Ticino job market — week 14 2026

In terms of dynamics, Ticino produced an average of 101 new postings per day. The most active employer was EOC – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale with 154 new openings, followed by Hilcona AG (Bell Food Group) and Läderach (Schweiz) AG. 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. #1Detailhandelsassistent:in AFP 21 postings
2. #2Detailhandelsfachfrau:mann CFC "Gestalten von Einkaufserlebnissen" 20 postings
3. #3Stage servizio infermieristico 20 postings
4. #4Infermiere/a in cure generali 17 postings
5. #5Dettagliato Assistente Commerciale 17 postings

Top 5 employers

1. #1EOC – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale 154 new openings
2. #2Hilcona AG (Bell Food Group) 86 new openings
3. #3Läderach (Schweiz) AG 66 new openings
4. #4Coop 57 new openings
5. #5Denner 41 new openings

City breakdown

1. Bellinzona 48 · 33.3%
2. Lugano 37 · 25.7%
3. Mendrisio 35 · 24.3%
4. Locarno 23 · 16.0%
5. Chiasso 1 · 0.7%

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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