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For households

Compare options, plan costs and understand what a home service includes before you book.

Study

One cleaner, two households, three possible tax bills

One cleaner earns CHF 1’800 a month from each of two households. The work and pay stay the same. Each household’s choice of how to handle tax can change the cleaner’s final bill. We repeated the 2026 calculation in all 26 cantonal capitals.

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Household Guide

Helping an older parent at home: plan the first visit together

Start with what your parent would welcome help with. Make a private first-visit brief together, then compare household Helper profiles in Switzerland.

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Family Guide

Autumn school holidays 2026: canton dates and last-minute childcare

See 2026 autumn school holiday dates by canton, deadlines that have already passed, and practical childcare options for the days you still need to cover.

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Client Guide

Helpore Flex, Admin Light or Admin: Which Model Fits Your Household (2026)

Three ways to employ home help correctly in Switzerland: book by the hour with Helpore Flex, run the paperwork yourself with Helpore Admin Light, or hand it all to Helpore Admin. What each includes, what it costs, and how to move from one to the next.

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Client Guide

Senior Care at Home in Switzerland (2026): What It Really Costs and How to Hire Legally

Senior care at home cost in Switzerland 2026: real hourly rates, employer contributions, holiday pay and a free total cost planner, plus how to hire a carer legally.

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Company

Try Them. Keep Them. The Helpore Model, Explained

How Helpore works in Switzerland: choose your Helper, hire them directly, let them keep their full wage, and let Helpore do the payroll administration and paperwork.

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Client Guide

Home Help While You Are on Holiday: Keep Your Swiss Home Cared For in 2026

Going away this Swiss summer? A declared Helper can water your plants, collect the post, air and lightly clean your home, check on a pet and keep everything lived-in and secure while you travel.

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Client Guide

Summer Childcare Switzerland 2026: Find a Declared Nanny

Summer childcare in Switzerland in 2026: options, costs, AHV, accident cover and how to book a trusted declared nanny near you. Includes a free planner.

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Client Guide

Move-Out Cleaning in Switzerland (2026): Costs, the Handover, and How to Book a Declared Cleaner

What end of lease cleaning costs in Switzerland in 2026, what the handover (Abnahme) expects, and how to book a declared cleaner typically from CHF 26 an hour with AHV handled. Includes a free cost estimator.

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Client Guide

How Much Does a Cleaning Lady Cost in Switzerland? The 2026 Price Guide

What a cleaning lady or home help really costs in Switzerland in 2026: hourly rates, employer social contributions, agency vs. private vs. platform, real monthly examples, and tax deductions.

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Client Guide

Hire Home Help in Switzerland with Helpore

Looking for a cleaner, nanny, or home help in Switzerland? See why Helpore combines booking, transparent pricing, and Swiss admin in one flow.

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Helpore guidance

For Helpers

Find declared work, set a rate and understand pay, permits and the way Helpore works.

Helper Guide

Declared cleaning work instead of cash: why it pays off for you (2026)

Cash in hand sounds simple, but it costs you pension, insurance and security. Here is what you really keep from a declared hourly wage in Switzerland, and why registered cleaning work is the better deal.

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Helper Guide

Can You Work as a Cleaner or Nanny in Switzerland? The 2026 Permit Guide

Which permit lets you clean, mind children or care for someone at home in Switzerland in 2026. Check your own situation in three taps, see what your next step is, and find out why EU and EFTA citizens need no permit at all for the first three months.

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Helper Guide

How Much You Actually Take Home as a Cleaner or Nanny in Switzerland (2026)

What actually lands in your pocket as a cleaner, nanny or carer in Switzerland in 2026. You set your own gross rate on Helpore typically from CHF 26 an hour, keep your wage, and work declared with AHV. Here is what gets deducted to reach your net take-home, plus a free estimator.

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Helper Guide

Helpore Is Now Open for Helpers: Sign Up, Set Your Rate, Get Ready for Bookings

The Helper side of Helpore is live. Create a free public profile, set your own rate and availability, and get your profile ready for households across Switzerland.

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Helper Guide

How to Find Cleaning, Nanny and Home Help Work in Switzerland 2026: Step by Step to Declared Work

A practical 2026 guide to finding cleaning, nanny and home-help work in Switzerland: where the jobs are, how to get hired, what to charge, working declared (AHV, insurance, contract), how to spot scams — and how to set your own rate with Helpore.

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Helper Guide

How Much Should You Charge as a Cleaner or Nanny in Switzerland? The 2026 Rate Guide

How much to charge for cleaning, childcare and home help in Switzerland in 2026: legal minimum wages, real market rates, gross vs. net, and how to set a fair hourly rate you keep 100% of.

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Helper guide

Cleaning, Nanny and Household Jobs in Switzerland: Work on Your Own Terms, Fully Declared

Find cleaning, nanny and household jobs in Switzerland. Set your own rate, choose your hours and work fully declared with contract, AHV and insurance.

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Helper Guide

Home Help Jobs in Switzerland: Helpore Compared with Agencies and Cash Work

Looking for cleaning, nanny, or home help jobs in Switzerland? See how Helpore helps Helpers find legal bookings, clearer pay records, insurance, and Swiss admin support.

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Helpore guidance

Pay, insurance and Swiss rules

Clear explanations of the checks, contributions and official rules behind home employment.

Client Guide

Does Swiss Health Insurance Pay for Senior Home Help?

What Swiss basic insurance pays for at home, why ordinary household help is different, which other benefits may help, and what is expected to change in 2028.

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Client Guide

Holiday Pay on an Hourly Wage in Switzerland (2026): the 8.33% Rule for Household Help

Holiday pay on an hourly wage in Switzerland 2026: the official 8.33 and 10.64 per cent supplements, the public holiday share, a free calculator and the payslip mistake that makes employers pay twice.

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Client Guide

Domestic Help Taxes Switzerland 2026: What Can You Deduct?

Can you deduct a cleaner, nanny or home help from Swiss taxes in 2026? Childcare costs can be deductible, cleaning usually is not, and declared work gives you records.

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Compliance

Hiring a Cleaner in Switzerland Legally in 2026: AHV, Accident Insurance, Minimum Wages, and the Real Checklist

The practical 2026 guide for clients in Switzerland: AHV/AVS registration, accident insurance, minimum wages, holiday pay, payroll, and the exact compliance checklist.

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Compliance

Cash-in-Hand vs. Compliant Work: The Real Risks & Costs (2025)

Paying cash for household help can cost more than you think. Here’s what Helpers and clients risk — and how compliance protects both.

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Helpore research

Studies

Original Helpore research built from published Swiss data, with sources, methods and limits shown.

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Household employment fell 11% in the first half of 2026

In the first half of 2026, household employment fell 11.4% while total Swiss employment grew; women accounted for 93.9% of the decline.

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Single-family homes shifted older in all 26 Swiss cantons

In 2025, occupied single-family homes with someone aged 65 or over increased in every canton, while those without anyone in that age group decreased. Across Switzerland, the two movements were +6,573 and -5,085 homes.

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The Swiss total fell. Private-household registrations rose 9.5%

The registered short-term channel for private-household services grew from 1,726 to 1,890 in 2025 while the Swiss total fell. Could this be an early sign of greater formalisation?

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Rent in Zug costs about twice as many hours of home help as in Jura

Same federal rate in this ranking, not the same binding wage in every canton. BFS table published 5 March 2026, rent values 2024.

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What Legal Home Help Costs in Every Canton in 2026

A Helpore study: the all in employer cost of a cleaner, nanny or carer at the legal minimum wage in each of the 26 cantons, computed from the wage floors and contribution rates in force on 1 January 2026.

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