Wage increase after completion of the "Electrical installation and safety expert (AFPE)" course

The Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) for Electrical Installation and Safety Experts provides you with in-depth specialist knowledge at a high level as well as leadership skills. This will qualify you to take on demanding and complex specialist and management tasks and to manage your own or another company. With the federal diploma, your chances of a pay rise increase accordingly.

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, the question of whether a new position and function in the previous or another company will be taken up upon graduation is also decisive.

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 as an electrical installation and safety expert

Marisa completed an apprenticeship (Federal VET Diploma) as an electrician in her family's electrical company in Basel-Stadt, which employs around 40 people. It became clear early on that Marisa would one day succeed her father and take over and run the family business. Marisa is correspondingly determined. At the age of 25, she therefore completed her Federal Professional Examination to become an "Electrical Project Manager" (now called "Electrical Project Manager Installation and Safety" since 2020). With the Federal Diploma of Higher Education in hand, Marisa earned CHF 7,006 per month after four years of work at lower management level.

With her father approaching retirement, Maris needed continuing education, further training that would not only allow her to deepen her technical knowledge, but also prepare her for running a company: the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) for electrical installation and security experts with a federal diploma. A short time later, Marisa registered for a preparatory course and successfully passed the AFPE four semesters later, at the age of 34. Three years after completing her federal diploma, Marisa had already largely taken over the management of the company. Still employed by her father, she now earns CHF 9,627 per month in this senior management role, which corresponds to a 37% increase in salary.

How to calculate your salary opportunitiesClick on the "Salarium - statistical wage calculator" banner below, then on the "Calculate wages" button and select the appropriate details:

• REGION: Select your region / place of work (in the example Basel-Stadt)
• BRANCHE: Select 35 Energy supply
• PROFESSIONAL GROUP: enter the number 31 for "Engineering and similar specialists".
• POSITION IN THE COMPANY: Select "upper and middle management".
• HOURS OF THE WEEK: (42 in the example)
• EDUCATION Select "Higher Vocational Training, College of Higher Education"
• AGE: Your estimated age after completion of continuing education, further training (in the example 27, then 34)
• YEARS OF SERVICE: Your number of years of service (in the example 4, then 3)
• COMPANY SIZE: (in the example "20-49 employees")
• 12/13 MONTHLY WAGES: (12 monthly wages in the example)
• SPECIAL PAYMENTS: No
• MONTHLY / HOURLY WAGE: Monthly wage

Source: Federal Statistical Office

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.

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