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Good to know in Valais
Three things that count here.
- 9paid public holidays a yearNAV Valais · Art. 14 al. 1
Public holidays are paid.
The NAV Valais counts 9 paid public holidays, unless the contract says otherwise in writing.
Put it in the contractWhat it means for you
If one falls on a working day, the wage stays the same.
- 80 %of the wage, for at least 720 daysNAV Valais
Sick-pay insurance is mandatory.
The NAV Valais requires a daily sickness allowance insurance for contracts of more than one month.
How long you payWhat it means for you
Without a policy, you pay the 80% yourself.
- 2.78 %family-allowance contribution on the wageFamily compensation fund
Family allowance: CHF 327 per child.
If your employee has children, she is entitled to CHF 327 per child a month once her wage reaches CHF 630 a month (all employers together).
Work out the costWhat it means for you
The contribution is on every payslip.
Registering in Valais
AHV registration with Caisse AVS Valais: four steps.
Employer registration
- 1
Fill in the fund's form
Caisse AVS Valais has its own registration form. Address and link below.
- 2
Pick the right procedure
Above CHF 22'680 a year, the ordinary procedure applies. You then take out accident insurance and a pension fund yourself.
- 3
Register your nanny
With her AHV number (756.…) and first working day, within a month.
- 4
Wait for the confirmation
The settlement number arrives by post. Wages are declared every year by 30 January.
Above CHF 22'680 a year, quickly reached full time, the ordinary procedure applies, with a pension fund (BVG).
In Valais, use the right form: «QUESTIONNAIRE – DÉCOMPTE SIMPLIFIÉ PLUS», accident insurance is then part of the registration from the start.
The fund
Caisse de compensation du canton du Valais ↗Avenue de Pratifori 22, Case postale 180, 1951 Sion
+41 27 607 55 00
Official form, filled in · PDF
Caisse de compensation du canton du Valais: the registration form, filled in with your details
You type your details here once, Clino enters them into the office's own PDF: «QUESTIONNAIRE – DECOMPTE SIMPLIFIE PLUS».
You submit the form to your compensation office yourself.
Free. What you type into the form, Clino does not store.
Clino walks you through every step and fills in the wage fields from your payslip.
Try 30 days freeWages in Valais
What a nanny earns in Valais.
According to the Swiss Nanny Association, the market pays CHF 25 to 40 an hour.
According to SECO, the federal NAV does not cover nannies who mainly look after children. A minimum wage is a floor, not a recommended rate.
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The Valais kit.
Three templates for hiring your nanny. As a PDF, right away.
Clino · Valais
Nanny contract
With the overtime rule and no banked hours.
Clino · Valais
Payslip
With the 2026 rates. Pick Valais, done.
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Caisse AVS Valais checklist
Every step to tick off, with the fund's address and phone number.
A new payslip every month? Clino makes it for you, free for the first 30 days. Then CHF 19.90/mo. Try 30 days free →
In the same household
Who else has a key?
Each role has its own rules in Valais.
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Cross-border · Valais
Where does she live?
The simple registration isn't possible here.
Clino still does the payroll, the normal way, as a company would.
Already filled in: Valais.
Simplified settlement procedure: AHV leaflet 2.07 (as at 1.1.2026); directives on the collection of contributions, no. 2105
Comparison Valais
Nanny or daycare: what suits you?
Full-time daycare (Kita) per child vs. a full-time nanny (40 hrs/week). CHF/month, before subsidies.
Nanny, daycare, au pair & childminder in full comparison →- • From 2 children on, a nanny quickly becomes cheaper than daycare.
- • A tax deduction of up to CHF 25'800/child (federal) is also possible.
Childcare
Four rules for every nanny contract.
Childcare has its own rules. These four belong in every contract.
Overtime is paid
Overtime is the exception: only where it is needed and reasonable for the nanny (Art. 321c para. 1 OR), ideally agreed in advance. If it doesn't work for her (her own children, a course, a second job), she can say no. Beyond the agreed hours: a 25% supplement, or the same amount of time off if you both agree (Art. 321c OR). Waiving it only counts in writing. For overtime on Sundays and public holidays the Swiss Nanny Association recommends +50%; it is not the law, but it is what the Clino nanny contract agrees.
No banked hours
If you don't need the nanny because you are on holiday or a child is ill, you still pay the full wage (Art. 324 OR). Minus hours are not allowed.
An au pair is not a nanny
Au pair means at most 30 hours a week, room and board, a language course, and a parent at home at least half the time. Whoever looks after the children more, or alone, is a nanny.
Full time means a pension fund
Above CHF 22'680 a year, the pension fund (BVG) is mandatory. Clino includes it in every payslip.
The nanny contract in the kit already has the overtime and banked-hours clauses. ↑
Typical market rates, according to the Swiss Nanny Association
CHF 5'000–6'500
gross per month, or CHF 25–40 an hour, depending on experience. The minimum wage is a floor, not a recommended rate.
Independent support: Swiss Nanny Association
The Swiss Nanny Association is a nonprofit association supporting nannies and Au Pairs with information, resources, training and guidance on fair working conditions in Switzerland.
For information and resources, visit swissnanny.org ↗Guides
For families with a nanny in Valais
- NightsNanny overtime in Switzerland: evenings and nightsA night on call: CHF 5 an hour on standby, and every call-out is working time at the full wage.Read →
- Au pairSwiss au pair year in Romandie 2026: pocket money and AHVNo cantonal au pair rate. Guideline: CHF 500 to 810 a month.Read →
- HiringNanny interview and trial day: questions, pay, probationThe right questions, the paid trial day and the probation period in Valais.Read →
Tax deduction Valais
Registered? Then you get money back.
