Geneva and French-speaking Switzerland
The canton of Geneva hosts 40 international organisations, 39 other institutions and bodies, about 750 NGOs and the permanent missions of 185 UN member states (FDFA).
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An international hub
About 32,000 international civil servants, diplomats and civil-society representatives work in Geneva. Conferences held there bring together about 581,000 delegates (FDFA).
Salaries of applied-sciences graduates in French-speaking Switzerland
The median annual salary of applied-sciences graduates is CHF 92,300 in French-speaking Switzerland, against CHF 104,000 for Switzerland as a whole (HES SUISSE, 2023). In French-speaking Switzerland it is CHF 106,000 in finance and insurance and CHF 112,000 in IT.
What we will add
Cantonal unemployment and employment figures for Geneva and Vaud will be published as soon as they have been collected from the official source and dated.
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How to cite this page
Observatory of the Institut de commerce et de gestion de Genève, Geneva and French-speaking Switzerland, updated 20 September 2026. Data: official sources cited below.
Sources
- DFAE, La Genève internationale en faits et chiffres (consulté 2026-09-20)
- HES SUISSE, Salaire médian des diplômé·es HES en 2023 (2024)
Every figure is dated and points to its official source. The Institute's data are not forecasts.