Aldi salary Switzerland 2026: a minimum without an agreement

💰 Aldi minimum wage Switzerland: CHF 4,760 × 13

Aldi states CHF 110 more than Lidl, but not for how many hours. For 2025, Aldi Suisse announced a general rise of 1.3% and a minimum wage raised to CHF 4,760, paid 13 times (Aldi Suisse statement, German), plus 1.4% of the wage bill for rises and bonuses. Spread over twelve months, that is CHF 5,157 a month.

But an amount is only half of a comparison. The other half is what stands behind it: a contract with unions or a company pledge.

🤝 Aldi without an agreement: what a minimum without a contract means

We found no union that has co-signed the Aldi minimum wage. Under the Code of Obligations, art. 356 (German), a collective agreement is a contract between employers and employee associations that lays down rules on how employment is entered into, what it contains and how it ends. What it sets out applies directly to the employment relationships concerned. We found no such contract for Aldi Suisse (nor did the Lebensmittelzeitung, German), and no union appears in Aldi's pay statements.

So the Aldi minimum is a company statement, not a jointly negotiated entitlement. For each employee, the individual contract decides. Lidl, by contrast, set its minimums in an agreement with Syna and the Swiss commercial employees' association, hence its claim to the highest minimum secured by an agreement. The Lidl page shows the other half: Lidl minimum wage Switzerland.

📈 Aldi pay rise: from CHF 4,646 to 4,760, then silence

Two rounds, CHF 1,482 more a year, then no further statement. Aldi raised its minimum twice in a row: from CHF 4,646 to 4,700 with the round announced in December 2023, then to 4,760 for 2025. That is CHF 114 more a month, 1,482 a year.

Since then, no pay statement. Aldi Suisse's list of statements shows neither a 2026 nor a 2027 round up to early November 2026. Rounds so far were announced in December, so the next opportunity is close.

⏱️ Aldi hourly pay: no weekly hours, no firm figure

At Aldi you know the minimum wage, but not the hours it covers. Coop and Lidl say how many hours their minimum covers: 41 a week. Aldi gives no weekly hours in its pay statements. A trade paper reported a 42-hour week in 2023 (Lebensmittelzeitung); we found no recent figure from Aldi itself. So the table shows three cases rather than one number.

At 41 hours it would be CHF 29.02 an hour, at 42 hours CHF 28.33. One extra weekly hour costs CHF 0.69 an hour. If you know your hours, work out the exact figure in the check below.

🧮 Aldi pay check: your pay against Aldi's figure and the federal model

Enter monthly pay, workload and the weekly hours in your contract. The check works out your hourly pay, shows the minimum Aldi publishes and the median the federal calculator estimates for your profile. Aldi is already selected.

🧰 ConvivaPlus Retail Pay Check: pay, workload, company → hourly pay and company level ConvivaPlus.ch

The ConvivaPlus Retail Pay Check combines 84 model values from the federal pay calculator with the agreement levels at Coop and Lidl and the minimum wages Aldi and Denner publish.

⚖️ Aldi or Lidl: amount versus entitlement

Between Aldi and Lidl lie CHF 110 a month and a union signature. Both discounters advertise their minimum wage. Aldi states the higher amount of the two, CHF 4,760, 110 above Lidl. Lidl calls its CHF 4,650 the highest minimum secured by an agreement. The table sets the differences side by side, without a winner.

What counts is what you need: the higher amount today, or the contractual floor, the training levels and, part-time, a pension fund without coordination deduction. Coop shows a third way, with an agreement minimum and guideline pay after an apprenticeship: Coop salary 2027.

🗺️ Aldi vs the federal median: the floor against fifteen years' service

In Ticino the Aldi floor is CHF 669 above the federal median for a qualified person after fifteen years; in Central Switzerland it is CHF 170 below. Spread over twelve months, the Aldi minimum is CHF 5,157. For a qualified sales assistant with fifteen years' service at a large retailer, the federal calculator estimates a median between CHF 4,488 and 5,327 depending on the major region.

In 4 of 7 major regions the Aldi floor is above that median; in Zurich, Central Switzerland and the Lake Geneva region it is below. The federal figures are a model at 2024 pay levels, worked out on 41 hours; Aldi states no hours, and its figure applies since 2025. For your own comparison: retail sales assistant salary.