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

Some graduates of a CAS in Business Administration (UAS) are able to take on a management position or move up a level in the hierarchy following this course, thereby significantly increasing their salary. Other participants have already taken on such a position and use this continuing education, further training to expand their knowledge. For these participants, the qualification will not have an immediate impact on their salary, but only when they are later promoted or change jobs.

In individual cases, the development of your salary depends on other criteria such as sector, 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 a management level thanks to this course of study:

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 (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 is based on data from Salarium (end of 2024). Information can be foundhere. 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.

Click on the banner below to access the salary calculator.

Salarium - Statistischer Lohnrechner

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