Good reasons for Basel

Basel is one of the most successful economic regions in the world. Two of the world’s five largest pharmaceutical companies – Novartis and Roche – were founded in Basel and also have their headquarters here. The life sciences cluster centered around Basel includes both multinationals and large companies as well as numerous small and medium-sized companies. Other branches of trade have contributed to Basel’s international reputation: Trade and transport, finance and insurance, IT, design and architecture. They have all created countless exciting jobs and attracted many highly skilled people from all over the world.

Companies are able to take advantage of well trained and highly motivated employers and employees here in Basel – more so than elsewhere. Tens of thousands of Germans and French employees cross the borders daily in order to work in Basel and profit from excellent working conditions: high wages, low deductions, low taxes and good social security.

Switzerland’s liberal legislation ensures a labor market that functions well. The excellent standards of training and highly motivated employees as well as the relatively low social costs when compared to the rest of Europe make for high productivity. The working hours are among the longest in Europe, 40 to 42,5 hours per week. The local authorities cooperate and employers work well together. All this makes Basel an attractive place to live and work.

«I enjoy living and working in Basel. The multinational corpo-
rations have created many exciting career opportunities attracting people from all over the world.  They all contri-
bute to a very dynamic workplace as well as to a local community.» Dr. Sasank Mohanty, Indian, Regional Compliance Manager



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