Hi Everyone! My father's Yahrzeit is the 12th of Adar. This year the English date falls on February 26, 2010. 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 (02/2010) ============================================================== 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 09, 2010 through February 21, 2010. The website and email were used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 588 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 588 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Jerusalem = 122, Tel-Aviv = 106, Herzlia = 42, Petach Tikva = 42, Ra'anana = 40, Haifa = 31, Netanya = 22, Rehovot = 21, Ramat Gan = 19, Or Yehuda = 14, Rosh Ha'ayin = 13, Kfar Saba = 13, Bet-Shemesh = 12, Hod HaSharon = 11, Lod = 9, Yokneam = 8, Karmiel = 5, Rishon Le-Tzion = 5, Bnai Brak = 4, Kiryat Gat = 4, Migdal Haemek = 4, Yavne = 4, Be'er Sheva = 3, Yehud = 3, Azur = 2, Caesaria = 2, Holon = 2, Modi'in = 2, Tefen = 1, Other = 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 135 Male = 453 (77%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 261 English = 200 Hebrew = 75 French = 18 Spanish = 13 Portuguese = 6 Romainian = 3 Dutch = 2 Hungarian = 2 Other = 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 255 Yes + another degree = 40 No + a different degree = 214 No = 79 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 50% Any type of degree: 87% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 66 (11%) AGE 30-40 = 303 (52%) AGE 41-50 = 147 (25%) AGE 51+ = 72 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 23 (4%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 250 (43%) Do not have a company car = 338 (57%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 232 (/338: 69%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 42 (/338: 12%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 505 (86%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 530 (90%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 420 (71%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 16 1-2 Years = 33 3-5 Years = 115 (20%) 6-9 Years = 123 (21%) 10+ Years = 301 (51%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 110 (19%) 1 Year = 54 (9%) 2 Years = 105 (18%) 3 years = 93 (16%) 4 years = 48 5 years = 36 6 years = 21 7 years = 9 8 years = 26 9 years = 19 10+ years = 67 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 32 40 hours = 47 45 hours = 331 (56%) 50 hours = 135 (23%) 55 hours = 31 (5%) 60 Hours = 8 Over 60 Hours = 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 28 (5%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 22 10 - 13 days = 73 (12%) 14 - 17 days = 169 (29%) 18 - 20 days = 134 (23%) 21 - 25 days = 159 (27%) 26+ days = 5 Do Not Know = 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 178 (30%) Less than one monthly salary = 95 One monthly salary = 33 Over one monthly salary = 50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over the past 12 months my salary (excluding cost of living): Went up = 144 (24%) Went down = 112 (19%) Stayed the same = 332 (56%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 186 (32%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 521 (89%) No = 67 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 3.72 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.): 13 14,250 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 106 19,500 Real-time Programmer: 28 23,500 Windows Programmer: 31 19,000 Web Programmer: 38 15,000 Systems Programmer 8 21,000 Programming Group Leader: 22 22,000 Systems Analyst: 12 16,250 Project/Team Leader: 38 22,250 Project Manager: 11 20,000 Product Manager: 8 23,500 DBA: 17 18,500 Software Tester: 9 13,000 Customer Support / Help Desk: 15 10,000 System Manager: 7 21,000 System Administration: 19 11,000 Technical Writer: 53 16,000 Documentation Manager: 7 19,000 Marketing Manager: 8 27,500 Quality Assurance Position: 19 13,000 Quality Assurance Manager: 7 21,000 Researcher / Scientist: 10 24,500 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (0-2 year exp.): 4700, 8000 - 16500, 18000, 26000 Programmer (3+ year exp.): 6600, 7000, 8000 - 30000, 31000, 33000 Real-time Programmer: 9600 15000 - 27000, 30000, 31100 Windows Programmer: 6000, 12000 - 25300, 26000, 35000 Web Programmer: 2400, 6500, 7000 - 21000, 23000, 28800 Systems Programmer 15500 - 26000, 28000, 43000 Programming Group Leader: 8300, 14000, 17000 - 27000, 29500, 34500 Systems Analyst: 12500, 13300 - 26000, 40000 Project/Team Leader: 11000, 13000, 14000 - 33000 Project Manager: 11000, 13500, 15000 - 26000, 28000, 32000 Product Manager: 13700, 20000 - 27000, 28000 DBA: 3000, 12000, 13000 - 23800, 25000, 30000 Software Tester: 7000, 11000 - 16000, 17000 Customer Support / Help Desk: 6000, 7000 - 21500, 24000 System Manager: 15000, 20000 - 26000, 27000 System Administration: 6000, 6500, 7500 - 20500, 21000, 22500 Technical Writer: 3000, 6500, 8000 - 23000, 25100, 28000 Documentation Manager: 12000, 17600 - 23000, 24000 Marketing Manager: 19500, 21000 - 35000, 37000 Quality Assurance Position: 4000, 5000, 6000 - 19500, 21000, 24000 Quality Assurance Manager: 10000, 16500 - 22000, 23500 Researcher / Scientist: 16000, 22000 - 28000, 37000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2010 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - © 2010 Jacob Richman jrichman@jr.co.il