# Share your salary progression **URL:** https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/share-your-salary-progression/5824 **Category:** Share your story **Created:** [March 3, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/share-your-salary-progression/5824 "2021-03-03T14:14:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 702
### Author: ![GJ\_01](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/user_avatar/forum.mustachianpost.com/gj_01/32/21071_2.png) [@GJ\_01](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/GJ_01) #### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/share-your-salary-progression/5824/702 "2026-01-14T10:21:14Z")
Almost four years without an update. Here’s a more detailed breakdown: ## Real Net Income ![image](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/e/7e0d275df5938d3510ae8a677eb8dd156082b9a9.png) Since I was taxed at source, I decided to input the real salary that hit my account after AHV and tax deductions. Not correct for 2025 and 2026 prediction. It’ll probably be between CHF65K and CHF68K. ## Theoretical Gross Income ![image](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/2/f289662a34a0a621b891f49f4601cc267d89dfab.png) And here’s the base gross salary negotiated in the contract. ## Breakdown Q3 2018 - Q2 2022: **IT Apprenticeship** Q3 2022 - Q4 2022: **Part-time IT Technician** Q1 2023 - Q1 2023: **Jobless** Q1 2023 - Q3 2023: **IT Support Specialist** at the same place I did the apprenticeship Q3 2023 - Q2 2024 : **IT Service Desk Specialist** Q3 2024 - Q1 2025: **IT Technician** Q2 2025 - Present: **IT Technician** in Fribourg. ## Key takeaways I never, ever, want to go back to RAV. I hated every single moment of that and wanted to put a bullet through my head when discussing with my counsellor. May God bless her, but what a fucking pain in the ass she was. I do not wish to work in Geneva unless I’m paid CHF130K+. Not worth it commuting that far and working with French salaries. I find it difficult working with French commuters, it’s not the same when you’re not living in CH. I had to go to Fribourg to find a decently paying technician job. ## Future Outlook and added context IT job market is looking bleak, unless a Data Engineer with a PhD, Polyglot and quintillion years of experience. I’m currently doing the Wirtschaftsinformatiker Brevet. Trying to take next year’s exam. I’m doing it just to have the paper. I was interviewing for DevOps and Cloud roles when the market was hot, but unfortunately it didn’t go through. Not only that, but I haven’t found my passion and don’t know if I’ll remain in IT in the coming years. For now, it’s just a job to pay my bills. I wanted to be an Elektroniker, but was unable to find an apprenticeship, then into Software, but same thing. That’s why I defaulted into IT Systems, that may also be the reason I cannot find good jobs; networking (as in IT networking) is not my forte. After apprenticeship, I tried doing the Matura while working part-time. Not fun at all. I was working very far, and it was just a nightmare to conciliate the two. Then, I did some maths and for a Bachelors it’d take me 5 years if everything went fine. If I wanted to have a scholarship, I had to sign up first to Uni and start the courses before knowing if I was sure to have one. I just couldn’t see myself studying without earning some money for three years, that’s why I decided to continue working and figure things out along the way while I save money and invest. Do not regret that decision a single bit. Right now, I’m looking at Bachelor options at the Open Uni to do Computing and Electronic Engineering. There are some interesting programming modules and I can do it slowly while working. Addendum: If writing too much, it’s better to make a draft and paste it when finished. I didn’t want to post it yet, hence the deleted comment above xD. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/share-your-salary-progression/5824)._