Hi Gary,

One word of advise, honestly, it seems you've got quite a good life going for yourselves in the US:

DON'T DO IT!!

Not because of the country, it's great over here, but my personal experience is that I had to start all over again, also financially. We were just 2 people, and already finding it hard on an above avarage salary. Let alone if you like to gain some future financial security: for example, buying a house is impossible without some significant savings (say minimum 100.000 USD).

If you however REALLY want to come and live here, do only come if you have a well paid job, and your wife ideally as well. Once you make 140.000 CHF per year as a start, you can have a pretty good life with a 5-headed family.

Ciaociao.
P.s. OK, if you do everything in the cheapest possible way, shopping in Germany, live in the mountain 30 mins from Zurich, make it a mission so to say, you could survive on a lower salary, say 100.000 CHF. I know single guys in their mid twenties, no family, asking 70.000 CHF for a pretty normal job...just as an indication