Holiday
At least four weeks a year, five until the age of 20. Five or six weeks are common and stand in the contract or collective agreement.
OR Art. 329a
Career-start check by Ritzl & Gietz
Your start in healthcare
About to graduate, or just finished your training or degree? Compare professions, entry salaries, employers, open roles and further training. Ask our AI assistant your questions and find out which next steps fit you.
By Ritzl & Gietz, with roots in healthcare. About us
Your profession and your offer
Experience after graduating
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What counts at the first job
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- How am I graded, and how does pay develop in the first years?
- What does the induction look like, and who is my contact person?
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+500 CHFper monththan you earn today (CHF 68'000)
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What the first contract should say
Working hours
The contractual weekly hours stand in the contract or collective agreement; 42 are common in hospitals, 40 to 42 in practices. The legal maximum is 45 or 50 hours.
ArG Art. 9
13th month salary
Not required by law, but usual in hospitals, care homes and most practices. Whether it is paid stands in the contract; the annual pay counts, not the monthly.
Night and Sunday work
Temporary night work carries a 25 percent wage supplement, regular night work a 10 percent time credit. Temporary Sunday work carries a 50 percent wage supplement. Many collective agreements pay fixed hourly premiums on top.
Example at CHF 71'500 a year: about CHF 275 a day. A night shift with the 25 % supplement: CHF 344. A Sunday with the 50 % supplement: CHF 413.
ArG Art. 17b und 19
Pension fund
Above the entry threshold the occupational pension applies; the employer pays at least half of the contributions. Some pay more; that stands in the pension rules.
BVG Art. 66
Probation and notice
Probation lasts one month, at most three by contract, with seven days' notice. After that the first year of service carries one month, unless the contract or collective agreement says otherwise.
OR Art. 335b und 335c
Source and method
The range runs from starting out to experienced staff without a leadership role, gross per year at 100 percent, including the 13th month as salary books and portals state it. "Usual at entry" is a model over the range: the start sits in the lower part, from 15 years in the upper, with a window of thirty percent of the range. The employer check awards ten points, every line names its rule. Employers and roles in the network are counted from the platform, as of today.
Reference figures from publicly available salary books, association recommendations, collective agreements and salary portals, as of 2026. They are orientation, not a promise: actual pay differs by canton, employer, workload and experience. Zurich, Geneva and Basel tend to lie above the national figures.
Reference dates: 2026, stated per profession.
All figures gross. The calculator runs in your browser; your entries are sent only when you order the overview by email or create a profile. Not legal or tax advice. Questions: hello@ritzl-gietz.ch.
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Where the figures come from
From publicly available sources: the Swiss salary book as reported by trade portals, pay recommendations of professional associations, collective agreements of public hospitals and salary portals. Every range names its source and date under 'Source and method'. The calculator collects no data of its own and cites no statistic that does not come from a source.
What happens to entries
The calculator runs in the browser. Nothing is stored or sent until a person orders the overview by email or creates a profile. An ordered email is sent, not stored; the address is not used for newsletters.
Neutrality
The check is free and sells nothing. Ritzl & Gietz earns its keep when employers make offers to professionals through the platform; using the check creates no obligation. Employers do not influence the reference figures.
How to link
Career-start check for healthcare professions: role, first job, interview questions, ways onward https://www.ritzl-gietz.ch/fuer-hochschulen
Every profession page can be linked on its own, for example for one degree programme. Questions, corrections or surveys of your own that should be taken up as a source: hello@ritzl-gietz.ch.