Wage increase after completion of the "Advanced Business Diploma" course

The "Advanced Business Diploma" qualification enables many graduates to take on a management position following this course and thereby significantly increase their salary. Other participants are already in management positions and use this Advanced Business Diploma course to expand their knowledge base and theoretical skills. In this group, the qualification as a business specialist often does not have an immediate effect on wages, but only when they are later promoted or change jobs.

In individual cases, the development of the salary depends on other criteria such as sector, region, company or previous education, professional experience and age of the applicant. Calculate your individual chances with the help of a salary calculator:

This is how you proceed: Click on "Salarium - statistical salary calculator" below and then on the "Calculate salary" button

  • Step 1: Enter your region / place of work (e.g. Zurich)
  • Step 2: Enter your industry (e.g. 62 information technology services)
  • Step 3: Under Occupational group, enter your occupation and transfer the corresponding occupational group. For commercial clerks EFZ this would be e.g.: 41 General office and secretarial staff
  • Step 4: Position in the company - Select "Without management function"
  • Step 5: Weekly hours 42
  • Step 6: Training: Completed vocational training
  • Step 7: Enter your age (e.g. 28 years)
  • Step 8: Enter further optional information (if available and desired)

Source:"Federal Statistical Office, FSO"

Note: This sample calculation refers to the data of Salarium 2023, this service is temporarily interrupted. Information can be foundhere. A list of other payroll calculator tools is availablehere.

The example salary for a "Higher Business Diploma" in our calculation is around CHF 5,900. Now go back to the "Position in the company" section and select "Lower management", resulting in a new average salary of around CHF 6,700.

Please note: The calculation is intended as an example and is always a rounded figure. As mentioned above, the salary depends on various factors and sometimes varies greatly.

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Salarium - Statistischer Lohnrechner

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