Hi Everyone! My father's Yahrzeit is the 12th of Adar. This year the English date falls on February 18, 2008. 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 (02/2008) ============================================================== 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 6, 2008 through February 15, 2008. The website and email were used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 743 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 743 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Jerusalem = 136 Tel-Aviv = 127 Ra'anana = 63 Petach Tikva = 52 Herzlia = 49 Haifa = 39 Kfar Saba = 25 Netanya = 23 Ramat Gan = 22 Rosh Ha'ayin = 22 Bet-Shemesh = 17 Rehovot = 17 Lod = 16 Or Yehuda = 16 Hod HaSharon = 15 Yokneam = 14 Yehud = 12 Karmiel = 9 Be'er Sheva = 7 Bnai Brak = 6 Migdal Haemek = 5 Rishon Le-Tzion = 5 Holon = 3 Yavne = 3 Givat Shmuel = 2 Caesaria = 2 Modi'in = 1 Shomron Area = 1 Kiryat Gat = 1 Tefen = 1 Other = 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 174 Male = 569 (77%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 324 English = 239 Hebrew = 108 French = 25 Spanish = 18 Portuguese = 7 Dutch = 6 Arabic = 5 Romainian = 3 Hungarian = 1 Other = 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 315 Yes + another degree = 63 No + a different degree = 256 No = 109 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 51% Any type of degree: 85% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 15-17 = 1 AGE 18-29 = 115 (15%) AGE 30-40 = 365 (49%) AGE 41-50 = 174 (23%) AGE 51+ = 88 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 26 (3%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 384 (52%) Do not have a company car = 359 (48%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 244 (/359: 68%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 66 (/359: 9%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 646 (87%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 665 (90%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 564 (76%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 26 1-2 Years = 53 3-5 Years = 123 (17%) 6-9 Years = 209 (28%) 10+ Years = 332 (45%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 171 (23%) 1 Year = 95 (13%) 2 Years = 136 (18%) 3 years = 83 (11%) 4 years = 56 5 years = 25 6 years = 37 7 years = 33 8 years = 30 9 years = 15 10+ years = 62 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 39 40 hours = 57 45 hours = 367 (49%) 50 hours = 187 (25%) 55 hours = 73 (10%) 60 Hours = 16 Over 60 Hours = 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 43 (6%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 24 10 - 13 days = 92 (12%) 14 - 17 days = 226 (30%) 18 - 20 days = 185 (25%) 21 - 25 days = 182 (24%) 26+ days = 10 Do Not Know = 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 253 (34%) Less than one monthly salary = 164 One monthly salary = 33 Over one monthly salary = 56 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over the past 12 months my salary (excluding cost of living): Went up = 442 (59%) Went down = 21 (3%) Stayed the same = 280 (38%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 276 (37%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 684 (92%) No = 59 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 3.6 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.): 19 13,000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 125 18,000 Real-time Programmer: 24 20,000 Windows Programmer: 53 19,000 Web Programmer: 30 13,500 System Programmer: 8 19,000 Programming Group Leader: 29 21,000 Systems Analyst: 13 15,400 Project/Team Leader: 56 24,750 Project Manager: 11 22,000 DBA: 18 16,250 Product Manager: 10 22,000 Software Tester: 17 15,000 Customer Support / Help Desk: 7 11,000 Application Support: 8 15,500 System Manager: 10 24,500 System Administration: 27 15,000 Technical Writer: 66 16,500 Technical Writer (shekels per hour): 13 137 per hour Documentation Manager: 18 20,000 MARCOM Writer: 9 14,000 Marketing Manager: 8 19,500 Quality Assurance Position: 19 14,000 Quality Assurance Manager: 10 17,500 Researcher / Scientist: 7 24,000 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-2 year exp.): 6000,8000,8500 - 18000,21000,22000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 4000,6300,6390,8000 - 27000,27200,33800 Real-time Programmer: 6389,9000,11000 - 27000,27800,29000 Windows Programmer: 3972,10000,10000 - 25800,26000,30000 Web Programmer: 7000,8000,8000 - 20000,22000,24000 System Programmer: 5000,16000 - 23000,23300 Programming Group Leader: 14600,15000 - 32000,32500 Systems Analyst: 9000,13000 - 27500,30000 Project/Team Leader: 10000,10500,15000 - 37500,38000 Project Manager: 4000,5100,7500 - 33000,35000,35200 DBA: 10300,11000 - 23800, 26000 Product Manager: 6000,14000 - 28000,28500 Software Tester: 8000,9000 - 17500,18000 Customer Support / Help Desk: 2000,6000 - 16000,16000 Application Support: 8000,14000 - 20000,23000 System Manager: 13000,20000 - 35000,44000 System Administration: 9000,9000 - 24000,25000 Technical Writer: 6500,9500,10200 - 22500,23200,28270 Technical Writer (shekels per hour): 48,75,100 - 160,180,180 Documentation Manager: 11000,15000,16000 - 23000,23500,23800 MARCOM Writer: 7000,10800,13200 - 16000,17000,18000 Marketing Manager: 11000,15000,18000 - 23000,25000,26000 Quality Assurance Position: 6000,7000,8500 - 19000,20000,22590 Quality Assurance Manager: 14000,16400,17000 - 21500,22500,31500 Researcher / Scientist: 14000,20000 - 25000,33000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2008 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - © 2008 Jacob Richman jrichman@jr.co.il