diff --git a/change/@ni-nimble-components-46a29ba0-9f17-47f3-8087-e11186e45247.json b/change/@ni-nimble-components-46a29ba0-9f17-47f3-8087-e11186e45247.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6529eb5feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@ni-nimble-components-46a29ba0-9f17-47f3-8087-e11186e45247.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "Add padding between switch and its label",
+  "packageName": "@ni/nimble-components",
+  "email": "7282195+m-akinc@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/nimble-components/src/switch/styles.ts b/packages/nimble-components/src/switch/styles.ts
index b4de9b3533..5f0e51c83c 100644
--- a/packages/nimble-components/src/switch/styles.ts
+++ b/packages/nimble-components/src/switch/styles.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
     borderWidth,
     buttonLabelDisabledFontColor,
     buttonLabelFontColor,
-    controlHeight,
     controlLabelDisabledFontColor,
     controlLabelFont,
     controlLabelFontColor,
@@ -38,9 +37,6 @@ export const styles = css`
         --ni-private-switch-indicator-size: 24px;
         --ni-private-switch-indicator-inner-size: 18px;
         --ni-private-switch-indicator-margin: -2px;
-        padding-bottom: calc(
-            ${controlHeight} - var(--ni-private-switch-height)
-        );
     }
 
     :host([disabled]) {
@@ -65,6 +61,12 @@ export const styles = css`
     .switch-container {
         display: flex;
         align-items: center;
+        ${'' /*
+            Reserve space around the 24px control to fill a 32px height until we have a switch 32 design.
+            See: https://github.com/ni/nimble/issues/3013
+        */}
+        padding-top: 2px;
+        padding-bottom: 6px;
     }
 
     slot[name='unchecked-message']::slotted(*) {