Experience has shown that a salary increase of up to 20% can be achieved after completing the "Management Assistant" course. However, it is also apparent that too many management assistants remain in their current position with the same salary and therefore do not really exploit the salary potential of this further training.
Where do you and your salary prospects stand as an executive assistant (also known as a management assistant)? Calculate your personal situation using the federal salary calculator below. Various criteria are used to calculate your salary. For example, the sector, the region, the employer, what training you have completed and how many years of professional experience you have. These factors play an important role in the development of your salary.
We would be happy to provide you with an example of an executive assistant's salary. A 27-year-old management assistant in further training earns around CHF 7,194 per month in the financial services sector in the Zurich area. After passing the professional examination for management assistants, he takes on specialist tasks and is promoted to a higher salary group. This increases his salary to CHF 7,886.
This is how you proceed: Click on "Salarium - statistical salary calculator" below and then on the "Calculate salary" button
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 in our calculation is CHF 7,194.00.
To calculate the salary with the completed further training, go back to the "Training" item and select "Higher vocational training / higher technical college". The new average salary as a management assistant is now CHF 7,886.00.
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.
Xenia is 33 years old and works as an executive assistant at a medium-sized basketware manufacturer in Basel. The mother of 12-year-old twins was able to get this job six months ago as an opportunity to re-enter the job market. Xenia has settled in well there and is a valued, reliable employee. She has found a good solution for childcare with her own parents, her parents-in-law and a friend of the twins. She is very motivated for her new job in the area of management assistance. Thanks to her exceptionally good organizational skills, her reliable manner and corresponding discretion as well as her independent way of working, she is also highly appreciated by the entire management team. After completing her commercial apprenticeship, which was some time ago, Xenia would soon like to complete further training to become a management assistant. She wants to expand her business management knowledge so that she can take on even more demanding communication, information and administrative tasks in the future. She also hopes to have better earning potential and better job opportunities in the future after successfully completing her training as a management assistant with a federal certificate.
Financial benefits of further training as a management assistant
As an executive assistant, Xenia will receive CHF 979 more per month than before and will therefore have at least CHF 347,000 more at her disposal by the time she retires than if she had not undertaken any further training.
As this theoretical calculation does not take into account any further salary increases, promotions or interest on savings, the salary can still increase significantly.
Calculation in detail
Further training management assistant VKS:
Wage difference and yield calculation:
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(All figures as at October 2022)
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