Wage increase after completion of the "Accounting Clerk" course
Would you like to calculate your personal salary opportunities after completing the accounting clerk course? The federal government's salary calculator provides further information.
Important salary criteria
The development of the personal salary depends on other criteria such as sector, region, employer, previous education, professional experience and age.
We will be happy to provide you with an example to make the calculation easier.
Click on "Salarium - statistical wage calculator" under 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. 64 financial services)
- Step 3: Enter the occupational group (43 office staff in finance and accounting, statistics and materials management)
- 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. 25 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 in our calculation is CHF 6,356 (with completed vocational training). The course to become an accounting clerk is often the stepping stone to the next step in your career, i.e. obtaining the federal certificate "Specialist in Finance and Accounting".
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.
Find an educational institution that offers the course Accounting Clerk (Accounting Assistant) here:
Click here for the courses "Accounting Clerk, Accounting Assistant (Cert.)"
