Five percent fewer cultural professionals
In 2020, the number of cultural professionals fell by 4.7% compared to the previous year. In rural municipalities, the decrease was almost three times as high as in cities. Women and cultural professionals with part-time jobs are more affected.
For those employed in a cultural profession in the cultural sector (e.g. musician in an orchestra), the decline was more or less limited (minus 1.8 percent), whereas for non-cultural professions in the cultural sector (e.g. accountant in a theater), the decline was much greater at 6 percent, and for cultural professions outside the cultural sector (e.g. graphic designer in a bank) it was even higher at 7.8 percent.
In 2020, 298,000 people were counted as working in the cultural sector in Switzerland. This is 4.7% fewer than in 2019, when there were still 312,000. This is the sharpest decline since 2010. The decline recorded in 2016 and 2017 was significantly lower. On average, however, the number of cultural professionals grew by 1.3% per year until 2019.
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