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Wappen St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen

Register a caregiver in St. Gallen: legally and simply.

Found a caregiver for your parents or for yourself? Clino turns it into a proper employment relationship: registration with the compensation office, contract, insurance and payroll. For CHF 19.90/month, whether it's a few hours or around the clock.

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No placement agency. You keep your caregiver. Clino takes the official paperwork off your hands.

Which model fits?

By the hour, fixed days or live-in

Care by the hour

e.g. 2–3 mornings per week

Shopping, cooking, accompanying to appointments, companionship. The most common starting model. Often complementing Spitex or relieving family members.

Fixed part-time

fixed half-days or days

Reliable structure in daily life: the same person, the same times. From 8 hours per week, non-occupational accident insurance (NBU) is added.

24h care (live-in)

the caregiver lives in the household

Round-the-clock presence with her own room. Board and lodging count as payment in kind (CHF 990/month); on-call presence time is governed by the SECO model NAV.

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Your personal plan

Your caregiver in St. Gallen: fully planned.

Set hours and wage. Cost, procedure and insurance appear instantly.

h/week
20
CHF/h
30
Your postcode9000Canton St. Gallen

Your St. Gallen care plan

Personal

Responsible office

SVA St. Gallen

online via AHVeasy

Your procedure

Ordinary procedure

Above CHF 22,680/year: monthly accounting, plus BVG pension from age 25.

Accident insurance

  • Occupational accident (BU): paid by the employer
  • Non-occupational accident (NBU): mandatory from 8 h/week

Your cost per month

CHF 3'081.77/ month

≈ CHF 36'981.24 / year

Gross wageCHF 2'816.69
Social contributions (employer)CHF 245.18
ClinoCHF 19.90
Your caregiver receives net CHF 2'455.26

What Clino does for you

  • Employment contract ready
  • Registration with SVA St. Gallen prepared
  • Wage & contributions calculated every month
Use this plan30 days free · no power of attorney · cancel anytime
UNDECLAREDThe dark reality.
  • ✕No contract: in a dispute, only what you both remember counts
  • ✕Accident: the substitute fund pays, you owe 5 years of premiums
  • ✕AHV: 5 years of back contributions, fine up to CHF 10'000
REGISTEREDThe bright reality.
  • ✓NAV contract: holidays, notice and sick pay settled
  • ✓Accident cover from the very first hour
  • ✓AHV years for her, payslips for you
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DRAG THE LINE: WHERE DOES YOUR HOUSEHOLD STAND?
Inspection intensity
Sample-basedFrequent
Increased inspections

How strict are inspections in St. Gallen?

In St. Gallen, undeclared-work inspections are active. Failing to register your caregiver risks fines, up to 5 years of back-paid social contributions and, in serious cases, prosecution.

With Clino you register your caregiver in minutes. Clino guides you step by step through registration, insurance and payroll.

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Official language
German
Undeclared-work checks
Increased inspections
AK confirmation
typically ~14 working days
Salary certificate deadline
31 January for the past year
Canton of St. Gallen
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All of St. Gallen: one office, one registration

Every municipality, one office: SVA St. Gallen.

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Wappen St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen at a glance

Home care in St. Gallen

Hourly wage

CHF 26–34

market rate

Compensation office

SVA St. Gallen

AHVeasy

FAK employer

1.80%

2026

Minimum wage

no cantonal

NAV applies

Avg. household wage

CHF 26

/hr

Administration

0.53%

AHV office fee, typical household

SVA St. Gallen charges an administrative fee of 5.00% of the AHV/IV/EO contributions (AHVV Art. 157, capped at 5%). Expressed against the gross wage that is 0.53%.

From the Rhine Valley to Lake Constance, St. Gallen is expansive. A caregiver nearby spares relatives long journeys and provides everyday security.

The city of St. Gallen and the agglomerations offer a comparatively large pool of caregivers with part-time workloads.

If she falls ill: how long you keep paying the wage

How many days of full wage you owe in St. Gallen depends on the year of service. This is the table that binds here when no policy sits behind it.

301602603605901012020Year of servicedays of full wage

Sick-pay insurance is mandatory in canton St. Gallen.

It pays 80 % of the wage from day 31 of the illness.

Up to 720 days.

An employer who does not insure is liable for exactly the benefits the insurance would have paid.

Check what applies in your case

Source: NAV hauswirtschaftliche Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer SG (sGS 513.1), Art. 11 Abs. 1

Financing

Support for care at home

Three levers help carry the cost. The exact amounts depend on the case. The official leaflets are linked.

AHV helplessness allowance

Independent of income and assets, graded by degree of helplessness.

Leaflet 3.01 (ahv-iv.ch) →

Supplementary benefits (EL)

When pension and income do not cover living costs.

Leaflet 5.01 (ahv-iv.ch) →

Tax deduction

Illness- and disability-related costs: canton-dependent.

FTA: taxes (admin.ch) →
Authorities & registration

How to register your caregiver in St. Gallen

AHV compensation office · AHVeasy portal

SVA St. Gallen

Responsible for AHV/IV/EO, ALV, the family-allowance fund (FAK), withholding tax and the wage declaration for household staff.

