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
Medical Secretary salary in Switzerland CHF 53'300 to CHF 76'700 per year, and where you stand.
Medical Secretary is the administrative hub of practice and hospital, with medical terminology and billing. The work is done in hospitals and medical practices. The work is usually done in office hours, without night shifts.
Reference range 2026
CHF 53'300 to CHF 76'700
per year, gross, full workload · Average: CHF 65'000
Source: lohncheck.ch Arztsekretär/in 2026, zeigdeinenlohn.ch, as of 2026.
Place your own payThe reference range for Medical Secretary is CHF 53'300 to CHF 76'700 gross per year at a full workload, from starting out to experienced staff without a leadership role; average (middle of the range): CHF 65'000. Source: lohncheck.ch Arztsekretär/in 2026, zeigdeinenlohn.ch, as of 2026. The figure covers all of Switzerland; a separate figure by canton, function or experience exists only where the calculator names one. Hospitals usually pay by collective agreement or cantonal pay scale, practices and homes negotiate freely.
The training is course or further training. Anyone who qualified abroad has the diploma recognised by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) before the protected title may be used in Switzerland.
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.
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Switzerland · data 2026
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CHF 65'000
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CHF 53'300Reference rangeCHF 76'700
Ø average of the range: CHF 65'000
Range for the profession CHF 53'300 to CHF 76'700
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- Weekly hours41 to 42 hours, widespread in hospitals.0.5 / 1
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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 65'000 a year: about CHF 250 a day. A night shift with the 25 % supplement: CHF 313. A Sunday with the 50 % supplement: CHF 375.
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
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- lohncheck.ch Arztsekretär/in 2026, zeigdeinenlohn.ch, as of 2026
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- Switzerland · data 2026 · professional function without leadership
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- Gross annual salary at a full workload, including the 13th month, as usual in salary books and portals
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How it is calculated: your base is annualised by the number of payments and scaled to a full workload by the workload. The average is the middle of the reference range. With your years of experience the calculator spreads the range over 15 years: the start sits in the lower part, from 15 years in the upper, and the usual window covers thirty percent of the range. That is a model over the source, not a statistic of its own. "Up to … more" is the distance to the top of the range.
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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.
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Where the figures come from, and what they mean.
The reference range is CHF 53'300 to CHF 76'700 gross per year at a full workload, per lohncheck.ch Arztsekretär/in 2026, zeigdeinenlohn.ch, as of 2026. Actual pay depends on canton, employer, function, experience and premiums; the calculator on this page shows where your own base sits in the range and says which of your details the reference does not yet cover.
Course or further training. Medical Secretary is the administrative hub of practice and hospital, with medical terminology and billing.
The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) is responsible. Recognition takes time and documents; start early and state in your profile where you stand. Employers ask about it in their offer.
In hospitals and medical practices. The work is usually done in office hours, without night shifts.
The range shows what the source names for experienced staff; whether and how fast someone gets there depends on employer, canton, function and negotiation. Routes are a move to an employer looking for exactly that experience, a specialisation, or a function with more responsibility. Through Ritzl & Gietz, verified employers send concrete offers with pay; your current employer does not see your profile.
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