Ticino job market — week 13 2026

In terms of dynamics, Ticino produced an average of 509 new postings per day. The most active employer was EOC – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale with 546 new openings, followed by Coop and PEMSA. The most in-demand roles sit in healthcare, manufacturing, retail and services — consistent with Ticino's economic structure, where EOC, large retailers and industrial firms account for the bulk of demand. Lugano and Bellinzona lead the geographic ranking of new postings, with Mendrisio and Locarno holding meaningful shares thanks to the Mendrisiotto pharma cluster and the Locarno tourism belt. Treat this as a snapshot: postings can close quickly and the top-employer mix varies from week to week, so cross-border workers looking for opportunities should keep an eye on the per-city and per-sector hubs during weekdays.

Top 5 roles by volume

1. #1Detailhandelsfachfrau:mann CFC "Gestalten von Einkaufserlebnissen" 84 postings
2. #2Assistente di vendita Coop 44 postings
3. #3Assistente di vendita 40 postings
4. #4Impiegata / Impiegato del commercio al dettaglio AFC "Creazione di esperienze d'acquisto" 33 postings
5. #5Apprendista nel dettaglio commerciale CFP o AFC - Inizio 2026 31 postings

Top 5 employers

1. #1EOC – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale 546 new openings
2. #2Coop 310 new openings
3. #3PEMSA 133 new openings
4. #4VOLG 126 new openings
5. #5PwC Switzerland 119 new openings

City breakdown

1. Bellinzona 413 · 34.2%
2. Lugano 412 · 34.2%
3. Mendrisio 168 · 13.9%
4. Locarno 140 · 11.6%
5. Chiasso 73 · 6.1%

Last 12 weeks trend

Methodology

The data comes from 80+ crawlers dedicated to the main Ticino employers, cantonal bulletins and public aggregators. Each night we refresh the active-postings snapshot and compute the delta versus the previous day. The weekly report aggregates deltas from Monday to Sunday (ISO week). Median salaries, when available, are computed on the basesalary fields of postings that expose a pay range in schema.org MonetaryAmount format.

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