Average Patent Attorney Salary in Switzerland

Annual Base Salary - CHF 152’909.00/year

The average annual salary of Patent Attorney is CHF 152’909.00

CHF 120’750.00
Low
CHF 152’909.00
Average
CHF 209’880.00
High

The starting salary of Patent Attorney is between CHF 102’638.00 and CHF 120’750.00 whereas the maximum salary range is between CHF 209’880.00 and CHF 241’362.00.

Minimum Annual PayMaximum Annual Pay
CHF 102’638.00CHF 241’362.00
Bonus Range: Tooltip
CHF 2’180.00 - CHF 63’720.00
CHF 2’180.00
CHF 241’362.00
Profit Sharing: Tooltip
CHF 0.00 - CHF 32’240.00
CHF 0.00
CHF 241’362.00
  • Currency : CHF
  • Annual Salary : CHF 152’909.00
  • Weekly Pay : CHF 2’774.00
  • Fortnightly Salary : CHF 5’548.00
  • Monthly Salary : CHF 12’021.00

Patent Attorney Salary Comparison by Gender

Female
Male

This pie chart demonstrates the gender share for Patent Attorney. 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 Patent Attorney compared to male. Their involvement is 61% while of male is only 39%.

Salary Distribution Based on Years of Experience

The line graph shows Patent Attorney 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 Patent Attorney having experience between 1-4 years, their salary is around CHF 129’630.65.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Patent Attorney salary would increase again to a total of CHF 156’519.17, adding CHF 26’888.52 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 171’840.00.

Prominent Skills Affecting Patent Attorney Salary

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Patent Attorney's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Patent Attorney when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Patent Attorney is Technical Analysis which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 8% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Technical Analysis.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Intellectual Property (IP) with 1%. It can be said that Intellectual Property (IP) skill will unlikely impact the salary.

Compensation Statistics Based on Experience Levels

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Patent Attorney. 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 131’502.00 whereas the highest earning is CHF 171’258.00 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Late Career person will earn the maximum salary of CHF 171’258.00 at 12%. So to summerize, Early Career earns 14% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 4% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 12% more than the average salary.