You mean no raises since 2017?
It’s time for me to shine again! Here is my salary progression:
2012 ______________ 2022
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@ma0: you are my ray of sunshine. Be assured that your salary woes are not without purpose and your sacrifice will not go unnoticed.
Edit: on another note, for those of us with free coffee in the workplace, inflation means our total compensation is going up in nominal terms every other parts of it notwithstanding. 
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What seniority? I‘d assume Senior? This does not seem enough especially considering the financial sector pays more. I‘m just slightly below in a less well paid canton & sector.
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May as well post here.
Graduated with a bachelor’s from an university of applied sciences in 2020, and am currently working part time while I get my master’s from the same university.
2020 : 16K (first job, 60% part time, started in september)
2021 : 41K
2022 (est.) : ~29K (will have to quit my job to work on my master’s thesis full time around september, bummer)
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Incl. bonus, Cortana?
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Yes this is my total compensation.
Congrats! If we draw a trendline, you’ll reach 150k within the next 2-3 years 
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Thank you, finally someone in my age with a “normally” high salary, started to feel bad with all these IT guys making 2-3 times my salary 
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@FIREstarter
Haha that would be nice, but it should slow down now. I’ll probably reach 125k total comp. in 2-3 years.
@Burningstone
Yeah me too. I think my salary is decent for a private client advisor with no bachelors degree yet. My goal is to reach ~140-150k in before I turn 40.
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Updated for 2022
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)
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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.
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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
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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?
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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%).
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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.
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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!
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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
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