Salary by experience
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| Experience | Salary (CHF) |
|---|---|
| 0-2 yrs | CHF 50'000 |
| 3-5 yrs | CHF 45'000 |
| 6-8 yrs | CHF 52'000 |
| 9-11 yrs | CHF 37'500 |
| 12-21 yrs | CHF 40'200 |
| 21+ yrs | CHF 32'143 |
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Swiss professionsCulture & Media
Fundusverwalter/in
You manage and maintain the costume archive of a theatre production.
01 · Overview
What this profession is about
You organise, maintain and store all theatre costumes. You work closely with costume designers.
As a Fundusverwalter/in, you take full responsibility for the entire costume archive. You keep a complete inventory. You ensure all garments are stored perfectly. You make sure the costumes are always ready to use. You stay in touch with costume designers. You adjust the pieces quickly if needed.
FieldCulture & Media
Education pathSpecialisation / Professional Function
IndustryEvent Technology, Stagecraft & Film
Swissdoc 0.825.25.0
02 · Salary
What you can earn
✓ Strong salary match
Salaries reflect Swiss market data. Range covers entry to senior. Salary reference based on Theaterschauspielerin. Based on 20 observations, updated 7 months ago.
Salary trend
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| Period | Salary (CHF) |
|---|---|
| 2014-2016 | CHF 52'000 |
| 2017-2019 | CHF 37'950 |
| 2020-2022 | CHF 29'000 |
| 2023-2025 | CHF 46'507 |
Top paying industries
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| Industry | Salary | Obs. |
|---|---|---|
| Tourism / Travel / Recreation | CHF 50'400 | 5 |
03 · Pathway
How to enter and grow
Swiss training pathway available in the full profile
- 🎓 Bekleidungsgestalter/in EFZ
Official education path
Training usually starts with initial training as a clothing designer. You then receive on-the-job training at the workplace.
Typical training path
Bekleidungsgestalter/in EFZ
Prerequisites
- Experience in costume workshops
Requirements
- Organisational skills
- Independence
- Artistic empathy
- Improvisational talent
- Knowledge of costume and art history
04 · Skills & fit
What it takes
Required skills
- Organisational skills
- Independent working style
- Artistic empathy
- Costume and art history
Personality fit
- Swiss career path
- Career transition
- Professional growth
05 · Daily reality
What the work feels like
Typical day
You stand in the archive. You check the inventory list. You prepare a costume for the next show. You check the condition of the fabrics. You coordinate any changes with the costume designers.
- You take full responsibility for the entire costume archive of the theatre.
- You keep a complete inventory of all costume parts.
- You organise the clear and perfect storage of all garments.
- You make sure the costumes are always clean and ready to use.
- You arrange for the cleaning, repair and quick adjustments of the pieces.
Working conditions
You work in the archive and costume rooms of theatres, opera houses or musical theatres. There you organise the storage and care of all stage costumes.
Where to learn
- Schweizer Verband Technischer Bühnen- und Veranstaltungsberufe svtbRäffelstrasse 20, 8045 Zürich
Strengths
- Organisational skills
- Independent working style
- Artistic empathy
- Costume and art history
Trade-offs
- Physical strain
- High time pressure
- Changing roles
- Regular shift work
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