Jaberg is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

During the Middle Ages wooden castle was built near the Aare ferry.

The village was probably owned by the Lords of Krauchtal until the 15th century, when it was acquired by a noble family from Bern.

[3] Today the village is mostly rural and agrarian with most of the farms raising livestock.

Since the 1970s it has slowly been transformed into a bedroom community and now about four-fifths of the population commute to jobs in nearby towns and cities.

The rest of the municipality is 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi) or 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km2 (15 acres) or 4.5% is either rivers or lakes.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend wavy Argent a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper and Azure a Rose Argent barbed and seeded proper.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (229 or 97.4%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (2 or 0.9%) and Portuguese is the third (2 or 0.9%).

[13] In 2011, single family homes made up 67.5% of the total housing in the municipality.

[9] There were 122 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.8% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 18 of which 1 was in manufacturing and the rest were in the waste treatment industry.

In the tertiary sector; 3 or 21.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, and 7 or 50.0% were technical professionals or scientists.

[22] From the 2000 census[update], 172 or 73.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 31 or 13.2% were Roman Catholic.

[10] As of  2000[update], there were a total of 33 students from Jaberg who attended schools outside the municipality.