
26	Vorderthal	0.25	1'032
27	Gersau	0.22	2'505
28	Lauerz	0.22	1'165
29	Innerthal	0.21	194
30	Illgau	0.21	819

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 Schwyz has the most jobs per resident?: Freienbach: 1.05 jobs per resident (2024) — the highest intensity of any municipality in canton Schwyz. 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.