Wage increase after completion of the "Digital Collaboration Specialist (FPE)" course

Lohnerhöhung nach Abschluss des Lehrgangs «Digital Collaboration Specialist (BP)»

The Federal Professional Examination for Digital Collaboration Specialists provides you with in-depth specialist knowledge and skills. These will qualify you toto perform more responsible tasks independently and to take on initial management tasks.With the attainment of a Federal Diploma of Higher Educationyour chances of a pay rise will therefore increase.

Important factors for the salary

The salary or salary development depends on various factors, such as the industry, region, size of the company, professional experience, previous education and age. In terms of salary, the question is also decisive,whether a new position and function in the previous or another company will be taken up upon graduation.

Calculation of the possible salary increase through the acquisition of the Federal Certificate Digital Collaboration Specialist

We have calculated a case for the Digital Collaboration Specialist salary as an approximate example for you: Luca, a 22-year-old ICT specialist with a Federal VET Diploma worked in the ICT department of a mechanical engineering company and earned around CHF 5,962 per month. He was particularly interested in digital transformation and wants to drive and implement this in mechanical engineering production. He wants to take on more responsibility and complete continuing education, further training to become a Digital Collaboration Specialist.

Wage increase after Federal Professional Examination

After a year and a half of preparation, he therefore took the Digital Collaboration Specialist Federal Professional Examination and passed with flying colors. Since then, he has continued to work for the same mechanical engineering company and is implementing the digital transformation step by step. His monthly salary after continuing education, further trainingincreased by more than 17% to around CHF 6,981.

You can calculate your personal salary opportunities with "Salarium", the federal government's salary calculator.

Click on the "Calculate salary" button in the Salarium salary calculator (at source) and select the appropriate details:

  • Region: Choose your region / place of work (in the example Northwestern Switzerland)
  • Industry: Select your industry (in the example 28 mechanical engineering)
  • Occupational group: Enter "ICT specialist", Salarium shows the associated occupational groups (35. Information and communication technicians), then "Digital Collaboration Specialist" (33. Business and commercial specialists and administrative specialists)
  • Position in the company: In the example, first "without management function", then "lower management"
  • Hours per week: In the example 42
  • Education: In the example, first "completed vocational training", then "Higher vocational training, College of Higher Education"
  • Age: Your estimated age after completing the continuing education, further training (in the example 22, then 24)
  • Year of service: Your number of years of service (in the example 2, then 4)
  • Company size: In the example "50 and more employees"
  • 12/13 monthly salary: 12 monthly salaries in the example
  • Special payments: No
  • Monthly/hourly wage: Monthly wage

Source:"Federal Statistical Office, FSO"

Note: This sample calculation is based on data from Salarium (end of 2025). You can find informationhere. A list of other payroll calculator tools is availablehere.

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