Hi Everyone! My father's Yahrzeit is the 12th of Adar. This year the English date falls on March 8, 2009. 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 Yaakov 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 (03/2009) ============================================================== 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 24, 2009 through March 4, 2009. The website and email were used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 574 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 574 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Tel-Aviv = 105 Jerusalem = 96 Petach Tikva = 42 Haifa = 39 Ra'anana = 37 Herzlia = 28 Ramat Gan = 28 Rehovot = 20 Netanya = 19 Rosh Ha'ayin = 19 Kfar Saba = 18 Lod = 16 Bet-Shemesh = 11 Or Yehuda = 11 Yokneam = 10 Yehud = 7 Migdal Haemek = 6 Rishon Le-Tzion = 6 Hod HaSharon = 5 Yavne = 5 Be'er Sheva = 4 Bnai Brak = 4 Modi'in = 4 Azur = 3 Caesaria = 3 Kiryat Gat = 2 Shomron Area = 2 Holon = 1 Tefen = 1 Other = 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 133 Male = 441 (77%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 300 English = 163 Hebrew = 60 French = 18 Spanish = 13 Portuguese = 5 Dutch = 3 Romainian = 3 Hungarian = 1 Other = 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 237 Yes + another degree = 46 No + a different degree = 210 No = 81 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 49% Any type of degree: 86% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 91 (16%) AGE 30-40 = 282 (49%) AGE 41-50 = 147 (26%) AGE 51+ = 54 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 20 (3%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 271 (47%) Do not have a company car = 303 (53%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 196 (/303: 65%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 41 (/303: 14%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 484 (84%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 518 (90%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 424 (74%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 17 1-2 Years = 45 3-5 Years = 109 (19%) 6-9 Years = 135 (24%) 10+ Years = 268 (47%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 123 (21%) 1 Year = 68 (12%) 2 Years = 114 (19%) 3 years = 70 (12%) 4 years = 36 5 years = 33 6 years = 15 7 years = 14 8 years = 33 9 years = 18 10+ years = 50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 20 40 hours = 38 45 hours = 303 (53%) 50 hours = 149 (26%) 55 hours = 43 (7%) 60 Hours = 13 Over 60 Hours = 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 44 (8%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 22 10 - 13 days = 84 (15%) 14 - 17 days = 168 (29%) 18 - 20 days = 126 (22%) 21 - 25 days = 139 (24%) 26+ days = 10 Do Not Know = 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 149 (26%) Less than one monthly salary = 86 One monthly salary = 21 Over one monthly salary = 42 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over the past 12 months my salary (excluding cost of living): Went up = 195 (34%) Went down = 115 (20%) Stayed the same = 264 (46%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 198 (34%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 535 (93%) No = 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 4.16 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.): 16 12,000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 95 19,000 Real-time Programmer: 27 23,000 Windows Programmer: 41 19,000 Web Programmer: 21 15,000 Programming Group Leader: 21 22,500 Systems Analyst: 15 25,000 Project/Team Leader: 36 25,000 Project Manager: 14 20,300 DBA: 14 20,900 Software Tester: 13 13,000 Customer Support / Help Desk: 8 13,500 System Manager: 7 23,500 System Administration: 18 15,100 Technical Writer: 56 16,000 Documentation Manager: 10 20,750 Quality Assurance Position: 18 13,100 Quality Assurance Manager: 8 16,750 Electronics Engineer: 7 12,800 IT Consultant: 7 17,670 Researcher / Scientist: 15 25,000 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-2 year exp.): 4700, 5000, 6000 - 15000, 16000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 4000, 6200, 8000, 9500 - 31000, 32000, 40000 Real-time Programmer: 12500, 13000 - 28000, 29000, 30000 Windows Programmer: 8000, 11000, 12500 - 24000, 24500, 25000 Web Programmer: 4200, 8000, 9000 - 23000, 24500, 27000 Programming Group Leader: 16500, 17500, 18000 - 30000, 34500, 40300 Systems Analyst: 13000, 16800, 17900 - 30000, 36500, 39000 Project/Team Leader: 13000, 13000, 16000 - 30000, 31000, 31500 Project Manager: 7500, 10000, 11000 - 27000, 29000, 31000 DBA: 12300,13850,14500 - 25000, 27000,36000 Software Tester: 9500, 10000 - 18000, 18500, 20000 Customer Support / Help Desk: 6500,8000 - 16500,19000 System Manager: 16600, 20000 - 26000, 27800 System Administration: 5000, 8000, 8500 - 19000, 21000, 24200 Technical Writer: 6000, 8500, 9000, 10000 - 21900, 22000, 23000, 28000 Documentation Manager: 12000, 16500 - 23000, 24850 Quality Assurance Position: 2100, 2700, 5000, 6000 - 16000, 21000 Quality Assurance Manager: 10500, 15000 - 23500, 33000 Electronics Engineer: 10000, 12000 - 17000, 22000 IT Consultant: 12000, 15000 - 20700, 25000 Researcher / Scientist: 12000, 17000 - 31000, 37000, 39500 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2009 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - © 2009 Jacob Richman jrichman@jr.co.il