{"id":14627,"date":"2026-02-16T16:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.m2act.ch\/?post_type=toolbox&p=14627"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:22:12","slug":"dampfzentrale-bern-salary-scheme-for-fair-wages-at-cultural-institutions-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"toolbox","link":"https:\/\/www.m2act.ch\/en\/toolbox\/dampfzentrale-bern-salary-scheme-for-fair-wages-at-cultural-institutions-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Dampfzentrale Bern: Salary scheme for fair wages at cultural institutions in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dampfzentrale Bern<\/a> commissioned the Centre for Cultural Management ZHAW to conduct the \u00abVorstudie L\u00f6hne Freie Kulturszene Schweiz\u00bb (Preliminary Study on Wages in the Independent Cultural Scene in Switzerland). Based on this, it has developed a scheme for fair standard wages for permanent employees at independent production houses in Switzerland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fair pay table is based on the Austrian model, \u00abFair Pay f\u00fcr Kulturarbeit\u00bb<\/a>.\u202fTo date, no standardised guideline wages nor recommendations exist for employees in production, communication, management and technology at cultural institutions in Switzerland. The tpunkt <\/a>professional association\u2019s standard fees primarily affect freelancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZHAW\u2019s preliminary study provides an inventory of the current wage situation at independent production houses (focus: guest venues for dance and theatre). The results can also be transferred to cultural centres focusing on other genres. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Ergebnisse Lohnstudie Freie Kulturbetriebe Schweiz 2024<\/a> (DE)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vergleich Geh\u00e4lter Schweizer Kulturbetriebe<\/a> (DE)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

A salary scheme was created on this basis, enabling cultural institutions to commit to transparent, fair wages. Every cultural institution\u2019s core business is the presentation, discussion and communication of artistic creation. The salary scheme is based on the idea that commercial and artistic professions should be given equal weighting at similar levels of responsibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study was conducted in German, therefore all documents are in German. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Use Case Gehaltschema Dampfzentrale Bern<\/a> (DE)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Why is this tool necessary?<\/h3>\n

The salaries of permanent employees at Swiss cultural institutions are well below average when compared with similar positions in other sectors. This exacerbates the shortage of skilled personnel, weakens social sustainability and negatively impacts the qualitative consistency of work performed at institutions. To date, there are no standardised guideline wages and recommendations for employees in production, communication, management and technology at cultural institutions in Switzerland. The standard fees of the professional association tpunkt and the endeavours as part of the 2025\u20132028 cultural message primarily concern freelancers.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What this tool do?<\/h3>\n

The new salary scheme offers an easy-to-use, transferable, transparent modular system for application to all positions in a cultural institution.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Who is this tool for?<\/h3>\n

Cultural institutions in Switzerland that want to commit to fair, transparent salaries.<\/p>\n

Focus: guest venues for dance and\/or theatre<\/p>\n

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What does this tool consist of?<\/h3>\n

Its central element is a modular system that can be used for all positions in a cultural institution.\u00a0 The basis for this was provided by the results of ZHAW\u2019s preliminary study.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Information on wages in the cultural organisations (all values)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Information on wages in the cultural organisations (median)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Information on wages in the cultural organisations (average)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Impressum<\/h3>\n

Dampfzentrale Bern<\/p>\n

Karin Bitterli (Commercial Director Dampfzentrale Bern), bitterli@dampfzentrale.ch<\/a>The<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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