ZURICH / SALARY
SWITZERLAND

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 0.87 CHF = 1 USD
112,613 CHF $130,019 USD		84,014 CHF $97,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 0.87 CHF = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Zurich

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Average salary in Zurich is 112,613 CHF per year. The most typical earning is 84,014 CHF. All data are based on 578 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 118,053 CHF. Women receive a salary of 100,730 CHF.

The most paid careers are Law with average income 152,092 CHF and Engineers & Technicians III with income 139,446 CHF.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 129,226 CHF. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 118,573 CHF.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 149,320 CHF. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 144,816 CHF.

Levels / Zurich (Gross CHF)

Salary Levels (CHF) per Year	Surveys	[%]
8,700 CHF - 12,999 CHF	0	n/a
13,000 CHF - 17,299 CHF	0	n/a
17,300 CHF - 21,699 CHF	1	100% 0.17%
21,700 CHF - 25,999 CHF	4	99.83% 0.69%
26,000 CHF - 30,299 CHF	3	99.13% 0.52%
30,300 CHF - 34,599 CHF	2	98.62% 0.35%
34,600 CHF - 38,999 CHF	6	98.27% 1.04%
39,000 CHF - 43,299 CHF	11	97.23% 1.9%
43,300 CHF - 47,599 CHF	11	95.33% 1.9%
47,600 CHF - 51,999 CHF	5	93.43% 0.87%
52,000 CHF - 56,299 CHF	8	92.56% 1.38%
56,300 CHF - 60,599 CHF	10	91.18% 1.73%
60,600 CHF - 64,999 CHF	10	89.45% 1.73%
65,000 CHF - 69,299 CHF	12	87.72% 2.08%
69,300 CHF - 73,599 CHF	15	85.64% 2.6%
73,600 CHF - 77,999 CHF	25	83.04% 4.33%
78,000 CHF - 82,299 CHF	16	78.72% 2.77%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
82,300 CHF - 86,599 CHF	39	75.95% 6.75%
86,600 CHF - 90,899 CHF	30	69.2% 5.19%
90,900 CHF - 95,299 CHF	26	64.01% 4.5%
95,300 CHF - 99,599 CHF	24	59.52% 4.15%
99,600 CHF - 103,899 CHF	25	55.36% 4.33%
103,900 CHF - 108,299 CHF	28	51.04% 4.84%
108,300 CHF - 112,599 CHF	19	46.19% 3.29%
112,600 CHF - 116,899 CHF	21	42.91% 3.63%
116,900 CHF - 121,299 CHF	16	39.27% 2.77%
121,300 CHF - 125,599 CHF	19	36.51% 3.29%
125,600 CHF - 129,899 CHF	15	33.22% 2.6%
HIGH SALARIES
129,900 CHF - 138,599 CHF	23	30.62% 3.98%
138,600 CHF - 147,199 CHF	28	26.64% 4.84%
147,200 CHF - 155,899 CHF	26	21.8% 4.5%
155,900 CHF - 164,599 CHF	21	17.3% 3.63%
164,600 CHF - 173,199 CHF	15	13.67% 2.6%
173,200 CHF - 181,899 CHF	19	11.07% 3.29%
181,900 CHF - 190,499 CHF	15	7.79% 2.6%
190,500 CHF - 199,199 CHF	5	5.19% 0.87%
199,200 CHF - 207,899 CHF	6	4.33% 1.04%
207,900 CHF - 216,499 CHF	4	3.29% 0.69%
216,500 CHF - 303,099 CHF	15	2.6% 2.6%

Gender / Zurich (Gross CHF)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	398	118,053 CHF
2	Women	130	100,730 CHF

Education / Zurich (Gross CHF)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	44	129,226 CHF
2	Masters Degree	285	118,573 CHF
3	Bachelors Degree	201	105,927 CHF
4	Some College	25	93,455 CHF
5	High School	20	87,305 CHF
6	Bellow H. School	3	78,644 CHF

Experience / Zurich (Gross CHF)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	45	149,320 CHF
2	16-20 Years	55	144,816 CHF
3	12-16 Years	71	141,612 CHF
4	8-12 Years	106	122,470 CHF
5	4-8 Years	131	102,896 CHF
6	2-4 Years	69	90,423 CHF
7	0-1 Year	52	75,872 CHF
8	1-2 Years	49	75,786 CHF

Age / Zurich (Gross CHF)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	6	188,643 CHF
2	51-55	15	148,801 CHF
3	61-65	4	147,155 CHF
4	46-50	34	143,171 CHF
5	41-45	62	139,013 CHF
6	36-40	98	130,179 CHF
7	31-35	131	116,148 CHF
8	n/a	50	100,211 CHF
9	14-20	2	98,392 CHF
10	26-30	125	88,951 CHF
11	66-70	1	72,581 CHF
12	21-25	50	65,825 CHF

