Total gross comp:
2012: Fr. 88k
2013: Fr. 98k
2014: Fr. 99k
2015: Fr. 110k
2016: Fr. 123k
2017: Fr. 150k
2018: Fr. 127k
2019: Fr. 120k
2020: Fr. 158k
2021: Fr. 165k
2022: Fr. 173k + 78k bonus
2012 first salary as a developer in traditional company in Switzerland (coming from abroad with lots of experience already)
2014 first remote job (Silicon Valley startup)
2018 second remote job (Swiss startup company)
2020 third remote job (late-stage Silicon Valley startup)
Wow that Silicon startup must really like you for this salary. I wouldn’t think an American company would pay that much for someone working remotely. Are you doing web dev? Isn’t it a chore with the time difference? Anyways congrats that is inspiring.
I’m still at 110k CHF (37 years old) working in embedded software development for a big Swiss company. Too low for my liking but when discussing with my colleagues it looks I’m above people that have been there several years so I guess it’s just a company that pays badly. Only been here for 1 year but I enjoy the work and have a second baby on the way so going to stay here for now.
Update for 2022:
Gross salary figures
IN - India
US - USA
DE - Germany
All figures in CHF at current conversion rates.
All figures based on Feb salary each year (when annual raises are factored in)
CH figures include health insurance (given as a taxable benefit)
CH figures do not include bonus - 5% of annual salary
IN - 1999 - 1,813 - Start of employment at 21 years
IN - 2000 - 2,505
IN - 2001 - 2,820
IN - 2002 - 3,200
2 year break for MBA
IN - 2004 - 6,295
IN - 2005 - 7,554
DE - 2006 - 60,000
US - 2007 - 72,000
US - 2008 - 77,000
CH - 2009 - 104,000
CH - 2010 - 106,000
CH - 2011 - 113,992
CH - 2012 - 120,000
CH - 2013 - 120,000
CH - 2014 - 120,000
CH - 2015 - 132,000
CH - 2016 - 132,000
CH - 2017 - 136,032
CH - 2018 - 142,306
CH - 2019 - 146,129
CH - 2020 - 149,265
CH - 2021 - 150,668
CH - 2022 - 165,534
I also share my salaries:
2017: 52k (started PhD in machine learning)
2018: 53k
2019: 54k
2020: 55k
2021: 56k
2022: 145k (first job)
I am 28. I would expect 160k by 30. I have no idea of salary progression, but it seems doable when I see yours. I’ve been told at my company that every year your annual salary increase depends on your work, but “OK” = +5-6% (but no bonus).
I could see myself decreasing my percentage to 75 or 80% (>=75% you are still considered a full employee). Are any of you doing that to enjoy life more now instead of waiting for FIRE?
I reduced to 80% after a difficult time in my life (private and work related) approx 6 years ago.
Could enjoy for myself for some time (highly recommended) and a little later became dad and since then enjoy it as my day alone with my child.
It feels like lots of extra quality time to the weekend. If one day of weekend is used for chores, say, then quality before was 1 day, and now is 2 days (i.e. +100%).
What if you set your goals higher? I’m sure you can reach 150k earlier than at age 40. You could also find out in 1 or 2 years that there’s other opportunities outside of the banking sector. Just food for thought.
Sorry to hear that, but glad to hear that it was a good decision in the end 
I am also thinking of that with a kid in the future, so happy to hear it’s really worth it!
2015: 100k real estate analyst (first job, masters degree in business administration from FH)
2016: 100k
2017: 110k real estate asset manager (promotion)
2018: 135k promotion to senior
2019: 110k change of company, move from zurich to berne
2020: 145k portfolio manager (change of company)
2021: 145k
2022: 150k but now with an 80% quota = 120k
All figures total comp, incl bonus and employee participation programs
Thanks for sharing your story!! Recently, I start thinking a bit more about it and I also thought about the greed and fear. I am happy to hear that, in the end, you will probably not be impacted and the fear might be only in our mind (I don’t want to make a generality).
I also think that with high salaries you have the luxury to easily decrease to 80%, so it’s a low risk to try it out .
I really liked the idea of someone posting (here or in another topic, sorry can’t remember) about when being at the promotion/raise time - to not ask for a nominal raise, but for keeping the same (or only slightly lower) salary for the 80% instead of 100% of work.
(Translated into pay/hr that’s quite a large relative salary increase though 
but I like the concept a lot, even with meeting in the middle)
I might want to transfer to Portfolio management.
Can iask you hw old you are?
Might be that the fact of asking for 80% could be a negative point towards the promotion? Might be safer to first get promoted and THEN ask for the reduction.
I like the branch and the job (most of the times) a lot, go for it
I’m 34 years old
Haha thanks 
! I don’t think that has anything to do with it, it’s within the range they pay for a Senior Backend Engineer (doing Go/Ruby on Rails development). The time difference is not a problem at all, most of the time I’m working independently, and in any case we all work asynchronously.
same here with reduction to 80%.
That ~20-30k extra isn’t worth it to be away from your child, especially in the early years.
I don’t even want to work 5 days a week again, but I could see my allocation go up to 90% eventually (working 4x9 hours instead => basically same hours as now, but with an 11% salary bump).
Engineering Master Degree work in a business role (numbers are years post graduation)
1: 90k (1st job)
2: 100k (promotion)
3: 115k (switched company + role change)
4: 135k (promotion)
5: 150k (promotion)
stress level can be huge from time to time but work can be extremely rewarding from time to time. workhours on avg. 45-50 with sometimes huges swings to the moon ;).
Might be a bit more informational with years instead of a list (unless the 1-5 are the sequence of years)
Figures do not include bonus and other company benefits.
2003 - 2006: ca.6k € (40%) (Spain Internship)
2006 - 2010: 24k € → First real job out of university
2010 - 2012: 36k € → Change work
2012: 93k CHF → Move to CH
2013: 96K CHF
2014: 120K CHF → role change
2015: 140k CHF → Promotion
2016: 140k CHF
2017: 140k CHF–> role change, secured 1 year old salary
2018: 127k CHF
2019: 127k CHF
2020: 133k CHF → promotion
2021: 133k CHF
2022: 133k CHF
My stable no-progression, only small changes every few years
quoting equivalents for 100% employment, including overtime payout
2012: 13k <= Transition from Master ETH Mech.Eng. to PhD ETH Mech Eng
2013: 55k <= there are no work-hours in a Ph.D. 
2014: 64k
2015: 72k
2016: 72k
2017: 72k
2018: 75k <= transition to first job after Academia: Management Consulting in a ZH KMU 42.5h/week
2019: 92k (90+2)
2020: 120k (110 + 10) <= new job: IT Consulting in international Enterprise 40h/week
2021: 136k (115 + 20) <= promotion
needs to grow… bigger!