Open registration form & portal
  1. 1

    Register with the SVA St. Gallen

    Register as a private-household employer. Online or by form. You'll receive a billing number. Clino prepares everything.

  2. 2

    Sort out accident insurance

    Occupational accident cover is mandatory, NBU from 8 hrs/week. If your compensation office offers VAVplus, select it when you register; otherwise the policy runs directly with an insurer. Clino compares the providers, prices the premium and prepares the application. You sign it.

  3. 3

    Sign the employment contract

    Workload, wage, holidays, probation period. For live-in additionally room, board & lodging and presence time. Template from Clino.

  4. 4

    Settle monthly, declare at year-end

    A ready-made payslip every month, and the annual wage declaration to the SVA St. Gallen at year-end. Clino generates both automatically.

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FAQ St. Gallen

Frequently asked questions

Do I really have to register a caregiver in a private household: even by the hour?
Yes. As soon as you set the wage, tasks and hours, you are an employer. From the first hour and from the first franc. AHV/IV/EO (5.3% each side), ALV (1.1% each side) and accident insurance are mandatory. The exemption for very small wages (CHF 2'300/year) explicitly does not apply in private households.
Which compensation office is responsible in St. Gallen?
The SVA St. Gallen. That's where you register the employment and then settle the contributions. Clino prepares the registration and produces a ready-made payslip every month.
What may the caregiver take on and what counts as nursing?
Care covers daily life and the household: cooking, shopping, accompanying, companionship, structure in the day. Basic and treatment-related nursing (e.g. preparing medication, wound care) belongs to nursing professionals or Spitex. Which requires a licence depending on the canton. The two combine without any problem.
What applies to 24-hour care with board and lodging?
Accommodation and meals are payment in kind: CHF 990 per month (CHF 33 per day) is added to the cash wage and is subject to AHV. In addition, SECO's model NAV for 24-hour care recommends explicitly regulating and compensating presence time in the contract.
Can I use the simplified billing procedure?
Only up to CHF 22'680 annual wage per person. A caregiver with a larger workload usually exceeds this limit. Then the standard procedure with a wage statement applies. From CHF 22'680 annual wage and from age 25, the pension fund (BVG) is added as well. Clino settles both correctly.
My caregiver comes from abroad: what do I need to consider?
Without a C settlement permit the wage is taxed at source. For EU/EFTA citizens, the notification or permit procedure applies depending on duration; cross-border commuters need a G permit. Clino guides you through withholding tax and registration.
What do I risk without registering?
Back-payment of contributions plus default interest and a fine under Art. 87/88 of the AHV Act. If an accident happens without insurance, the Ersatzkasse UVG pays and charges you substitute premiums (Art. 95 UVG). Retroactive registration with the SVA St. Gallen is possible at any time; the sooner, the cheaper.

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The registration facts for St. Gallen

Rates and registration route last checked on July 17, 2026.

The right form

SVA St. Gallen uses the federal form 318.147 (online). No office visit needed.

Important: under «Employment for», pick «Domestic service», only then does question 4.2 about accident insurance via the compensation office appear.

Simplified procedure

The simplified procedure plus (accident insurance included) is offered, but you must actively request it; it is never automatic. Above CHF 22'680 annual wage, quickly reached full-time, the ordinary procedure with individual withholding tax applies.

Deadlines

Register: within one month of the first working day. Annual wage declaration: by 30 January for the previous year.

After submitting

The confirmation with your settlement number arrives by post, usually within a few weeks. You may already pay wages in the meantime.

Free, no signup, every step, ready to tick off.

In every municipality of St. Gallen

Registration works the same across the whole canton, whether care takes place in St. Gallen, Rapperswil-Jona, Wil or one of the 152 other localities: same compensation office, same procedure, same flat fee.

St. GallenRapperswil-JonaWilGossauBad RagazPfäfersSt. MargrethenbergVaduraVättisVasönSargansWangsViltersSchwendi im Weisstannental+152

Canton St. Gallen compared

  • The FAK contribution is 1.8%, rank 19 of 26 across Switzerland (ascending).
  • The child allowance of CHF 245/month is CHF 30 above the federal minimum of CHF 215.
  • The typical hourly wage for home care is around CHF 30 (average across cantons: CHF 31).
  • There is no cantonal minimum wage; the NAV domestic-work minimums apply.

Public holidays in St. Gallen (2026)

Thu 1.1.New Year's DayFri 3.4.Good FridayMon 6.4.Easter MondayThu 14.5.Ascension DayMon 25.5.Whit MondaySat 1.8.Swiss National DaySun 1.11.All Saints' DayFri 25.12.Christmas DaySat 26.12.St Stephen's Day

These days are assimilated to Sundays (Art. 20a Labour Act). Only 1 August is paid by federal law, whether other holidays are paid depends on the contract or the NAV. Source: SECO, as of 12.12.2024.

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09:12

Great! Done in 5 minutes: we prepare her registration with the SVA St. Gallen, you sign it, plus the contract + payslips. Valid across the whole canton of St. Gallen.

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New to Switzerland, or cross-border?

Hiring as an expat works exactly the same, in English. And if your helper lives in Germany or Austria, the cross-border rules apply, AHV and accident insurance stay Swiss, withholding tax depends on her country of residence. The guide explains your case.

What applies to cross-border workers →

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