Work Type / Zurich (Gross CHF)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	14	130,525 CHF
2	Permanent	498	115,195 CHF
3	Contract	54	97,353 CHF
4	Part Time	12	54,046 CHF

Career Groups / Zurich (Gross CHF)

#		Surveys
1	Law	8	152,092 CHF
2	Engineers & Technicians III	2	139,446 CHF
3	Insurance	20	137,541 CHF
4	Management & Business	84	132,777 CHF
5	Properties & Real Estates	4	129,226 CHF
6	Human Resources	29	123,163 CHF
7	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	1	123,077 CHF
8	IT & Programming II	43	122,730 CHF
9	Finance & Banking	80	120,911 CHF
10	IT & Programming	91	117,880 CHF
11	Media	3	110,258 CHF
12	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	47	108,266 CHF
13	Logistics, Road, Railway	14	105,321 CHF
14	Accounting & Administration	20	96,833 CHF
15	Salesmen & Saleswomen	6	96,486 CHF
16	Hotels & Tourism	6	96,400 CHF
17	Construction & Labor Workers	3	96,053 CHF
18	Health Care & Medical	4	94,754 CHF
19	Engineers & Technicians	39	91,463 CHF
20	Fashion	2	89,817 CHF
21	Engineers & Technicians V	3	88,691 CHF
22	Health Care & Medical II	9	82,542 CHF
23	Engineers & Technicians IV	2	82,109 CHF
24	Engineers & Technicians II	2	78,124 CHF
25	Making Design	11	77,345 CHF
26	Architect Constructions	11	76,739 CHF
27	Aviation & Shipping	4	75,872 CHF
28	Sports & Recreation	2	75,439 CHF
29	Education & University	16	74,920 CHF
30	Organization & Coordination	2	74,054 CHF
31	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	3	70,329 CHF
32	Geography & Geodesy	1	60,455 CHF
33	Customer Services	4	52,920 CHF
34	Arts, Culture, Performance	2	46,597 CHF

Careers / Zurich (Gross CHF)

#		Surveys
1	Life Insurance	4	193,060 CHF
2	Corporate Counsel Lawyer	3	187,430 CHF
3	Other Insurance Career	3	179,548 CHF
4	General Manager	4	176,344 CHF
5	Director	20	176,170 CHF
6	Manager	10	155,297 CHF
7	Lawyer	4	146,895 CHF
8	Investment Manager	6	144,297 CHF
9	Software Engineer	16	139,360 CHF
10	Chartered Accountant	4	137,974 CHF
11	Tax Manager	6	137,801 CHF
12	.NET Developer	3	135,376 CHF
13	IT Manager	19	134,423 CHF
14	Human Resources Manager	13	133,297 CHF
15	Risk Manager	9	133,297 CHF
16	Insurance Underwriter	3	132,864 CHF
17	Engineering Manager	4	131,651 CHF
18	Logistics Manager	5	130,612 CHF
19	Risk Analyst	5	129,139 CHF
20	Other Human Resource Career	10	127,927 CHF
21	Audit Manager	4	124,722 CHF
22	IT Project Manager	18	124,636 CHF
23	Security Specialist	3	123,683 CHF
24	Finance Manager	11	123,596 CHF
25	Computer Architect	3	122,470 CHF
26	Operations Manager	5	120,478 CHF
27	Other Finance Career	18	120,218 CHF
28	Risk Management Insurance	5	119,872 CHF
29	Data-warehouse Engineer	4	119,785 CHF
30	Database Administrator	4	118,746 CHF
31	Quality Manager	3	117,620 CHF
32	Lead Developer	9	115,974 CHF
33	Sales Manager	3	114,155 CHF
34	Human Resource	3	113,982 CHF
35	Other Management Career	5	112,596 CHF
36	Marketing Manager	19	112,163 CHF
37	Marketing	4	111,297 CHF
38	Business Development Manager	10	110,344 CHF
39	Software Developer	18	109,045 CHF
40	CEO	4	108,352 CHF
41	Hotel Manager	3	107,573 CHF
42	Other IT Career	7	104,282 CHF
43	Banks	3	100,990 CHF
44	Project Manager	9	99,604 CHF
45	Economist	3	98,565 CHF
46	Other Marketing Career	5	95,360 CHF
47	Mechanical Engineer	7	94,581 CHF
48	Financial Analyst	8	91,983 CHF
49	Logistics Coordinator	4	89,298 CHF
50	Research Engineer	8	86,006 CHF
51	C-Sharp Developer	3	86,006 CHF
52	Other Tourism Career	3	85,227 CHF
53	Electrical Engineer	3	83,668 CHF
54	Engineer	10	76,565 CHF
55	Other Education Career	9	71,195 CHF
56	Marketing Coordinator	5	64,959 CHF
57	Architect	9	62,014 CHF
58	Business Development Coordinator	3	52,487 CHF

