I study at the University of St. Gallen. Can I clean or look after children on the side?

With a Swiss passport or a C or B permit, yes. If you are in Switzerland on a permit to study, you may work up to 15 hours a week from six months after the start of your studies, and more during semester breaks, with the canton's approval. Our work permit guide explains the details.

Can I take jobs in Gossau, Wittenbach or Rorschach?

Yes. You set your own radius, and 15 kilometres around St. Gallen cover Gossau, Wittenbach, Gaiserwald and Rorschach. You can also choose the whole canton of St. Gallen as your area.

Do I need experience to start in St. Gallen?

Experience helps but is not required. You choose which services you offer and state your experience level per service. You need the right to work in Switzerland and to pass identity verification.

How much can I earn in St. Gallen?

You set your own gross hourly rate, above the legal minimum in canton SG. Helpore takes 0% commission from your wage, so you keep 100% of the agreed gross wage.

Is the work declared and insured?

Yes. You get an employment contract, AHV contributions are recorded in your name and occupational accident insurance applies from your first working hour.

Does Helpore cost me anything?

No. Signing up is free and Helpore never charges Helpers to find work.

Helper jobs in canton SG

Cleaning, Nanny & Housekeeping Jobs in St. Gallen

St. Gallen is the centre of eastern Switzerland, with a university, the cantonal hospital and many families in Rotmonten, St. Fiden and Bruggen. Demand for cleaners, household help and childcare is steady, and the surrounding area from Gossau to Rorschach is easy to reach by bus and train.

St. Gallen is the centre of eastern Switzerland, with a university, a hospital and many families in Rotmonten, St. Fiden or Bruggen. Demand for cleaners and childcare is steady, and bus and train get you to Gossau, Wittenbach or Rorschach quickly.

Signing up is free. Before you can accept bookings you need the right to work in Switzerland and the required checks.

How Helpore works for Helpers

What you get as an employee

What the three names mean for you

Helpore Admin: a household employs you on a written contract and stays your employer. Helpore does the administration under the household's authorization: your monthly payslip, the social contributions, your yearly wage summary and, where one is issued, your official salary certificate in January. The household pays Helpore for this; you never pay Helpore a fee.
Helpore Admin Light: a household employs you, stays your employer and pays your wage to you directly. Helpore prepares the figures, your payslips and a yearly wage summary. The household pays Helpore for this; you never pay Helpore a fee.
Helpore Flex: households will book you on Helpore for one visit or for regular visits. Flex is coming soon. The household that books you will be your employer and will pay Helpore's fee on top of your rate.

The household that books you is your employer.
AHV contributions are recorded in your name.
Occupational accident cover from your first hour.
Paid holidays: under a contract Helpore Admin draws up for the household, or under the agreed terms Helpore Admin Light records for it, holidays are paid time off, unless your hourly wage adds holiday pay to every hour instead. Once Helpore Flex opens, holiday pay for Flex visits comes on top of your rate and shows separately on your payslip.
Real Swiss payroll gives you a payslip. With Helpore Admin you also get your yearly wage summary and, where one is issued, your official salary certificate in January; with Helpore Admin Light, a yearly wage summary.
Helpore Admin and Helpore Admin Light: paid on the household's payout day, the 25th unless you agreed otherwise. Once Helpore Flex opens, Flex visits are paid on the first Wednesday after the visit counts as completed, one day after it ends.
Your own gross hourly rate, never below CHF 24.55 in St. Gallen.
You never pay Helpore a fee, and Helpore takes nothing from your wage.

Why cleaners and nannies in St. Gallen choose Helpore

0% commission from your wage

Helpore never deducts a commission from your wage.

Declared from hour one

A real employment contract, AHV contributions in your name and occupational accident insurance from your first hour. Your work counts toward your pension and can be proven.

You choose your area and hours

Pick your services, your area in and around St. Gallen and your real availability. Households come to you.

Working areas in and around St. Gallen

Helpers on Helpore cover neighbourhoods and towns including St. Fiden, Rotmonten, Bruggen, Lachen, Winkeln, Gossau, Wittenbach, Gaiserwald, Herisau, Rorschach. You define your own working area and radius.

VBSG buses cover the city from Winkeln to Neudorf, and the St. Gallen S-Bahn takes you to Gossau, Wittenbach or Rorschach. Herisau is already in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, where the standard contract's minimums apply as well.

Your wage in St. Gallen

On Helpore your rate is never below CHF 24.55 in St. Gallen.

By law, the minimum in St. Gallen is CHF 20.35 an hour from an average of five hours a week with the same household. The standard employment contract for domestic work sets CHF 20.35 for unskilled work, CHF 22.30 from four years of experience or with an EBA and CHF 24.55 with an EFZ.

The canton of St. Gallen has no cantonal minimum wage, so the minimums of the standard employment contract for domestic work apply.

Your rate step starts at CHF 26.00, a suggestion you can change.

Questions about Helper jobs in St. Gallen

I study at the University of St. Gallen. Can I clean or look after children on the side?: With a Swiss passport or a C or B permit, yes. If you are in Switzerland on a permit to study, you may work up to 15 hours a week from six months after the start of your studies, and more during semester breaks, with the canton's approval. Our work permit guide explains the details.
Can I take jobs in Gossau, Wittenbach or Rorschach?: Yes. You set your own radius, and 15 kilometres around St. Gallen cover Gossau, Wittenbach, Gaiserwald and Rorschach. You can also choose the whole canton of St. Gallen as your area.
Do I need experience to start in St. Gallen?: Experience helps but is not required. You choose which services you offer and state your experience level per service. You need the right to work in Switzerland and to pass identity verification.
How much can I earn in St. Gallen?: You set your own gross hourly rate, above the legal minimum in canton SG. Helpore takes 0% commission from your wage, so you keep 100% of the agreed gross wage.
Is the work declared and insured?: Yes. You get an employment contract, AHV contributions are recorded in your name and occupational accident insurance applies from your first working hour.
Does Helpore cost me anything?: No. Signing up is free and Helpore never charges Helpers to find work.