Hi Everyone! My father's Yahrzeit was the 12th 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 several causes/charities that are posted on my web site at: http://www.jr.co.il/charity/index.html Thank you! Have a good day, Jacob Richman CJI Editor Computer Jobs in Israel (CJI) - Annual Salary Survey (02/2003) ============================================================== 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 survey announcement was emailed to CJI subscribers. The survey ran from February 12, 2003 through February 23, 2003. The website and email were used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 603 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 603 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Tel-Aviv = 140 Jerusalem = 95 Haifa = 55 Herzlia = 42 Ra'anana = 32 Petach Tikva = 28 Ramat Gan = 19 Rehovot = 19 Or Yehuda = 17 Lod = 15 Rosh Ha'ayin = 14 Kfar Saba = 14 Netanya = 12 Migdal Haemek = 8 Yokneam = 8 Yavne = 9 Rishon Le-Zion = 7 Hod HaSharon = 6 Be'er Sheva = 6 Karmiel = 6 Tefen = 4 Yehud = 4 Modi'in = 3 Ramat Aviv = 3 Bet-Shemesh = 2 Holon = 2 Bnai Brak = 2 Omer = 2 Other = 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 131 Male = 472 (78%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 269 English = 181 Hebrew = 108 French = 10 Spanish = 10 Dutch = 4 Romanian = 4 Portuguese = 4 Hungarian = 3 Arabic = 3 Other = 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 225 Yes + another degree = 56 No + a different degree = 248 No = 74 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 46% Any type of degree: 87% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 167 (27%) AGE 30-40 = 279 (46%) AGE 41-50 = 117 AGE 51+ = 40 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 39 (6%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 252 (42%) Do not have a company car = 351 (58%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 241 (/351: 68%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 58 (/351: 9%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 458 (76%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 496 (82%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 439 (73%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 10 1-2 Years = 54 3-5 Years = 207 (34%) 6-9 Years = 147 (24%) 10+ Years = 185 (31%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 158 (26%) 1 Year = 74 (12%) 2 Years = 135 (22%) 3 years = 88 (15%) 4 years = 42 5 years = 28 6 years = 23 7 years = 5 8 years = 10 9 years = 6 10+ years = 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 40 40 hours = 48 45 hours = 246 (41%) 50 hours = 154 (26%) 55 hours = 79 (13%) 60 Hours = 18 Over 60 Hours = 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 60 (10%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 38 10 - 13 days = 101 (17%) 14 - 17 days = 180 (30%) 18 - 20 days = 82 (14%) 21 - 25 days = 159 (26%) 26+ days = 10 Do Not Know = 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 139 (23%) Less than one monthly salary = 77 One monthly salary = 31 Over one monthly salary = 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over the past 12 months my salary (excluding cost of living): Went up = 148 (25%) Went down = 168 (28%) Stayed the same = 287 (47%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 247 (41%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 536 (89%) No = 67 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 4.88 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 (0-2 year exp.): 11 9,000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 95 15,000 Real-time Programmer: 27 17,000 Windows Programmer: 35 14,000 HTML/Web Programmer: 13 10,000 Programming Group Leader: 28 16,000 Systems Analyst 9 12,000 Project/Team Leader: 40 21,750 Project Manager 14 23,500 DBA: 11 13,300 Software Tester: 11 12,700 System Manager: 9 16,000 System Administration: 27 11,000 Technical Writer: 50 13,000 Technical Writer per hour: 9 80 NIS per hour Marketing: 8 9,200 Marketing Manager: 13 16,500 Quality Assurance Position: 15 10,000 Quality Assurance Manager: 7 16,000 Electronics Engineer: 9 16,600 IT Consultant 11 18,000 Research / Scientist: 7 18,000 Chief Info. Officer (CIO): 9 26,000 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-2 year exp.): 3300,5000 - 12000,18750 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 2500,2800,3000,3300,5500 - 25000 Real-time Programmer: 3000,6000,10000 - 25600,26000 Windows Programmer: 4500,6000,7400 - 25000,30000 HTML/Web Programmer: 5500,6000,7200 - 15400,16000 Programming Group Leader: 8000,9000,10000 - 25000,28100,32000 Systems Analyst 6500,10500 - 22500,30000,31000 Project/Team Leader: 8000,11900,14000 - 28000,30000,34000 Project Manager 15000 - 28000,36000 DBA: 4000,8000 - 20000,25000 Software Tester: 7000,7500,8500 - 20700 System Manager: 4200,11000 - 21000,24000 System Administration: 5600,7360,8000 - 20000,20280 Technical Writer: 7600,8300 - 23000,30000 Technical Writer per hour 55 NIS per hour - 156 NIS per hour Marketing: 6000,8000 - 13200,16000 Marketing Manager: 6000,10000 - 20000,22500 Quality Assurance Position: 6000,6500,7500 - 14200,15000,31000 Quality Assurance Manager: 9200 - 17000 Electronics Engineer: 7000,11000 - 23500,45000 IT Consultant 8500,10000 - 25000,32500 Research / Scientist: 8000,12500 - 25000 Chief Info. Officer (CIO): 15300 - 35300 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2003 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - © 2003 Jacob Richman jrichman@jr.co.il