Hi Everyone! My father's Yahrzeit is this Friday, 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! Happy Purim, Jacob Richman CJI Editor Computer Jobs in Israel (CJI) - Annual Salary Survey (02/2004) ============================================================== 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 19, 2004 through February 29, 2004. The website and email were used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 562 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 562 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Jerusalem = 98 Tel-Aviv = 97 Herzlia = 44 Ra'anana = 36 Haifa = 34 Petach Tikva = 33 Or Yehuda = 28 Ramat Gan = 24 Lod = 23 Hod HaSharon = 14 Rehovot = 14 Netanya = 13 Rosh Ha'ayin = 12 Yehud = 11 Kfar Saba = 10 Yavne = 8 Migdal Haemek = 5 Yokneam = 5 Be'er Sheva = 6 Karmiel = 6 Rishon Le-Zion = 4 Givat Shmuel = 4 Azur = 3 Holon = 3 Modi'in = 2 Ramat Aviv = 2 Bet-Shemesh = 2 Bnai Brak = 2 Other = 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 124 Male = 438 (78%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 224 English = 179 Hebrew = 112 Spanish = 12 French = 10 Dutch = 5 Romanian = 4 Portuguese = 2 Hungarian = 1 Arabic = 1 Other = 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 247 Yes + another degree = 34 No + a different degree = 204 No = 77 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 50% Any type of degree: 86% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 148 (26%) AGE 30-40 = 284 (51%) AGE 41-50 = 104 AGE 51+ = 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 26 (5%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 231 (41%) Do not have a company car = 331 (59%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 194 (/331: 59%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 45 (/331: 14%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 429 (76%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 467 (83%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 389 (69%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 17 1-2 Years = 34 3-5 Years = 166 (30%) 6-9 Years = 162 (29%) 10+ Years = 183 (33%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 142 (25%) 1 Year = 77 (14%) 2 Years = 87 (15%) 3 years = 74 (13%) 4 years = 67 5 years = 46 6 years = 22 7 years = 11 8 years = 12 9 years = 9 10+ years = 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 34 40 hours = 41 45 hours = 204 (36%) 50 hours = 193 (34%) 55 hours = 67 (12%) 60 Hours = 10 Over 60 Hours = 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 56 (10%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 26 10 - 13 days = 90 (16%) 14 - 17 days = 197 (35%) 18 - 20 days = 75 (13%) 21 - 25 days = 131 (23%) 26+ days = 4 Do Not Know = 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 143 (25%) Less than one monthly salary = 88 One monthly salary = 21 Over one monthly salary = 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over the past 12 months my salary (excluding cost of living): Went up = 152 (27%) Went down = 108 (19%) Stayed the same = 302 (54%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 250 (44%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 495 (88%) No = 67 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 4.44 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.): 12 9,000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 96 14,500 Real-time Programmer: 36 17,500 Windows Programmer: 30 11,250 Web Programmer: 23 10,400 System Programmer: 9 17,000 Programming Group Leader: 31 21,500 Systems Analyst 9 16,650 Project/Team Leader: 34 18,500 Project Manager 15 19,000 DBA: 9 12,000 Product Manager 8 17,000 Software Tester: 8 10,500 System Administration: 17 12,500 Technical Writer: 40 13,450 Document Manager: 8 15,550 Marketing: 13 12,000 Marketing Manager: 15 13,000 Quality Assurance Position: 16 9,000 Quality Assurance Manager: 7 16,000 Research / Scientist: 7 10,500 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-2 year exp.): 3000,4500,5500 - 10000,11000,11000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 4300,5000,5500 - 28000, 28000,38000 Real-time Programmer: 6000,7800,9000 - 25600,27000 Windows Programmer: 4000,4500,6750 - 19500,21000 Web Programmer: 2300,4500,5000 - 14000,15500 System Programmer: 12500,13000 - 22900,25000 Programming Group Leader: 10100,11000 - 29800,30000 Systems Analyst 8000,9000,14000 - 25000,26500 Project/Team Leader: 5230,11000 - 30000,35000 Project Manager 9000,12000,17000 - 26000,27500 DBA: 7000,8600,9000 - 20000,23500 Product Manager: 13000,13500 - 22000,30000 Software Tester: 4500,5500,8500 - 11000,15000,21000 System Administration: 6500,6900,7000 - 17000,19500,22000 Technical Writer: 6120,7500,7800 - 17000,19000,19500 Documentation Manager: 6000,10000,11000 - 19000,22000,30000 Marketing: 5500,8500,9000 - 14500,15000,20600 Marketing Manager: 3600,6800,7000 - 16500,17600,23500 Quality Assurance Position: 2100,5000,8000 - 11500,12000,12000 Quality Assurance Manager: 11500,15000 - 20000,21700 Research / Scientist: 3500,8000,9000 - 20000,21500,23500 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2004 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - © 2004 Jacob Richman jrichman@jr.co.il