Ticino job market — week 16 2026

In terms of dynamics, Ticino produced an average of 113 new postings per day. The most active employer was EOC – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale with 230 new openings, followed by Union Bancaire Privée and Lonza. 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. #1Infermiere/a in cure generali 29 postings
2. #2Stage servizio infermieristico 25 postings
3. #3Assistente di studio medico 18 postings
4. #4Assistente di cura 15 postings
5. #5Impiegato/a amministrativo/a 14 postings

Top 5 employers

1. #1EOC – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale 230 new openings
2. #2Union Bancaire Privée 60 new openings
3. #3Lonza 33 new openings
4. #4Denner 31 new openings
5. #5Heineken Switzerland 25 new openings

City breakdown

1. Lugano 60 · 30.8%
2. Locarno 50 · 25.6%
3. Bellinzona 47 · 24.1%
4. Mendrisio 36 · 18.5%
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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