Hi Everyone! Today was my father's Yahrzeit (12 of Adar). If you have enjoyed CJI or gained some useful information over the past years, you can do me a favor and drop a few coins in a local charity box in memory of: Avraham Itzhak Ben Yaacov Meir Z"L If you want to help local causes in Israel, there are four causes/charities that are posted on my web site under: http://www.jr.co.il/charity/ (ALUT, Yad Sarah, LIBI, Lifeline for the Old) Thank you! Happy Purim, Jacob Richman CJI Editor Computer Jobs in Israel (CJI) - 7th Annual Salary Survey (03/2000) ================================================================== This document is located on the CJI web site at: http://www.jr.co.il/cji This document may be copied/distributed in its entirety as long as it is not changed in any way. I (Jacob Richman - CJI editor) am not a statistician and I do not work for any recruiting firm. The information provided below is for general reference. Do not ask me to talk to your boss about a salary raise - it may work out the wrong way :-) Comments/suggestions can be sent to: jrichman@jr.co.il ========================================================= The salary form was emailed to CJI subscribers only. The survey ran from February 27, 2000 through March 8, 2000. Email was used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. A record 594 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 594 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Jerusalem = 128 Tel-Aviv = 95 Herzlia = 51 Haifa = 51 Petach Tikva = 27 Lod = 23 Ramat Gan = 29 Rehovot = 17 Ra'anana = 21 Or Yehuda = 16 Givat Shmuel = 12 Be'er Sheva = 12 Kfar Saba = 10 Yokneam = 10 Migdal Haemek = 8 Yavne = 7 Yehud = 7 Bet-Shemesh = 6 Rosh Ha'ayin = 6 Bnai Brak = 5 Holon = 5 Netanya = 4 Rishon Le-Zion= 4 Tefen = 4 Hod HaSharon = 4 Azur = 4 Karmiel = 3 Caesaria = 2 Other = 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 143 Male = 451 (76%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 265 English = 190 Hebrew = 96 French = 13 Dutch = 4 Hungarian = 3 Spanish = 8 Romainian = 4 Portuguese = 2 Other = 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 220 Yes + another degree = 50 No + a different degree = 242 No = 81 No Answer = 1 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 45% Any type of degree: 86% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 15-17 = 1 AGE 18-29 = 207 (35%) AGE 30-39 = 244 (41%) AGE 40-50 = 100 AGE 50+ = 40 No Answer = 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 53 (9%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 160 (27%) Project/Team Leaders = 41 (from 71: 58%) Programmers = 35 (from 211: 17%) Pgm Group Leader = 10 (from 19: 53%) Other = 74 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 252 (42%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 103 (17%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 484 (81%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 498 (84%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 444 (75%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 48 1-2 Years = 80 3-5 Years = 176 (30%) 6-9 Years = 106 (18%) 10+ Years = 183 (31%) No Answer = 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 173 (29%) 1 Year = 89 (15%) 2 Years = 116 (20%) 3 years = 68 (11%) 4 years = 47 5 years = 30 6 years = 25 7 years = 12 8 years = 6 9 years = 3 10+ years = 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 36 40 hours = 38 45 hours = 271 (46%) 50 hours = 156 (26%) 50+ hours = 93 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more then 5 days per week = 47 (8%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less then 10 = 32 10 - 13 days = 93 14 - 17 days = 189 (32%) 18 - 20 days = 109 21 - 24 days = 149 (25%) 25+ days = 14 no answer = 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 259 (44%) The median bonus is one monthly salary. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a 13th salary = 48 (8%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 252 (42%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 552 (93%) No = 42 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 4.04 shekels per dollar. Only positions with at least 7 responses and at least 35 hours per week on the response are listed. Due to large fluctuations between the low and high, I listed the median salary instead of the average. This gives a better picture of the market (IMHO). # responses + median bruto shekels per month (does not include benefits listed above) ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-1 year exp.): 8 7,500 Programmer (1+ year exp.): 97 13,200 Real-time Programmer: 44 16,000 Windows Programmer: 51 16,000 Systems Programmer: 11 20,000 Project/Team Leader: 71 19,500 Systems Analyst: 9 15,000 Programming Group Leader: 19 19,900 System Administration: 18 13,350 System Manager: 15 15,200 Network Adminstrator: 11 11,500 Technical Writer: 34 12,000 VLSI Engineer: 8 17,800 DBA: 9 13,500 Marketing: 17 15,000 Quality Assurance Position: 12 10,000 Quality Assurance Manager: 7 16,000 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-1 year exp.): 3500 - 10000 Programmer (1+ year exp.): 3500,5000 - 22000,25000,34000 Real-time Programmer: 4000,4500,6500 - 20000,21000,23500 Windows Programmer: 4500,6000,7000 - 23500 Systems Programmer: 15500 - 22000,25000 Project/Team Leader: 4000,7000,8500,10000 - 30000 Systems Analyst: 11000 - 18000 Programming Group Leader: 10000,13600 - 23000,27500 System Administration: 6000,7500,8300 - 19000 System Manager: 7600,8000 - 21000,28000 Network Adminstrator: 4000,6000,85000 - 15800,25000 Technical Writer: 6000,7100,10000 - 20300,30000 VLSI Engineer: 11500 - 23000,25600 DBA: 9000 - 18000 Marketing: 4500,7000,10000 - 27000,30000,30000 Quality Assurance Position: 5500,6000,75000 - 15000 Quality Assurance Manager: 8700,14000 - 17000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2000 Salary Survey This document is located on the CJI web site at: http://www.jr.co.il/cji Please include this web address if forwarding or publishing these results. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -