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

Zug: 1.52 jobs per resident (2024) — the highest intensity of any municipality in canton Zug. 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 Zug

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Zug has the most jobs per resident in canton Zug: 1.52 jobs per inhabitant. Next come Risch (1.37) and Baar (1.23). 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	Zug	1.52	32'160
2	Risch	1.37	11'830
3	Baar	1.23	25'519
4	Steinhausen	0.84	10'449
5	Hünenberg	0.82	8'985
6	Cham	0.72	18'518
7	Neuheim	0.42	2'523
8	Menzingen	0.38	4'824
9	Unterägeri	0.36	9'527
10	Oberägeri	0.28	6'670
11	Walchwil	0.28	4'013

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 Zug has the most jobs per resident?: Zug: 1.52 jobs per resident (2024) — the highest intensity of any municipality in canton Zug. 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.