Lidl salary Switzerland: what the word 'agreement' changes

💰 Lidl minimum wage Switzerland: CHF 4,650 × 13

Start at Lidl without training and from day one you have an entitlement co-signed by two employee associations. With the 2026 pay round, Lidl Switzerland raised the minimum wage for unskilled staff to CHF 4,650, paid 13 times a year, for a 41-hour week. Agreed with Syna and the Swiss commercial employees' association, set in the collective agreement, announced on 12 February 2026 (Lidl Switzerland statement, German). On top came at least CHF 50 more a month, across the board in branches and warehouses and individually for managers, with a wage bill up 1.5%.

Spread over twelve months, that is CHF 5,038 a month. No payslip shows this figure, but it is how the federal pay calculator works, and it is the only way to compare pay with and without a 13th salary.

🤝 What the word 'agreement' changes: entitlement versus announcement

Lidl advertises the highest minimum wage secured by a collective agreement for a 41-hour week in all of Swiss retail. That is Lidl's claim, and every word in it has a job. Aldi Suisse announced a minimum of CHF 4,760 × 13 for 2025 itself, CHF 110 more. But we found no collective agreement for Aldi, and Aldi states no weekly hours.

The difference is legal. A minimum in a collective agreement is an entitlement co-signed by the unions, which an employer cannot lower alone. An announcement without one is a company pledge. Which figure is higher depends on what you compare: amount with amount, or entitlement with entitlement. The Aldi page explains the other half: Aldi salary Switzerland.

📋 Lidl pay scale: three levels, CHF 100 apart

Three years of apprenticeship are worth 61 centimes an hour at Lidl. The Lidl table is short and flat. No training CHF 4,650, two years of training in branch or warehouse CHF 4,700, three years CHF 4,750. So three years of apprenticeship are worth CHF 100 a month at Lidl. In return, all three amounts are agreement minimums, including those with training.

At Coop it is the other way round: the amount after a three-year apprenticeship is CHF 200 above the minimum, but under the agreement only a guideline. At Lidl training is worth less, but guaranteed. The Coop table is on the Coop page.

⏱️ Lidl hourly pay: CHF 28.35

Per hour, the Lidl minimum pays you CHF 2.13 more than the Coop minimum. CHF 4,650 × 13 ÷ 12 gives CHF 5,038 a month. Divided by 41 × 52 ÷ 12 hours, that is CHF 28.35 an hour, 13th salary included. With three years of training it is CHF 28.96. The calculation only works because Lidl states its weekly hours.

Worked out the same way, the Coop minimum is CHF 26.22 an hour, also on 41 hours. For Aldi no hourly pay can be calculated, as Aldi publishes no weekly hours. If you are paid by the hour, work out your own figure in the check just below.

🧮 Lidl pay check: your pay against the agreement and the federal model

Enter monthly pay, workload, weekly hours and training. The check shows your hourly pay, the Lidl level for your training and whether you are below it, plus the median the federal calculator estimates for your profile. Lidl 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 Lidl and Coop and the minimum wages Aldi and Denner publish.

🏦 Lidl pension fund: part-time without a coordination deduction

One sentence in Lidl's statement concerns part-timers above all: by its own account, Lidl is the only retailer to waive the coordination deduction completely. In the statutory minimum model (BVG art. 8, German) a fixed amount is deducted from annual pay, CHF 26,460 in 2026 (FSIO). Only the rest is insured.

At 50% workload on the Lidl minimum you earn CHF 30,225 a year. The minimum model would insure CHF 3,780 of that; according to Lidl, Lidl insures the whole salary, 8 times as much. Many pension funds voluntarily reduce the deduction for part-timers, so the gap there is smaller. More on the second pillar: the second pillar in Switzerland.

🗺️ Lidl vs the federal median: unskilled ahead of ten years' service

Unskilled at Lidl, you earn more than the federal model estimates for a qualified person with ten years' service, in every one of the seven major regions. For each major region the federal pay calculator estimates a median for a qualified sales assistant with ten years' service at a large retailer. The highest is CHF 5,033 a month, 13th salary included. The Lidl minimum without training is CHF 5,038 over twelve months.

So the Lidl floor for unskilled staff is above the federal median for a qualified person with ten years' experience in 7 of 7 major regions. The federal figures are a model at 2024 pay levels; Lidl's applies since 2026. For your own comparison: retail sales assistant salary.

📅 Lidl pay round 2027: still open, February pattern

Coop announced its 2027 round in October; Lidl, in both 2025 and 2026, in February. We have not yet found a 2027 pay round from Lidl Switzerland. The last two came in February: 11 February 2025 and 12 February 2026. Until the next statement, the 2026 minimums apply.

As soon as Lidl publishes the 2027 round, we will add the new figures here and in the check. Coop has already settled for 2027.