Declare your nanny properly and her costs come off your taxes. Work out how much:
Children under 14
What does she do?
Household taxable income
Tax return 2026
SampleDeductions
- Work expenses
- Insurance premiums
- Third-party childcare costs
- Federal tax deduction
- CHF 32'489
- Cantonal and municipal tax deduction
- CHF 20'000
- Estimated tax saving per year
- CHF 9'288
- Capped at CHF 25'800 per child for federal tax and CHF 10'000 in Valais.
When the deduction applies
- The child is under 14 and lives with you.
- You need the care because you work or study. For a couple, that goes for both of you.
- Only the childcare is deductible, not cleaning, cooking or laundry.
- You can prove the costs. That only works if the nanny is declared and you pay her wage by bank transfer.
- Per child at most CHF 25'800 for federal tax and CHF 10'000 in Valais.
The documents you attach
- The compensation office's statements and, in the ordinary procedure, the nanny's salary certificate (Lohnausweis)
- The employment contract with its task list, ideally stating the childcare share as a percentage
- Proof of payment: the wage transfers (the tax office may ask for them)
- Proof that you work: your own salary certificates
Clino prepares the contract, the payslips and a statement of the childcare costs for the tax office, plus the salary certificate in the ordinary procedure.
Paid cash and undeclared, there is no proof, so no deduction.
Some employers pay towards it
The federal administration pays its staff up to CHF 750 per child and month until the child starts school, Swiss Post up to CHF 12'000 a year depending on income, and the canton of Solothurn up to CHF 300 per child and month. All three also pay towards an employed nanny. They usually ask for the employment contract, proof of the costs and a confirmation from the compensation office. The contract and the costs come from Clino, the confirmation from your office.
Federal Personnel Ordinance (German)Swiss Post: fact sheet from HR or the social counselling serviceCanton of Solothurn
› How we calculate
A cautious estimate: the net wage before source tax (as on the salary certificate, box 11), the cantonal capital's tax rates, married, no church tax. A deduction lowers taxable income, not the tax itself. The tax office makes the assessment.
ESTV tax calculator for Sion: a family with two children and CHF 150'000 income, a nanny 25 hours a week. Deducted: her net wage, at most the deduction per child. At CHF 250'000 income, around CHF 8'240. Childcare deduction in Valais: up to CHF 10'000 per child (cantonal and municipal tax), up to CHF 25'800 for federal tax (2026).
The employer contributions for a registered nanny cost around CHF 4'600 a year in Sion, more than the tax saved at CHF 150'000 income. Net, that is around CHF 1'390 a year more.
If she falls ill: how long you keep paying the wage
How many days of full wage you owe in Valais depends on the year of service. This is the table that binds here when no policy sits behind it.
- Year 121 days of full wage
- Year 230 days of full wage
- Year 360 days of full wage
- Year 590 days of full wage
- Year 10120 days of full wage
- Year 20180 days of full wage
Sick-pay insurance is mandatory in canton Valais.
For at least 720 days.
It only applies to contracts of more than one month.
The contract may deviate from it in writing.
Check what applies in your caseSource: Arrêté CTT économie domestique VS (RS 221.602), art. 17
Valais at a glance
- Fund
- Caisse AVS Valais
- Market rate (SNA)
- CHF 25–40/h
- Sick-pay insurance
- mandatory
- Child allowance
- CHF 327/month
Frequently asked questions
Do I really have to register my nanny, even for just a few hours?
Yes. For household employees there is no minimum number of hours and no de-minimis threshold. From the very first franc you pay AHV/IV/EO, ALV and UVG accident insurance. Exceptions are young people up to the year they turn 17 and, for employees up to age 25, wages up to CHF 750 a year; from reference age, an allowance of CHF 16'800 a year applies. The exemption for very small wages (CHF 2'500/year) explicitly does not apply to nannies and other household employees. Paying a nanny in cash and unregistered is undeclared work.
I've been paying my nanny without registering her for a while. What now?
No need to panic. You can register the employment retroactively (back-registration with the Caisse de compensation du canton du Valais). The sooner you do it, the smaller the back-payment, and you avoid a penalty if it comes to light in an inspection. Clino helps you with the back-registration and then sets up the ongoing payroll.
What exactly does Clino prepare for me?
Clino prepares the registration with the Caisse de compensation du canton du Valais, the nanny contract with the overtime rule, a comparison of UVG policies with the application ready, the monthly payslip, the wage statement (Lohnausweis) and the annual declaration. You enter the workload and wage, check and send. You take out the insurance yourself. CHF 19.90/month, cancel anytime.
Which compensation office is responsible in the canton of Valais?
Caisse de compensation du canton du Valais. With the compensation office's PDF form from ahvwallis.ch: fill it in, sign it and send it by post.
What is the employee FAK contribution in Valais?
Valais is one of only two cantons with an employee FAK contribution. 0.131% (2026), on top of the employer contribution of 2.78%. That is one of the highest FAK rates in Switzerland.
How high is the birth allowance in Valais?
Child allowance: CHF 327 per child a month. Training allowance: CHF 477 a month. Plus a one-off birth allowance of CHF 2'142. As of 2026.
In which language should I draw up the contract?
Valais is bilingual (German in Upper Valais, French in Lower Valais). The contract must be in a language both parties understand.
Updated:
Canton Valais
One canton, one compensation fund.
Sion, Martigny or Brig-Glis: private households register with Caisse AVS Valais.
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