Wage increase after completion of the "Medical and hospital secretary (certified)" course

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.

We have calculated a concrete example using Salarium, the federal government's salary calculator. In it, a 30-year-old medical secretary in a group practice of medical specialists in Zurich receives a salary of CHF 5,616 per month.

Calculate your personal salary opportunities as a medical secretary in the same way here.

This is how you proceed: Click on "Salarium - statistical salary calculator" below and then on the "Calculate salary" button

• Step 1: Enter your region / place of work (in the example we have taken Zurich)
• Step 2: Enter the following sector: 86 Healthcare
• Step 3: Enter medical secretary under occupational group, then the following will appear: 33 Business management and commercial specialists and administrative specialists
• Step 4: Position in the company - Select "Without management function"
• Step 5: Weekly hours 42
• Step 6: Training: enter your existing training here. In the example, we have taken "Completed vocational training"
• Step 7: Enter your age (30 years in the example)
• Step 8: Enter the company size of your potential employer (in the example we have taken less than 20 employees)
• Step 9: Enter further optional information (if available and desired). We have not added any further details in the example).

Source:"Federal Statistical Office, FSO"

Note: This sample calculation is based on data from Salarium (end of 2024). Information can be foundhere. A list of other payroll calculator tools is availablehere.

The figures you receive here are statistical averages. This means that your actual future salary may differ slightly - but you will get an idea of where it will be.

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