Hi Everyone! My father's Yahrzeit is the 12th of Adar. This year the English date falls on March 2, 2007 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 (02/2007) ============================================================== 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 15, 2007 through February 25, 2007. The website and email were used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 865 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 865 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Tel-Aviv = 150 Jerusalem = 143 Ra'anana = 70 Petach Tikva = 62 Herzlia = 59 Haifa = 53 Ramat Gan = 47 Lod = 29 Netanya = 28 Rehovot = 22 Yehud = 19 Hod HaSharon = 14 Kfar Saba = 12 Bet-Shemesh = 12 Or Yehuda = 11 Rosh Ha'ayin = 11 Rishon Le-Tzion = 10 Karmiel = 9 Yokneam = 9 Be'er Sheva = 8 Migdal Haemek = 8 Azur = 6 Bnai Brak = 4 Givat Shmuel = 4 Holon = 4 Yavne = 4 Modi'in = 3 Shomron Area = 3 Kiryat Gat = 2 Other = 49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 197 Male = 668 (77%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 422 English = 250 Hebrew = 120 French = 26 Spanish = 12 Portuguese = 7 Dutch = 6 Arabic = 3 Romanian = 3 Hungarian = 1 Other = 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 381 Yes + another degree = 66 No + a different degree = 304 No = 114 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 52% Any type of degree: 87% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 161 (19%) AGE 30-40 = 445 (51%) AGE 41-50 = 178 (21%) AGE 51+ = 81 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 41 (5%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 436 (50.4%) Do not have a company car = 429 (49.6%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 287 (/429: 67%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 75 (/429: 17%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 732 (85%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 772 (89%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 639 (74%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 39 1-2 Years = 74 3-5 Years = 143 (17%) 6-9 Years = 268 (31%) 10+ Years = 341 (39%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 235 (27%) 1 Year = 122 (14%) 2 Years = 157 (18%) 3 years = 79 (9%) 4 years = 48 5 years = 42 6 years = 59 7 years = 40 8 years = 23 9 years = 9 10+ years = 51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 42 40 hours = 43 45 hours = 420 (49%) 50 hours = 248 (29%) 55 hours = 84 (10%) 60 Hours = 24 Over 60 Hours = 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 58 (7%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 33 10 - 13 days = 135 (16%) 14 - 17 days = 280 (32%) 18 - 20 days = 181 (21%) 21 - 25 days = 184 (21%) 26+ days = 17 Do Not Know = 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 308 (36%) Less than one monthly salary = 177 One monthly salary = 54 Over one monthly salary = 77 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over the past 12 months my salary (excluding cost of living): Went up = 528 (61%) Went down = 20 (2%) Stayed the same = 317 (37%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 309 (36%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 793 (92%) No = 72 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 4.22 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.): 27 12,000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 133 17,500 Real-time Programmer: 47 22,000 Windows Programmer: 60 17,250 Web Programmer: 27 13,500 System Programmer: 16 19,000 Programming Group Leader: 23 22,500 Systems Analyst: 17 16,750 Project/Team Leader: 47 22,000 Project Manager: 30 19,500 DBA: 19 16,500 Product Manager: 14 21,500 Software Tester: 19 11,500 Customer Support / Help Desk: 8 13,750 Application Support: 15 13,500 System Manager: 8 13,500 System Administration: 30 13,500 Technical Writer: 82 15,670 Technical Writer (shekels per hour): 10 123 per hour Documentation Manager: 20 19,000 Marketing Manager: 14 20,500 Sales Support: 7 13,000 Quality Assurance Position: 29 12,000 Quality Assurance Manager: 16 19,000 Hardware Engineer: 7 18,000 IT Consultant: 13 17,800 Researcher / Scientist: 7 22,000 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-2 year exp.): 6000,7000 - 19000,19500 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 2400,3800,5500,8000 - 29500,30000,30000 Real-time Programmer: 9000,11000,12000 - 28000,28133,28500 Windows Programmer: 3555,8700,10300 - 23000,24000,25500 Web Programmer: 5000,5500,7500 - 21500,22500,27000 System Programmer: 5000,10500,12000 - 27000,28000,40000 Programming Group Leader: 12000,16000 - 30000,30400,34500 Systems Analyst: 10000,10000,11000 - 25000,27000,30000 Project/Team Leader: 12000,13000,14000 - 30000,32000 Project Manager: 9500,9500,10000 - 28000,30000 DBA: 8500,10000,11000 - 21000,23300,24000 Product Manager: 3000,17000,18000 - 28500,32000,40000 Software Tester: 4500,5000,6500 - 15000,16000,18000 Customer Support / Help Desk: 6500,9000,12000 - 15000,38000 Application Support: 3000,3300,8000 - 17000,21000,27000 System Manager: 9000,11550 - 17500, 21000 System Administration: 7000,8000,9000 - 22000,23000,25000 Technical Writer: 6125,8000,9500 - 24200,26800,29500 Technical Writer (shekels per hour): 45,90,93 - 168,215,224 Documentation Manager: 11000,13500,16000 - 21500,22000,35000 Marketing Manager: 9000,10000,14000 - 25000,25000 Sales Support: 12000, 12000 - 26500,27000 Quality Assurance Position: 2300,6000,8000 - 16500,17000,18500 Quality Assurance Manager: 4976,9000,10500 - 23000,24000 Hardware Engineer: 12000,15500 - 25000,32600 IT Consultant: 8500,10000 - 20000,24000 Researcher / Scientist: 18000,18000 - 24500,30000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2007 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - © 2007 Jacob Richman jrichman@jr.co.il