Hi Everyone! My father's Yahrzeit is the 12th of Adar. This year the English date falls on March 18, 2011. 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 (03/2011) ============================================================== 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 March 1, 2011 through March 10, 2011. The website and email were used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 519 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 519 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Jerusalem = 121, Tel-Aviv = 83, Herzlia = 38, Ra'anana = 34, Haifa = 31, Petach Tikva = 26 Ramat Gan = 20, Netanya = 14, Rehovot = 14 Bet-Shemesh = 15, Rosh Ha'ayin = 15, Lod = 11 Hod HaSharon = 8, Yehud = 8, Yokneam = 7 Kfar Saba = 6, Or Yehuda = 6, Rishon Le-Tzion = 5, Bnai Brak = 4, Yavne = 4, Caesaria = 3 Karmiel = 3, Azur = 2, Be'er Sheva = 2 Modi'in = 2, Kiryat Gat = 1, Migdal Haemek = 1 Holon = 1, Omer = 1, Ramat Aviv = 1 Shomron Area = 1, Other = 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 115 Male = 404 (78%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 174 English = 229 Hebrew = 62 French = 18 Spanish = 11 Portuguese = 6 Dutch = 3 Hungarian = 3 Arabic = 2 Romainian = 1 Other = 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 215 Yes + another degree = 44 No + a different degree = 185 No = 75 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 50% Any type of degree: 86% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 55 (11%) AGE 30-40 = 255 (49%) AGE 41-50 = 146 (28%) AGE 51+ = 63 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 11 (2%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 184 (35%) Do not have a company car = 335 (65%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 214 (/335: 64%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 44 (/335: 13%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 440 (85%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 460 (89%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 352 (68%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 6 1-2 Years = 26 3-5 Years = 97 (19%) 6-9 Years = 87 (17%) 10+ Years = 294 (57%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 108 (21%) 1 Year = 62 (12%) 2 Years = 53 (10%) 3 years = 69 (13%) 4 years = 39 5 years = 49 6 years = 30 7 years = 20 8 years = 8 9 years = 6 10+ years = 75 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 24 40 hours = 46 (8%) 45 hours = 285 (55%) 50 hours = 130 (25%) 55 hours = 24 (5%) 60 Hours = 6 Over 60 Hours = 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 18 (3%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 19 10 - 13 days = 62 (12%) 14 - 17 days = 128 (25%) 18 - 20 days = 148 (29%) 21 - 25 days = 137 (26%) 26+ days = 8 Do Not Know = 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 177 (34%) Less than one monthly salary = 97 One monthly salary = 32 Over one monthly salary = 48 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over the past 12 months my salary (excluding cost of living): Went up = 245 (47%) Went down = 22 (4%) Stayed the same = 252 (49%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 154 (30%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 484 (93%) No = 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 3.62 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 (/ Analyst) 80 18,000 Real-time Programmer (/Analyst) 26 25,000 Windows Programmer (/ Analyst) 29 18,500 Web Programmer 32 15,750 Programming Group Leader 24 23,500 Project/Team Leader 32 24,000 Project Manager 13 23,000 DBA 14 20,000 Product Manager 9 23,000 Software Testing 14 15,000 Customer Support / Help Desk 8 7,250 System Administration 23 14,000 Technical Writer 51 18,000 Technical Writer (shekels per hour): 12 152 per hour Documentation Manager 13 17,700 Marketing Manager 7 15,000 Quality Assurance Position 12 16,550 Quality Assurance Manager 7 19,500 IT Consultant 13 16,500 Researcher / Scientist 10 25,500 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (/ Analyst) 5000, 5100, 6500 - 29500, 30000, 31500 Real-time Programmer (/Analyst) 7000, 8600, 12000 - 30000, 33500, 35000 Windows Programmer (/ Analyst) 2000, 5000, 9000 - 24000, 28000, 32000 Web Programmer 4000, 4100, 4500, 7000 - 24000, 25340, 29600 Programming Group Leader 7459, 14000, 20000 - 33000, 36000, 39200 Project/Team Leader 7500, 9000, 16000 - 32000, 34000, 37500 Project Manager 14000, 14250, 15000 - 29900, 32770, 33500 DBA 10000, 12000, 14500 - 24100, 25000, 26000 Product Manager 12000, 15000 - 25000, 27500 Software Testing 5400, 11000, 12000 - 17600, 18000, 19750 Customer Support / Help Desk 5000, 6000 - 16500, 17000 System Administration 4300, 6000, 7500 - 22500, 24000, 25200 Technical Writer 9000, 10000, 11000 - 23800, 24000, 25500 Technical Writer (shekels per hour): 80, 93 - 165, 200 Documentation Manager 12000, 12100, 15000 - 22000, 23000, 24500 Marketing Manager 4500, 7150 - 24000, 26000 Quality Assurance Position 9000, 10500, 12500 - 20000, 24500 Quality Assurance Manager 16000, 16500 - 24000, 35500 IT Consultant 12500, 15000 - 22700, 25000, 29700 Researcher / Scientist 15000 - 30000, 37500, 50000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2011 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - © 2011 Jacob Richman jrichman@jr.co.il