Salary increase after completion of the "CAS Business Administration (UAS)" course

Lohnerhöhung nach Abschluss des Lehrgangs „CAS Betriebswirtschaft (FH)“

Some graduates of a CAS in Business Administration (UAS) can take on a management position or move up a hierarchical level after completing this course, thereby increasing theirincrease wages noticeably.Other participants have already held such a position before and are using this continuing education, further training to expand their knowledge. For these participants, the degreeThis does not immediately affect your salary, but only when you are promoted or change jobs at a later date.

Important criteria for determining wages

In individual cases, the development of your salary depends on other criteria such as industry, region, company as well as your previous education, professional experience and seniority. You can use the federal government's salary calculator to work out how big your personal salary difference could be if, for example, you were to move up one management level thanks to this degree course.

Calculate your personal salary opportunities in the same way here with the CAS Business Administration at a University of Applied Sciences.

Click below on "Salarium - statistical wage calculator" (at source) and then on the "Calculate wages" button:

  • Step 1: Enter your region / place of work (e.g. Zurich)
  • Step 2: Enter your industry (e.g. 58 publishing)
  • Step 3: Enter the following for occupational group: 11-14 managers
  • Step 4: Position in the company - select "Lower management"
  • Step 5: Weekly hours 42
  • Step 6: Education: e.g. University of Applied Sciences UAS
  • Step 7: Enter your age (e.g. 36 years)
  • Step 8: Enter further optional information (if available and desired)

Source:"Federal Statistical Office, FSO"

Note: This sample calculation refers to the data from Salarium (end of 2024). You can find informationhere. A list of other payroll calculator tools is availablehere.

The example salary in our calculation is CHF 11,707. Now go back to the item "Position in the company" and select "Upper and middle management", resulting in a new average salary of CHF 13,449 for our example case.

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.

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