Studies and data from Helpore
Helpore's own studies of household work in Switzerland, built from official statistics, laws and published rates. Each shows its date, method, data files and a citation to copy. Written by our team, not peer reviewed.
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Each study links to the full article, with its figures, dates and sources.
The study texts, the data we built and the charts we drew are under CC BY 4.0, so you may reuse them with attribution. Official source material keeps its own terms.
Method: We compare Eurostat survey results for Switzerland from two survey years: who says cost is the main reason they get too little or no paid care at home.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). Paid help at home in Switzerland: one in twelve people in households needing care name cost as the main barrier (2024). Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336138.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026paid,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {Paid help at home in Switzerland: one in twelve people in households needing care name cost as the main barrier (2024)},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23336138},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336138},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We set the legal minimum pay for one household job at each workplace, by weekly hours and age, against the occupational pension threshold.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). 20 hours a week. CHF 4'409.60 a year apart. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336124.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026hours,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {20 hours a week. CHF 4'409.60 a year apart.},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23336124},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336124},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We split the official hourly contribution into base pay, a holiday provision and employer contributions for each canton.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). The IV assistance contribution reaches 60% more people. How far does it go for household employers? Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336132.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026assistance,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {The IV assistance contribution reaches 60\% more people. How far does it go for household employers?},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23336132},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336132},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We apply the occupational pension threshold formula to the new maximum AHV pension, then turn the result into weekly hours at published minimum wages.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). In 2027, households can pay one Helper CHF 360 more before ordinary payroll is required. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336068.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026households,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {In 2027, households can pay one Helper CHF 360 more before ordinary payroll is required},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23336068},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336068},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We run each indexation formula the authorities publish on the official price and wage indices, then test it against past official rates.
Data files
- data.csv CSV · 355 BEach time the site is published, we check that this is exactly the file published with the study.
- manifest.json JSON · 4 KB
Cite this study
de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). 2027 minimum wages, calculated before the official announcements. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336136.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026minimumwages,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {2027 minimum wages, calculated before the official announcements},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23336136},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336136},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We read laws, official guidance and wage agreements on one day and line up their gross hourly minimums for selected jobs.
Data files
- data.csv CSV · 9 KBWe check this file against the study's calculation each time the site is published, so it matches the article.
- data.json JSON · 12 KBWe check this file against the study's calculation each time the site is published, so it matches the article.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). Minimum-wage referendum: a cleaner in a Zurich home would stay better protected than a hairdresser or a kitchen worker. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23341280.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026minimumwage,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {Minimum-wage referendum: a cleaner in a Zurich home would stay better protected than a hairdresser or a kitchen worker},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23341280},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23341280},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We divide the federal guide amount for supplementary benefits by one published home help tariff per canton to show how many hours it buys.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). The same CHF 560. More than twice the help. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336113.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026help,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {The same CHF 560. More than twice the help.},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23336113},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336113},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We average the Federal Statistical Office's January to June estimates of private household employment and weigh each year against the last, for women and men.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). Household employment fell 11% in the first half of 2026. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23323765.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026householdemployment,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {Household employment fell 11\% in the first half of 2026},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23323765},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23323765},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We calculate the final income tax of a cleaner employed by more than one household, on ordinary payroll or the simplified procedure, in each cantonal capital.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). One cleaner, two households, three possible tax bills. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23323742.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026cleaner,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {One cleaner, two households, three possible tax bills},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23323742},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23323742},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We count occupied dwellings by canton in Federal Statistical Office data, homes with and without an older resident, at each year end.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). Single-family homes shifted older in all 26 Swiss cantons. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336054.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026single,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {Single-family homes shifted older in all 26 Swiss cantons},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23336054},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336054},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We take the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) count of notified short term work in private households and put it beside the total for all branches.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). The Swiss total fell. Private-household registrations rose 9.5%. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23323770.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026swiss,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {The Swiss total fell. Private-household registrations rose 9.5\%},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23323770},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23323770},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We convert average net rent by canton, from the Federal Statistical Office, into hours of home help at the federal minimum wage, year by year.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). Rent in Zug costs about twice as many hours of home help as in Jura. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336122.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026rent,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {Rent in Zug costs about twice as many hours of home help as in Jura},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23336122},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336122},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Method: We cost one regular cleaning job in every canton at official rates, holiday pay, public holidays and social contributions included.
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de la Fuente, Gilberto (2026). Household Cleaning Wages and Contributions by Canton in 2026. Helpore. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336144.
›BibTeX
@misc{delafuente2026householdcleaning,
author = {de la Fuente, Gilberto},
title = {Household Cleaning Wages and Contributions by Canton in 2026},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Helpore},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23336144},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23336144},
note = {CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}
}Read the study
Topics for a thesis
Students are welcome to build on our data, with attribution. These are topics where it can help.
- How household work becomes declared work: registrations and permits
- Women in paid household work
- Cantonal and municipal minimum wages for household work
- Indexation formulas and how well they forecast minimum wages
- Source tax for workers with more than one household employer
- Pension protection in part time household work
- Paying for help at home: supplementary benefits and the IV assistance contribution
- Cost as a barrier to paid care at home
- Ageing at home, canton by canton
- Rent measured in hours of home help
Official sources our calculators read
