In CH it depends on the type of work. If you're contracting/freelancing etc. You know or talk about your per hour or maybe per month salary. But with long-term

In CH it depends on the type of work. If you're contracting/freelancing etc. You know or talk about your per hour or maybe per month salary. But with long-term employment you typically know or talk about the per year and maybe per month salary. Then there are a _lot_ of trades that have a GAV (negotiated by unions), where you'll have a wage table per month and clauses such as being entitled to a 13th salary per year among other things. The tables typically take education (including advanced training) levels, roles and experience into account.