Municipal vote ZH City of Zurich won't give its politicians a pay rise
The municipal councillors of the city of Zurich will not receive a pay rise: voters have rejected the new compensation ordinance with a no vote of 53.2 percent.
09.02.2025, 16:13
SDA
A total of 45,350 Zurich residents voted against the pay rise, while only 39,881 were in favor. The voter turnout was 36.7 percent.
With the new compensation ordinance, parliamentarians wanted to increase their salary from an average of CHF 16,000 to CHF 28,000 per year. Employer contributions would have been added to this amount, as local politicians would have been members of the pension fund in future.
A majority of parliamentarians felt that an increase was overdue. Since the last adjustment in 1998, the cost of the municipal council office had risen significantly. The SVP and FDP, on the other hand, found the increase "completely excessive". This view was apparently shared by the voters.
