According to the Federal Statistical Office, the proportion of atypically employed individuals in all core workers in 2024 was 17.2 percent, marking a continued decline since the beginning of the 2010s.
Atypically employed individuals refer to those in non-standard employment, excluding fixed-term, social insurance-bound positions with more than 20 working hours per week. Normal employees, in turn, do not work in temporary or part-time jobs.
The proportion of atypically employed individuals has decreased across all forms of atypically employed individuals, with the exception of self-employment. The proportion of fixed-term employees decreased from 8.1 percent to 5.9 percent, that of part-time employees with up to 20 working hours per week from 14.1 percent to 10.9 percent and that of low-wage employees from 7.2 percent to 4.2 percent. Temporary work reached its highest employment rate in 2017 at 2.5 percent, but decreased to 2.1 percent in 2024.
Women were significantly more likely to be atypically employed, with a proportion of 25 percent, compared to 10.2 percent of men, mainly due to part-time employment with a maximum of 20 working hours per week. While 19.4 percent of women in core employment were in part-time jobs, only 3.4 percent of men were. Additionally, women were more likely to be low-wage employees, at 6.5 percent, compared to 2.2 percent of men.
The proportion of atypically employed women has been declining, with a decrease of 9.2 percentage points from 34.2 percent in 2010 to 25 percent in 2024. In contrast, the proportion of atypically employed men has only decreased by 2.5 percentage points, from 12.7 percent to 10.2 percent.
Three-quarters of core employees, or 74.8 percent, were in standard employment in 2024, up from 65.8 percent in 2010, partly due to an increase in part-time employment with more than 20 working hours, which rose from 7.3 percent to 14.1 percent between 2010 and 2024.
In standard employment, women made up a proportion of 69.1 percent, while men made up 79.8 percent. Women were also more likely to be in substantial part-time work, with 25.1 percent, compared to 4.2 percent of men. The proportion of self-employed individuals among core employees was 7.9 percent, a decline of 3 percentage points from 11.1 percent in 2010.