Hi Everyone! My father's Yahrzeit is the 12th of Adar. This year the English date falls on March 12, 2006 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 (02/2006) ============================================================== 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, 2006 through February 28, 2006. The website and email were used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 842 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 842 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Tel-Aviv = 167 Jerusalem = 130 Herzlia = 63 Haifa = 61 Ra'anana = 54 Petach Tikva = 51 Ramat Gan = 28 Lod = 27 Rehovot = 26 Netanya = 24 Hod HaSharon = 24 Yehud = 23 Rosh Ha'ayin = 21 Kfar Saba = 13 Or Yehuda = 11 Yokneam = 10 Givat Shmuel = 10 Migdal Haemek = 9 Bnai Brak = 7 Karmiel = 7 Holon = 6 Rishon Le-Tzion = 6 Yavne = 6 Azur = 5 Be'er Sheva = 5 Bet-Shemesh = 5 Modi'in = 3 Other = 40 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 216 Male = 626 (74%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 358 English = 262 Hebrew = 149 French = 28 Spanish = 10 Dutch = 8 Romanian = 6 Hungarian = 5 Portuguese = 3 Arabic = 1 Other = 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 340 Yes + another degree = 76 No + a different degree = 306 No = 120 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 49% Any type of degree: 86% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 165 (20%) AGE 30-40 = 424 (50%) AGE 41-50 = 175 (21%) AGE 51+ = 78 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 37 (4%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 410 (49%) Do not have a company car = 432 (51%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 277 (/432: 64%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 73 (/432: 17%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 710 (84%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 748 (89%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 615 (73%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 31 1-2 Years = 69 3-5 Years = 153 (18%) 6-9 Years = 278 (33%) 10+ Years = 311 (37%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 230 (27%) 1 Year = 122 (14%) 2 Years = 103 (12%) 3 years = 83 (10%) 4 years = 56 5 years = 80 6 years = 55 7 years = 23 8 years = 22 9 years = 10 10+ years = 58 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 42 40 hours = 55 45 hours = 372 (44%) 50 hours = 264 (31%) 55 hours = 77 (9%) 60 Hours = 19 Over 60 Hours = 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 54 (6%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 28 10 - 13 days = 129 (15%) 14 - 17 days = 282 (33%) 18 - 20 days = 142 (17%) 21 - 25 days = 221 (26%) 26+ days = 11 Do Not Know = 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 286 (34%) Less than one monthly salary = 165 One monthly salary = 47 Over one monthly salary = 74 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over the past 12 months my salary (excluding cost of living): Went up = 515 (61%) Went down = 33 (4%) Stayed the same = 294 (35%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 363 (43%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 755 (90%) No = 87 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 4.69 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.): 32 11,750 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 126 15,500 Real-time Programmer: 45 20,000 Windows Programmer: 62 16,000 Web Programmer: 31 12,000 Main Frame Programmer: 7 14,000 System Programmer: 14 15,550 Programming Group Leader: 40 21,800 Systems Analyst: 13 16,000 Project/Team Leader: 37 22,600 Project Manager: 23 22,000 DBA: 16 16,250 Product Manager: 9 21,000 Software Tester: 19 13,500 Customer Support / Help Desk: 13 15,000 System Manager: 8 17000 System Administration: 28 12,150 Network Administrator: 12 12,000 Technical Writer: 87 15,000 Technical Writer (shekels per hour): 7 141 per hour Documentation Manager: 14 17,000 Marketing: 8 12,250 Marketing Manager: 15 18,000 Sales Support: 8 13,050 Quality Assurance Position: 24 12,000 Quality Assurance Manager: 16 18,000 Electronics Engineer: 7 17,000 Researcher / Scientist: 14 17,750 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-2 year exp.): 5000,6500,7000 - 16300,18000,21000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 2300,5000,6500,7000 - 27000,31000,35000 Real-time Programmer: 5500,8500,10000 - 27600,28000,30500 Windows Programmer: 6500,7000,7500 - 25000,25000,25000 Web Programmer: 3000,7500,8000 - 16000,19100,20500 Main Frame Programmer: 11000,12500,13500 - 15000,16500,18550 System Programmer: 2985,5000,8000 - 21000,22000,22500 Programming Group Leader: 7000,8000,12000 - 30000,30000,30000 Systems Analyst: 3000,8100,10000 - 26500,32400,33400 Project/Team Leader: 10050,13500,14000 - 29800,30000,30000 Project Manager: 9500,10500,10700 - 32000,36000,38000 DBA: 7000,10000,11100 - 20000,22000,24400 Product Manager: 13000,16000,16000 - 24000,24000,33000 Software Tester: 3000,6800,11000 - 16000,17000,18000 Customer Support / Help Desk: 5500,12000,12000 - 23000,28000,35000 System Manager: 8900,12200,14400 - 23500,26500,29000 System Administration: 6000,7800,8000 - 20000,22000,23000 Network Administrator: 6000,7000,10000 - 15800,17600,25000 Technical Writer: 6000,6500,7500 - 22000,24300,30000 Technical Writer (shekels per hour): 70,87,103 - 148,150,200 Documentation Manager: 9700,12000,12500 - 23000,24500,25000 Marketing: 6000,9500,9850 - 15000,16500,26500 Marketing Manager: 11500,12500,13500 - 23000,24000,24000 Sales Support: 7500,7500,11000 - 21000,26000,29000 Quality Assurance Position: 5000,6500,8000 - 16000,16500,16500 Quality Assurance Manager: 9000,11000,13000 - 22000,24500,35000 Electronics Engineer: 7000,10000,17000 - 18000,19000,20000 Researcher / Scientist: 7000,12000,13000 - 28000,28000,33,300 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2006 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) 2006 Jacob Richman jrichman@jr.co.il