Scope of the salary system
The scope includes all employees with unlimited contracts occupying scientific, administrative, technical, IT and management positions.
Please note Professors appointed by the CEPF and academic (PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, scientific assistants and scientists) and non-academic functions with fixed term contracts are thus excluded from this scope
Salary system of the ETH Domain
- Explanatory note on the salary system of the ETH Domain – pdf
- Salary scale of the ETH Domain – pdf
- Grids of the EPF functions
- Qualification profile catalog (in French only)
- HORIZON : Interactive salary viewing tool (only in French)
Base salary for doctoral and post-doctoral assistants
- Basic starting salary of Doctoral Assistants and Postdocs
- Management of Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) subsidy supplements
Student assistants, construction assistants and temporary assistants
Information to units
Before proposing a salary to a candidate, please contact your Human Resources manager, who will calculate the exact salary that EPFL can offer. You will find their contact information on our homepage.