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 five causes/charities that are posted on my web site at: http://www.jr.co.il/charity/index.html Thank you! Happy Purim, Jacob Richman CJI Editor Computer Jobs in Israel (CJI) - Annual Salary Survey (03/2001) ============================================================== This document is located on the CJI web site at: http://www.cji.co.il 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 25, 2001 through March 5, 2001. Email was used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 478 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 478 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Jerusalem = 97 Tel-Aviv = 90 Haifa = 54 Herzlia = 36 Petach Tikva = 20 Ra'anana = 18 Ramat Gan = 17 Rehovot = 16 Or Yehuda = 14 Kfar Saba = 12 Lod = 10 Netanya = 10 Be'er Sheva = 9 Rosh Ha'ayin = 8 Yokneam = 7 Migdal Haemek = 7 Hod HaSharon = 6 Bet-Shemesh = 5 Yavne = 4 Azur = 4 Yehud = 3 Givat Shmuel = 3 Rishon Le-Zion= 3 Holon = 2 Karmiel = 2 Other = 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 113 Male = 365 (76%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 207 English = 174 Hebrew = 54 French = 11 Spanish = 9 Dutch = 5 Romanian = 4 Hungarian = 3 Portuguese = 3 Other = 7 No Answer = 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 180 Yes + another degree = 32 No + a different degree = 199 No = 67 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 44% Any type of degree: 86% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 153 (32%) AGE 30-40 = 208 (44%) AGE 41-50 = 70 AGE 50+ = 40 No Answer = 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 42 (9%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 207 (43%) PGM Group Leader = 17 (/22: 77%) Documentation Manager = 6 (/8: 75%) Project Team Leader = 31 (/44: 70%) Marketing Manager = 7 (/11: 64%) Sales Manager = 3 (/6: 50%) Technical Writers = 16 (/39: 41%) Programmers = 66 (/170: 39%) QA Manager = 3 (/8: 38%) Marketing = 4 (/11: 36%) System Administrators = 6 (/22: 27%) Other = 48 Do not have a company car = 271 (57%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 157 (/271: 58%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 57 (/271: 21%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 407 (85%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 426 (89%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 391 (82%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 31 1-2 Years = 82 3-5 Years = 147 (31%) 6-9 Years = 89 (19%) 10+ Years = 129 (27%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 157 (33%) 1 Year = 102 (21%) 2 Years = 65 (14%) 3 years = 43 (9%) 4 years = 33 5 years = 20 6 years = 14 7 years = 17 8 years = 7 9+ years = 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 25 40 hours = 42 45 hours = 193 (40%) 50 hours = 124 (26%) 55 hours = 64 (13%) 60 Hours = 18 Over 60 Hours = 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 36 (8%) Do Not = 440 No Answer = 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 11 10 - 13 days = 67 14 - 17 days = 150 (31%) 18 - 20 days = 105 (22%) 21 - 24 days = 107 (22%) 25+ days = 5 Do Not Know = 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 199 (42%) The median bonus is one monthly salary. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a 13th salary = 38 (8%) Do Not = 439 No Answer = 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 276 (58%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 442 (92%) No = 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 4.12 shekels per dollar. Only positions with at least 7 responses 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 10,000 Programmer (1+ year exp.): 84 15,100 HTML/Web Programmer 8 10,750 Real-time Programmer: 23 19,000 Windows Programmer: 26 18,000 Systems Programmer: 8 20,850 Project/Team Leader: 44 22,250 Programming Group Leader: 22 25,500 System Administration: 22 11,000 System Manager: 8 15,000 Technical Writer: 39 14,000 Documentation Manager: 8 20,000 Product Manager: 8 16,750 Marketing: 11 12,200 Marketing Manager: 11 18,000 Customer Support / Help Desk 7 11,400 Quality Assurance Position: 12 10,750 Quality Assurance Manager: 7 15,500 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-1 year exp.): 5600,7000,8000 - 12000,16500,19700 Programmer (1+ year exp.): 4700,5000,6000 - 24000,26000,27200 HTML/Web Programmer: 6800 - 13400,16000 Real-time Programmer: 5000,10500 - 28600 Windows Programmer: 4000,7500,8000,10000 - 28000 Systems Programmer: 10000,15000 - 24000 Project/Team Leader: 11300 - 32000,34500 Programming Group Leader: 15000 - 31000,40000 System Administration: 5000 - 16000,19000 System Manager: 10000 - 17800,23000 Technical Writer: 3600,5700 - 19250,30000,35000 Documentation Manager: 17600 - 21300,26000,30000 Product Manager: 12000 - 21000,26000,28000 Marketing: 7500 - 23000,25000 Marketing Manager: 4700,12000,16000 - 23000,27000,31000 Customer Support / Help Desk: 6200,8000 - 17000,22000 Quality Assurance Position: 6000,9000 - 14600,20000 Quality Assurance Manager: 12600 - 18000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2001 Salary Survey This document is located on the CJI web site at: http://www.cji.co.il Please include this web address if forwarding or publishing these results. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -