After completing the "HR Specialist" course, you can usually receive up to 20 % more pay by taking on a responsible position in a company's HR department.
Calculate your individual salary opportunities as an "HR specialist" with just a few clicks using the federal government's salary calculator. This will give you an idea of how much you could earn after completing the course. Criteria such as sector, region, employer, training, professional experience and age play a decisive role in the development of your salary. We will be happy to help you with the calculation with a simple example.
A 30-year-old HR specialist in further training earns around CHF 7,659 per month in the insurance and pension fund sector in the Zurich area. After passing the professional examination as an HR specialist, he takes on specialist tasks and is promoted to a higher salary group. This increases his salary to CHF 8,396.
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 basic salary in our calculation is CHF 7,659.00. To calculate the salary with the completed further training as an HR specialist, go back to the "Training" section and select "Higher vocational training / higher technical college". This results in a new average salary of CHF 8,396.00.
Please note: The "HR specialist" calculation is intended as an example and is always a rounded figure. As mentioned above, the salary depends on various factors and can vary considerably.
Andrea is 24 years old and after successfully completing her apprenticeship in a medium-sized real estate company in eastern Switzerland, she was able to secure a permanent position in their HR department. She enjoys working with people and would like to put her commercial skills and organizational talent to good use in Human Resources. In her first five years in HR, Andrea realized that HR really is her calling. Her strong communication skills and willingness to support employees serve her well in her work in the HR team. In order to acquire the necessary specialist skills in HR assistance, Andrea would like to complete further training to become a HR assistant. After successfully completing her training as a HR assistant with a HRSE certificate from the HR Association, she hopes to be able to take on more responsibility and more interesting tasks within the HR department. Andrea would then like to take the professional examination as an HR specialist in order to improve her salary situation in the long term and increase her employment opportunities.
Financial benefits of further training as a personnel assistant and HR specialist
As an HR specialist, Andrea will receive CHF 1,036 more per month than before and will therefore have at least CHF 463,000 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 for HR assistant HRSE:
Further training HR specialist BP:
Wage difference and yield calculation:
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(All figures as at October 2022)
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