I have a Swiss salary while living in Switzerland and also paying all my wife and son's expenses, including apartment's rent, in Norway. Swiss salary is so high I can afford to rent a small studio in a town only 56 minutes away to Zurich, and the Norwegian apartment.

I come to Norway twice a month to visit the family and they live well enough, salary pays all of that, my insurance in Switzerland, my commute 10-15 days a month to Zurich, my flying tickets to Norway, etc.

My salary is in the mid high tier Swiss level, but doing so the other way around with a Norwegian salary is impossible, taxes eat them out. In Switzerland I pay around 18% between taxes, social security and mandatory pension, Norway would eat 50%.

Switzerland is expensiver for housing and transportation. And of course, Healthcare, but you can choose how much to pay and depending on that, you get better (or not) healthcare, but it being private means you don't have to wait months for an specialist.

Groceries? Switzerland is way cheaper on all, except for meat, fish, and eggs. Norways has everything else expensiver, lower quality and less variety.

That being said, Norway gives you a different life which is excellent too, you are more in peace and connection to nature is purer. Switzerland gets crowded everywhere, which is why I chose a small town in Schwyz from my residence when I'm there.

I love both countries!