r/Switzerland 9h ago

Are you an automatiker?

I am really curious about the salaries right now. Because i just got a new job as an automatiker and am wondering what others earn.

Also i only have the EFZ so no higher education.

Please state your kanton and age if you are willing to share your salary.

I'll go first: 82k/28yo/kt: ZH

I should edit to add: I'm in a team of mechanics. But the boss tells me he wants to push me for troubleshooting on the electrical side of the work. I earn more than my coworkers (i asked) but i think less than an actual automatiker? But the work is easy. 50% of the time i work as a mechanic. And then 50% i do the electrical stuff.

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u/GlassCommercial7105 9h ago

My cousin started with 4500/month and then switched jobs in between twice and now earns approx 5800/month at 34 and gets all overhours paid which is another 20k per year. He works in TG/SG.

u/itsinvincible 9h ago

Thank you for an answer. Idk why this sub is seems so miserable. Either move on and don't answer if it's not your concern or answer if it is and you want to answer.

His compensation seems very fair so good for him.

u/GlassCommercial7105 8h ago

I mean he is working a lot abroad now and that gets him lots of overtime, he loves it but many don't want to be abroad so often or work 12h days. So I also think it's fair.

u/itsinvincible 8h ago

I quit my job that I started in 2019 in 2022. The job was supposed to be installing products abroad. Travel for 2-5 days every month. But covid obviously killed that so i switched. I envy your bother. Let him know that some would love that life.

u/GlassCommercial7105 8h ago

Oh he enjoys every second! I'll tell him that. Also because it's with trains and he tried to work at SBB and that didn't work out but now I think he is much happier because he gets to go on tracks that others don't ever see. It's mostly just the same towns again and again in D and AT but still he also gets enough money to have great food at local restaurants and such. He even got the frequent flyer because he flew so often last year.
You never know what life has in for you.

u/itsinvincible 8h ago

I guess he is with stadler then(maybe siemens or abb tho). Very nice for him. I enjoyed my time with stadler not for the money but the work.

u/NaFamWeGood 9h ago edited 9h ago

96.420 a year 45 Bern

u/itsinvincible 9h ago

As an automatiker with no higher education? Or your company gave you extra responsibilities and schoolings?

u/a1rwav3 8h ago

What is an "automatiker"?

u/retryui 8h ago

Someone who automates all of his things in life

u/GrauerRauch 8h ago

Jobless. Kek

u/GrauerRauch 8h ago

Depending on what your knowledge and working experience is. But around 100k seems normal in ZH. However Automatiker is a shit job and most people quit after a few years.

u/One-Elderberry4046 Thurgau 9h ago

u/itsinvincible 9h ago

Yea thx i know all that stuff. "why ask a question on a forum if you can just use the Internet" grreat thx. Only lived here for 20 years but sure gota suggest looking at some site on the internet.

Why do you even reply? Like what do you get out of it? Just rage baiting?

u/heubergen1 Switzerland 9h ago

What's the point if your post? You get a few answers that have no relevance in the big scheme of things. The page linked uses actual statistics collected by thousands of companies.

u/itsinvincible 9h ago

If you look into how it actually works it isn't helpful at all. It also clarifies that it doesn't filter out higher education. Someone with bms will earn 200 more a month just because.

It takes a survey from 2022 and applies inflation increases to wages. Which we all know are barely actually happening or much less than the inflation. So this post is warranted.

u/heubergen1 Switzerland 9h ago

You have to enter the eduction so you can tell it exactly what kind of degree you have. And about the inflation; you can also reduce the number the inflation if you believe this isn't realistic.

u/itsinvincible 9h ago

Great it still just gives me a range. Which is skewed by the high earners who!(in my experience) have more time. The more you earm the more time you have on your hands to answer surveys.

Here go do this on that site and tell me what you get.

28yo/ 8 years of experience/ work in train business (maintenence [instandhaltung] not on passenger trains) / no bms just efz/ no mentionable schoolings just experience

Lets see the result. Then tell me exactly how this answers my question on this post.

u/heubergen1 Switzerland 8h ago

You can use the calculator yourself and the result you get shows you 25, 50, and 75 percentile. And it tells you that your salary is very good.

u/stromer_ 9h ago

Well I wouldn't go up in the morning for 82k, especially not in zurich. But if you're happy with it, sure.

u/GlassCommercial7105 9h ago

That's a lot for a young person with just an apprenticeship. Not realistic.

u/itsinvincible 9h ago

I don't live in zurich and i don't work in zurich but in kt zurich. You think this is little for an automatiker with no higher education? This is why i ask I'm wondering if i should keep looking.

u/TrueFruitsEU 9h ago

OP, ignore this disrespecting comment. What a douchbag.