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

Lohnerhöhung nach Abschluss des Lehrgangs «Versicherungsfachmann / Versicherungsfachfrau (BP)»

The Federal Professional Examination for Insurance Specialists provides you with in-depth specialist knowledge and skills. This qualifies you to carry out more responsible tasks independently and to take on your first management tasks. Obtaining a Federal Diploma of Higher Education will therefore increase yourChances of a wage increase.

Wage development factors

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, another decisive factor is whether the degree leads to a new position and function in the previous company or another company.

You can calculate your personal salary prospects in employment with "Salarium", the federal government's salary calculator. We have calculated a possible case to illustrate this. It is intended as an example and shows the statistical average.

Calculation of the possible salary increase with the acquisition of the Federal Diploma of Higher Education as an insurance specialist

Mirjam graduated from high school in Bern with a federal baccalaureate. As she didn't yet know what she wanted to study, she started working in customer support for a large Swiss insurance company with over 1,000 employees. Here she carried out administrative tasks such as receiving mail and answering the phone for customer inquiries of all kinds. After a year, at the age of 20, she was earning CHF 4,712 a month.

After this year, Mirjam was still undecided as to whether she wanted to study at a Universities - she liked the work at the insurance company too much and so time flew by and she now worked at the insurance company for a total of three years. Based on the customer inquiries, she was particularly interested in insurance advice. Mirjam's boss suggested that she take the step of insurance brokerage and aim for the Federal Professional Examination in Insurance Specialization "Sales and Support" in order to obtain the federal qualification that is so popular on the job market in the foreseeable future. So Mirjam quickly completed the 14-day course and the "Insurance Broker VBV" exam and then the preparatory course for the federal exam. Just over three semesters later, she passed the Federal Professional Examination with good grades and has been working in her new role as a customer advisor at the same insurance company ever since. Thanks to her excellent performance, she was even able to take over the management of a team of three. Her salary has increased with the acquisition of the Federal Diploma of Higher Education for insurance specialists and her more demanding tasks.increased by almost 30% to around CHF 6,106 per month.

This is how you can calculate your salary opportunities.

Click below on the banner "Salarium - statistical wage calculator" (at source), then on the button "Calculate wage" and select the appropriate details:

  • Region: Choose your region / place of work (in the example Bern)
  • Industry: Select 66 "Associated with financial and insurance services"
  • Occupational group: Enter the number 42 for "Office workers with customer contact"
  • Position in the company: Select "Lower management"
  • Hours per week: (42 in the example)
  • Education: Select "Higher Vocational Training, College of Higher Education"
  • Age: Your estimated age after completing the continuing education, further training (in the example 20, then 24)
  • Years of service: Your number of years of service (in the example 1, then 5)
  • 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

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.

Find an educational institute now that offers a preparatory course to become an insurance specialist (FPE):

Provider of training as an insurance specialist

Are you interested in Mirjam's intermediate step, the "Insurance Broker VBV" qualification?You can find more information and suitable offers here.