Ticino job market — week 15 2026

In terms of dynamics, Ticino produced an average of 282 new postings per day. The most active employer was Tether Operations with 391 new openings, followed by EOC – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale and Reboot Monkey. 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. #1Apprendistato nel commercio al dettaglio CFP o AFC - Inizio 2026 49 postings
2. #2AI Filmmaker (100% Remote) 22 postings
3. #3Assistente/i di vendita EBA Coop 20 postings
4. #4Infermiere/a in cure generali 20 postings
5. #5Stage Servizio infermieristico 20 postings

Top 5 employers

1. #1Tether Operations 391 new openings
2. #2EOC – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale 177 new openings
3. #3Reboot Monkey 147 new openings
4. #4Kantonsspital Graubünden 107 new openings
5. #5Lonza 91 new openings

City breakdown

1. Lugano 62 · 32.1%
2. Bellinzona 53 · 27.5%
3. Mendrisio 48 · 24.9%
4. Locarno 28 · 14.5%
5. Chiasso 2 · 1.0%

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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