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

Lohnerhöhung nach Abschluss des Lehrgangs „Höheres Wirtschaftsdiplom“

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

Criteria for wage development

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 opportunities with the help of a salary calculator.

Click below on "Salarium - statistical wage calculator" (at source) and then on the "Calculate wages" 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 Federal VET Diploma clerks, for example, this would be: 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 from Salarium (end of 2024). You can find informationhere. A list of other payroll calculator tools is availablehere.

The example salary for "Higher Business Diploma" in our calculation is around CHF 6,288. Now go back to the "Position in the company" section and select "Lower management", resulting in a new average salary of around CHF 6,849.

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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Overview of schools "Advanced Business Diploma"