Average Accountant with General Ledger Accounting Skills Salary in Switzerland

Annual Base Salary - CHF 82’025.00/year

The average annual salary of Accountant is CHF 82’025.00

CHF 31’200.00
Low
CHF 82’025.00
Average
CHF 116’640.00
High

The starting salary of Accountant is between CHF 26’520.00 and CHF 31’200.00 whereas the maximum salary range is between CHF 116’640.00 and CHF 134’136.00.

Minimum Annual PayMaximum Annual Pay
CHF 26’520.00CHF 134’136.00
Bonus Range: Tooltip
CHF 11.00 - CHF 40’170.00
CHF 11.00
CHF 134’136.00
Profit Sharing: Tooltip
CHF 0.00 - CHF 3’090.00
CHF 0.00
CHF 134’136.00
  • Currency : CHF
  • Annual Salary : CHF 82’025.00
  • Weekly Pay : CHF 1’502.00
  • Fortnightly Salary : CHF 3’005.00
  • Monthly Salary : CHF 6’510.00

Accountant Salary Comparison by Gender

Female
Male

This pie chart demonstrates the gender share for Accountant. As indicated, the golden colour represents the percentage share for women and the green represents the percentage share for men.

As shown in the chart, female employees are involved significantly more as Accountant compared to male. Their involvement is 70% while of male is only 30%.

Salary Distribution Based on Years of Experience

The line graph shows Accountant salary in Switzerland on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Accountant having experience between 1-4 years, their salary is around CHF 65’929.16.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Accountant salary would increase again to a total of CHF 85’239.61, adding CHF 19’310.45 from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, another increase in salary will be added to a total of CHF 95’091.96.

Prominent Skills Affecting Accountant Salary

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Accountant's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Accountant when hired by an employer. The skill that is required for Accountant is SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling (SAP FICO) that affects the salary by 12%.

Compensation Statistics Based on Experience Levels

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Accountant. Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is CHF 66’440.00 whereas the highest earning is CHF 93’509.00 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Late Career person will earn the maximum salary of CHF 93’509.00 at 14%. So to summerize, Early Career earns 19% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 4% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 14% more than the average salary.