Hi Everyone! My father's Yahrzeit is the 12th of Adar. This year the English date falls on February 21, 2005 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 (02/2005) ============================================================== 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 9, 2005 through February 18, 2004. The website and email were used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 796 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 796 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Jerusalem = 121 Tel-Aviv = 177 Herzlia = 68 Petach Tikva = 55 Haifa = 51 Ra'anana = 51 Lod = 23 Ramat Gan = 22 Netanya = 24 Kfar Saba = 19 Or Yehuda = 18 Rehovot = 16 Yehud = 16 Rosh Ha'ayin = 15 Hod HaSharon = 13 Yokneam = 10 Migdal Haemek = 8 Be'er Sheva = 7 Bnai Brak = 7 Karmiel = 7 Azur = 6 Bet-Shemesh = 6 Yavne = 6 Givat Shmuel = 5 Holon = 4 Modi'in = 3 Other = 38 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 182 Male = 614 (77%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 351 English = 222 Hebrew = 144 French = 31 Spanish = 16 Portuguese = 6 Dutch = 4 Romanian = 4 Arabic = 3 Other = 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 338 Yes + another degree = 62 No + a different degree = 284 No = 112 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 50% Any type of degree: 86% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 186 (23%) AGE 30-40 = 392 (49%) AGE 41-50 = 157 AGE 51+ = 61 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 37 (5%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 349 (44%) Do not have a company car = 447 (56%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 291 (/447: 65%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 68 (/447: 15%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 617 (77%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 657 (83%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 555 (70%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 43 1-2 Years = 41 3-5 Years = 212 (27%) 6-9 Years = 227 (29%) 10+ Years = 273 (34%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 230 (29%) 1 Year = 96 (12%) 2 Years = 128 (16%) 3 years = 83 (10%) 4 years = 72 5 years = 65 6 years = 26 7 years = 29 8 years = 16 9 years = 10 10+ years = 41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 40 40 hours = 53 45 hours = 332 (42%) 50 hours = 250 (31%) 55 hours = 88 (11%) 60 Hours = 22 Over 60 Hours = 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 70 (9%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 50 10 - 13 days = 138 (17%) 14 - 17 days = 247 (31%) 18 - 20 days = 118 (15%) 21 - 25 days = 199 (25%) 26+ days = 8 Do Not Know = 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 232 (29%) Less than one monthly salary = 135 One monthly salary = 51 Over one monthly salary = 46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over the past 12 months my salary (excluding cost of living): Went up = 394 (50%) Went down = 49 (6%) Stayed the same = 353 (44%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 319 (40%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 711 (89%) No = 85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 4.38 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.): 21 9,000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 132 14,700 Real-time Programmer: 52 19,000 Windows Programmer: 52 14,700 Web Programmer: 22 10,700 Main Frame Programmer 8 14,750 System Programmer: 12 19,000 Programming Group Leader: 24 18,500 Systems Analyst 9 17,500 Project/Team Leader: 51 22,000 Project Manager 26 17,250 DBA: 15 17,750 Product Manager 9 20,000 Software Tester: 13 11,000 Customer Support / Help Desk 10 10,150 Application Support 7 12,000 System Administration 26 12,000 Technical Writer: 75 13,500 Document Manager: 7 20,000 Marketing: 8 9,500 Marketing Manager: 13 16,000 Quality Assurance Position: 24 10,000 Quality Assurance Manager: 12 15,700 Hardware Engineer 9 17,500 IT Consultant 8 17,500 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-2 year exp.): 3500,4500,5000 - 12000,13000,15500 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 3250,4000 - 28000,29000,30000 Real-time Programmer: 4500,7000 - 28000,30000 Windows Programmer: 4800,6500,7000 - 21700,22500 Web Programmer: 5000 - 16300,19000 Main Frame Programmer 9000 - 22000 System Programmer: 3500,10000 - 24000,33000 Programming Group Leader: 12000,12900 - 32000,39000 Systems Analyst 8000,14000 - 26500,35000 Project/Team Leader: 12000,12400 - 29800,30000,34000 Project Manager 9300,10000 - 30000 DBA: 4000,9500 - 23600,28500 Product Manager: 11000,17000 - 27000,31000 Software Tester: 8000,8500 - 12500,15000 Customer Support / Help Desk 3400,4000 - 11500,15000,15800 Application Support 6000,7000 - 15000,16000 System Administration: 4000,5000,6000 - 17500,20000,25000 Technical Writer: 4500,6000 - 20000,21000,25000 Documentation Manager: 11000,14000 - 21200,26000 Marketing: 2300,6000,8600 - 11350 Marketing Manager: 9800 - 22000,28000,29500 Quality Assurance Position: 4800,7500,8000 - 14000 Quality Assurance Manager: 7000,10000 - 19000,24100 Hardware Engineer 7500,11500 - 23000,35000 IT Consultant 12000,13000 - 22500,24000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2005 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (c) 2005 Jacob Richman jrichman@jr.co.il