Salary by experience
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| Experience | Salary (CHF) |
|---|---|
| 0-2 yrs | CHF 71'500 |
| 3-5 yrs | CHF 78'500 |
| 6-8 yrs | CHF 85'415 |
| 9-11 yrs | CHF 100'000 |
| 12-21 yrs | CHF 99'680 |
| 21+ yrs | CHF 87'132 |
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Swiss professionsCulture & Media
Fachmann/-frau Information und Dokumentation EFZ
You manage, catalog, and share information for users and institutions
01 · Overview
What this profession is about
You organize media and data. You maintain catalogs and help customers research in libraries and archives
As an Information and Documentation Specialist, you ensure knowledge stays structured and easy to find. You manage media collections, maintain digital catalogs, and support customer research. In libraries, archives, or corporate departments, you preserve documents. You make information accessible to the public. Your work combines classic archiving with modern data management. This keeps valuable information quick and reliable to access in the future.
FieldCulture & Media
Education pathVocational Training (Apprenticeship)
IndustryInformation & Documentation
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02 · Salary
What you can earn
✓ Strong salary match
Salaries reflect Swiss market data. Range covers entry to senior. Salary reference based on Specialist Consumer Finance. Based on 45 observations, updated 7 months ago.
Salary trend
+39% over decadeView as table
| Period | Salary (CHF) |
|---|---|
| 2014-2016 | CHF 71'500 |
| 2017-2019 | CHF 68'000 |
| 2020-2022 | CHF 39'900 |
| 2023-2025 | CHF 99'400 |
Top earning cantons
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| Canton | Salary | Obs. |
|---|---|---|
| Zurich | CHF 90'000 | 19 |
Top paying industries
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| Industry | Salary | Obs. |
|---|---|---|
| Building trade / Real estate | CHF 119'400 | 5 |
| Banking / Financial institutions | CHF 78'000 | 28 |
03 · Pathway
How to enter and grow
- 🎓 Fachfrau/-mann Information und Dokumentation EFZ
- ⏱ 3 Jahre
Official education path
Training takes place through a three-year vocational apprenticeship. It includes theoretical classes at the vocational school and practical work at the institution.
Typical training path
Fachfrau/-mann Information und Dokumentation EFZ
Curriculum
- Auswählen, Übernehmen und Überprüfen von Medien, Daten und Unterlagen
- Managen von Daten und Metadaten
- Erhalten, Aufbewahren, Ausscheiden
- Beziehungsweise Kassieren von Medien, Daten und Unterlagen
- Vermitteln von Information und Kompetenzen
- Recherchieren von Information
Prerequisites
- obligatorische Schule abgeschlossen
Requirements
- analytical and systematic thinking
- language skills (oral and written)
- communication skills
- high reliability
- sense of order
- service orientation
- interest in information technologies and electronic media
- 1Auswählen, Übernehmen und Überprüfen von Medien, Daten und Unterlagen
- 2Managen von Daten und Metadaten
- 3Erhalten, Aufbewahren, Ausscheiden
- 4Beziehungsweise Kassieren von Medien, Daten und Unterlagen
- 5Vermitteln von Information und Kompetenzen
- 6Recherchieren von Information
04 · Skills & fit
What it takes
Required skills
- Analytical thinking
- Sense of order
- Communication skills
- Service orientation
Personality fit
- Swiss career path
- Career transition
- Professional growth
05 · Daily reality
What the work feels like
Typical day
You work at the catalog desk. You check new media for quality. Then you classify them systematically and record them in the database.
- You manage media collections. You check the quantity, content, and quality of the documents.
- You catalog data. You maintain digital collections using systematic classification methods.
- You support customers and staff in finding specific information.
- You organize the lending and return of documents. You also handle accompanying inventory checks.
- You repair damaged media. You also arrange for professional restoration.
- You support institutions with marketing measures. You also help plan guided tours.
Working conditions
You work in libraries, public and private archives, and documentation departments. Working hours often follow the opening times of the institution.
Where to learn
- Ausbildungsdelegation I+DHotelgasse 1, 3001 Bern
Strengths
- Analytical thinking
- Sense of order
- Communication skills
- Service orientation
Trade-offs
- Irregular working hours
- Physical strain
- High responsibility
- Repetitive routines
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