The Migros Group posted a strong result again in 2025, due in no small part to the dedication of its employees.
In 2025, the Migros Group employed an average of 91’689 people in around 120 companies, of which 78 were Swiss-based. Migros thereby remained the largest private employer in Switzerland. The number of employees decreased by 7 % compared with the previous year. Growth in the Non-Food Retail segment was particularly strong at 15 %. The Financial Services segment recorded growth of 6 % in 2025. The number of employees in Food Retail fell by 8 %.
The proportion of employees in Switzerland rose by 1.5 percentage points to 89 %. The overall proportion of women remained stable at 58 %, while the proportion of women in managerial positions rose by 0.5 percentage points to 40 %.
Of the 81’826 employees in Switzerland, around half worked part-time and 77 % were paid a monthly salary.
The average age was 40.9 years (2024: 41.1 years), with 25 % aged under 30, 46 % aged 31-50 and 28 % aged over 50. For employees paid a monthly salary, the gross fluctuation rate was 19 % (12’047 departures) and the net fluctuation rate was 15 % (9’716 departures).
The average length of service was 10.1 years (2024: 9.2 years), indicating continued high employee retention.
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Number of employees |
Proportion of women 1 |
Proportion of employees from Switzerland 2 |
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2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
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Total |
98’776 |
91’689 |
58 % |
58 % |
88 % |
89 % |
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Food Retail |
81’416 |
74’742 |
56 % |
56 % |
88 % |
89 % |
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Non-Food Retail |
3’102 |
3’559 |
47 % |
43 % |
81 % |
82 % |
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Health |
9’513 |
9’439 |
74 % |
74 % |
100 % |
100 % |
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Financial Services |
1’983 |
2’107 |
47 % |
46 % |
100 % |
100 % |
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Travel |
2’761 |
1’842 |
69 % |
73 % |
49 % |
48 % |
Average of monthly figures for calendar year. The base population is all employees of the consolidated Migros Group companies in Switzerland and abroad.
1 versus proportion of men
2 versus proportion of employees abroad
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Proportion covered by CLA Switzerland 1 |
Number of appretices Switzerland 2 |
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2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
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Total |
48’872 |
46’160 |
3’559 |
3’292 |
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Food Retail |
44’878 |
42’291 |
2’891 |
2’601 |
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Non-Food Retail |
203 |
205 |
44 |
45 |
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Health |
1’979 |
1’875 |
482 |
483 |
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Financial Services |
957 |
984 |
85 |
98 |
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Travel |
855 |
806 |
58 |
65 |
Average of monthly figures for calendar year.
1 CLA = Collective Labour Agreement. The base population is 95 % (N = 64’875) of employees in Switzerland for 2024 and 95 % (N = 61’994) for 2025, excluding employees with a management contract or those with an employment level of below 20 % who are paid by the hour.
2 The base population is all employees in Switzerland (2024: N = 86’613 and 2025: N = 81’826)
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Proportion of age groups |
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2024 |
2025 |
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Up to 30 |
31–50 |
> 50 |
Up to 30 |
31–50 |
> 50 |
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Total |
26 % |
46 % |
28 % |
25 % |
46 % |
28 % |
|
Food Retail |
26 % |
45 % |
28 % |
25 % |
46 % |
29 % |
|
Non-Food Retail |
25 % |
47 % |
28 % |
22 % |
47 % |
31 % |
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Health |
29 % |
48 % |
24 % |
27 % |
49 % |
24 % |
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Financial Services |
29 % |
47 % |
23 % |
30 % |
47 % |
23 % |
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Travel |
23 % |
44 % |
33 % |
22 % |
44 % |
34 % |
Average of monthly figures for calendar year. The base population is 97 % (N = 83’949) of all employees in Switzerland for 2024 and 97 % (N = 79’312) for 2025.
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Proportion of full-time employees Switzerland 1 |
Proportion of female part-time employees 1 |
Proportion of male part-time employees 1 |
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2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
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Total |
51.0 % |
50.6 % |
65.9 % |
66.4 % |
25.6 % |
25.6 % |
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Food Retail |
53.7 % |
53.8 % |
64.8 % |
64.9 % |
22.7 % |
22.2 % |
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Non-Food Retail |
53.7 % |
48.4 % |
59.8 % |
63.2 % |
12.6 % |
20.7 % |
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Health |
27.6 % |
24.9 % |
75.2 % |
77.7 % |
64.5 % |
68.0 % |
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Financial Services |
65.6 % |
67.3 % |
52.1 % |
50.2 % |
18.5 % |
17.6 % |
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Travel |
49.4 % |
48.8 % |
58.9 % |
58.9 % |
28.2 % |
30.5 % |
Average of monthly figures for calendar year.
1 versus part-time employees. The base population is 97 % (N = 83’618) of all employees in Switzerland for 2024 and 97 % (N = 79’312) for 2025
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Gross fluctuation Switzerland 1 |
Net fluctuation Switzerland 2 |
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2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
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Total |
17.7 % |
19.0 % |
14.4 % |
15.3 % |
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Food Retail |
18.6 % |
20.3 % |
15.0 % |
16.3 % |
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Non-Food Retail |
30.0 % |
32.3 % |
25.5 % |
32.4 % |
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Health |
7.0 % |
6.0 % |
5.9 % |
5.2 % |
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Financial Services |
17.0 % |
14.6 % |
15.0 % |
12.1 % |
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Travel |
16.5 % |
17.5 % |
13.8 % |
12.9 % |
The total number of departures over the calendar year in relation to the average of the monthly employee numbers over the calendar year. The base population is all employees earning a monthly salary in Switzerland (2024 = 66’578 and 2025 = 63’296)
1 The gross fluctuation rate includes all departures including natural (retirement, death, temporary employment contract), involuntary (initiated by employer) and voluntary (initiated by employee), and internal transfers within Migros.
2 The net fluctuation rate does not include natural departures (statutory retirement, temporary employment contract and death) and internal departures within Migros.
Personnel costs fell by 5.6 % to CHF 6’218 million in 2025. In nominal terms, wages paid by Migros companies subject to the Collective Labour Agreement (N-CLA) rose by an average of 1.2 %.
Despite the challenging market environment and ongoing reorganisation of the company, wages increased by significantly more than the annual inflation rate of 0.2 % in 2025. This resulted in an average real wage increase of 1.0 % (previous year: 1.2 %), which boosted the purchasing power of Migros’ employees. They also received a Migros gift card to mark the end of the anniversary year. In this way, Migros expressed its appreciation to its employees while underlining its commitment to responsible working conditions and fair remuneration.
The Migros Pension Fund is responsible for the occupational pensions of its members in 36 associated companies of the Migros Group. In 2025, it looked after some 46’000 members and 29’500 pension recipients.
In 2025, the MPF generated a net return of 6.5 % on its capital investments of CHF 30.2 billion. The coverage ratio increased to 135.8 % at the end of 2025. As in the previous year, the pension capital was calculated using the BVG 2020 generation tables and a technical interest rate of 2.0 %. As decided by the Board of Trustees, in 2026 part of the available free funds will be used to improve benefits for members (interest rate of 7.25 % on retirement savings) and pension recipients (increase in current old-age, survivors’, disability and children’s pensions by 1.5 %).