Salary by experience
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| Experience | Salary (CHF) |
|---|---|
| 0-2 yrs | CHF 54'000 |
| 3-5 yrs | CHF 54'000 |
| 6-8 yrs | CHF 55'200 |
| 9-11 yrs | CHF 57'614 |
| 12-21 yrs | CHF 60'000 |
| 21+ yrs | CHF 63'666 |
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Swiss professionsFood
Bäcker/in-Konditor/in-Confiseur/in EBA
You bake fresh rolls, decorate cakes, and design confectionery items.
01 · Overview
What this profession is about
As a Baker or Pastry Chef, you produce bread, pastries, and confectionery. You sell them directly.
Your day begins in the early morning with flour, yeast, and fresh ingredients. You knead dough, fill cakes, and decorate fine confectionery items. Whether in a team or alone, you combine traditional craftsmanship with modern creativity. This way, you bake delicious pastries daily for customers, hotels, and restaurants. Your work requires hygiene awareness, dexterity, and a love for working with confectionery.
FieldFood
Education pathVocational Training (Apprenticeship)
IndustryBakery, Pastry, Confectionery & Milling
Swissdoc 0.210.50.0
02 · Salary
What you can earn
✓ Exact salary match
Salaries reflect Swiss market data. Range covers entry to senior. Salary reference based on Baker-confectioner. Based on 1,518 observations, updated 7 months ago.
Salary trend
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| Period | Salary (CHF) |
|---|---|
| 2014-2016 | CHF 56'600 |
| 2017-2019 | CHF 55'000 |
| 2020-2022 | CHF 57'000 |
| 2023-2025 | CHF 60'000 |
Top earning cantons
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| Canton | Salary | Obs. |
|---|---|---|
| Appenzell I. | CHF 136'000 | 23 |
| Schwyz | CHF 62'482 | 18 |
| Grisons | CHF 61'000 | 29 |
| Solothurn | CHF 61'000 | 23 |
| Basel-Land | CHF 60'667 | 31 |
| Lucerne | CHF 60'000 | 86 |
Top paying industries
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| Industry | Salary | Obs. |
|---|---|---|
| Health care / Social services | CHF 69'026 | 6 |
| Chemicals / Pharmaceuticals | CHF 64'400 | 6 |
| Industry various | CHF 61'283 | 100 |
| Retail trade / Wholesaling | CHF 58'500 | 193 |
| Catering / Hotel | CHF 57'200 | 424 |
| Commercial operation / Skilled crafts | CHF 57'200 | 498 |
03 · Pathway
How to enter and grow
- 🎓 Bäcker/in-Konditor/in-Confiseur/in EBA
- ⏱ 2 Jahre
Official education path
The 2-year apprenticeship teaches the basics of baking and pastry work at the vocational school and in practice.
Typical training path
Bäcker/in-Konditor/in-Confiseur/in EBA
Curriculum
- Handwerk und Technologie Gestalten und Präsentieren Qualität und Sicherheit
Prerequisites
- obligatorische Schule abgeschlossen
Requirements
- Enjoyment working with baked goods and confectionery
- Good sense of taste and smell
- Dextrous hands
- Willingness for flexible working hours
- Hygiene awareness
- Sense of order
- Healthy and resilient (much work standing)
- No allergies, no eczema, and no asthma conditions
- 1Handwerk und Technologie Gestalten und Präsentieren Qualität und Sicherheit
Where this can lead
A lateral entry is often possible via a shortened basic qualification as Bäcker/in-Konditor/in-Confiseur/in EFZ. After that, the same further training paths open up as for graduates of the EFZ apprenticeship.
04 · Skills & fit
What it takes
Required skills
- Hygiene awareness
- Dextrous hands
- Resilience
- Teamwork
- Creativity
Personality fit
- Swiss career path
- Career transition
- Professional growth
05 · Daily reality
What the work feels like
Typical day
You portion fresh fruit for a layered cake. You spread cream on the bases. Then you place the trays in the oven and check the baking temperature.
- You prepare ingredients like flour, baking yeast, and salt for different doughs.
- You knead and shape the dough into loaves, braided breads, or croissants.
- You place the baked goods in the oven and set the temperature.
- You prepare doughs for cakes, pastries, and fine baked goods.
- You cut sponge cakes, spread them with cream, and decorate cakes.
- You make chocolate items like pralines or sugar confections like caramel.
- You store finished products carefully and pack them for sale.
- You clean your equipment and keep your workstations hygienically clean.
Working conditions
You work in bakeries, pastry shops, confiseries, or industrial production facilities in the baked goods and confectionery industry. You also often find work in hospitals, care homes, or hotels and restaurants.
Where to learn
- Schweizerischer Bäcker-Confiseurmeister-VerbandSeilerstr. 9, 3011 Bern
Strengths
- Hygiene awareness
- Dextrous hands
- Resilience
- Teamwork
- Creativity
Trade-offs
- Shift work
- Physical strain
- Time pressure
- Allergy risk
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