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Junior Manager Technical Development Services

Posted 22 August 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Amateur football."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	86,000 CHF

Phd Student

Posted 13 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Physics optics programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Expert	57,300 CHF

Accounting Analyst

Posted 21 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technical Accounting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	122,100 CHF

Head Of Tax

Posted 28 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Certified tax expert
Swiss tax expert
International tax expert
M&A."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	259,800 CHF

Data Analyst

Posted 11 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data analyst."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	84,700 CHF

Junior Architect

Posted 09 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"3d modelling, plan coordination, design, BIM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	66,000 CHF

Teacher Assistant

Posted 06 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"I have 3 years of experience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	88,200 CHF

Senior Analyst

Posted 01 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Security."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	92,100 CHF

Project Engineer

Posted 27 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Energy modeling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	63,300 CHF

People Operations Specialist

Posted 26 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"More HR Generalist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	70,900 CHF

Commercial Director

Posted 20 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Strategy, Market Penetration, Business Development, Account Management, Sales, Negotiation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	119,700 CHF

Head Compensation & Benefits

Posted 18 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Global remuneration policies, salary bands."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	142,700 CHF

Software Engineer

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	107,600 CHF

Logistics Operations Manager

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management of logistics operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	127,400 CHF

Human Resources

Posted 16 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment, Development, Compliance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	126,600 CHF

Consultant In Financial Services Transformation

Posted 12 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consult clients."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	85,900 CHF

Hotel General Manager

Posted 09 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hotel General Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	115,500 CHF

Business Development Manager

Posted 30 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business development, executive assistance, marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Intermediate	83,300 CHF

Researcher

Posted 27 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conduct research projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	Expert	83,300 CHF

Software Development Engineer

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	113,900 CHF

Marketing Manager

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"9 years experience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	88,900 CHF

Senior Unity3d Developer

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"C#, 3D graphics programming, tools development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	84,600 CHF

Software Engineer

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	94,000 CHF

Tech Lead

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java J2EE, API, Cloud."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	131,700 CHF

Marketing Manager

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	101,600 CHF

Global Marketing Manager

Posted 22 March 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	141,100 CHF

Associate

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management consulting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	96,900 CHF

Project Manager

Posted 18 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"- requirement engineering
- stakeholder analysis
- monitor time & budget 
- prepare project plans
- communicate and enable work among stakeholders."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	112,800 CHF

Backoffice Credits

Posted 12 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Contract writting and testing of credibility."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	70,500 CHF

Mas Architecture Eth

Posted 12 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design and construction."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	188,100 CHF

Project Manager

Posted 06 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"PMP, planning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	88,000 CHF

Devops Engineer

Posted 18 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	95,400 CHF

Technical Recruiter

Posted 17 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruiter."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	144,900 CHF

Senior Dev

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage the whole app."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	93,500 CHF

Corporate Senior Quality Manager

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Set smart targets, guide on critical strategic programs, capture and share best practice and build the skills of our people through training and development programs, operating manuals and escalated trouble-shooting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	116,900 CHF

Jr Architect

Posted 18 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"3d modeling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	43,800 CHF

General Manager

Posted 18 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Scientific company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	175,400 CHF

Software Engineer

Posted 16 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	121,800 CHF

Quantitative Investment Risk Analyst

Posted 15 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Investment Risk Analysis, Analytics, Python, VBA, Market Risk."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	97,400 CHF

Hr Manager

Posted 14 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hire and terminate, HR Administration, Payroll Administration, HR Advisory, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	126,700 CHF

Flight Attendant

Posted 12 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Flight attendant, serving coffee and food."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	High School	2-4 Years	Advanced	40,000 CHF

Ux Product Designer

Posted 09 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"UX design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	115,000 CHF

Director

Posted 06 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	141,300 CHF

Director Risk Analytics

Posted 06 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Credit Risk analytics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	185,100 CHF

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 05 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, Python."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	150,100 CHF

Sales Manager

Posted 04 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	97,400 CHF

Scientist

Posted 04 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project manager, expert on technology."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	107,200 CHF

Integration Manager

Posted 17 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Define the standards for integration the core system with the company landscape."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	152,000 CHF

Credit Risk Controller

Posted 16 December 2021

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	210,300 CHF

Software Engineer

Posted 03 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zurich	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	116,900 CHF

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