Hi Everyone! My father's Yahrzeit is the 12th of Adar. This year the English date falls on March 6, 2012. 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 (03/2012) ============================================================== 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 21, 2012 through March 1, 2012. The website and email were used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. 524 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 524 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Jerusalem = 107, Tel-Aviv = 94, Ra'anana = 39 Herzlia = 35, Petach Tikva = 30,Haifa = 27 Rehovot = 23, Bet-Shemesh = 19, Ramat Gan = 14 Yehud=13, Rosh Ha'ayin = 12, Hod HaSharon = 12 Lod = 11, Kfar Saba = 10, Yokneam = 10, Netanya = 8, Migdal Haemek = 5, Bnai Brak = 4 Modi'in = 4, Or Yehuda = 4,Caesaria = 3 Holon = 3, Karmiel = 3, Yavne = 3 Be'er Sheva = 2, Omer = 2, Arad=1, Azur = 1 Givat Shmuel= 1, Kiryat Gat=1, Ramat Aviv = 1 Rishon Le-Tzion = 1, Shomron Area = 1, Other = 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 112 Male = 412 (79%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: English = 238 Russian = 174 Hebrew = 55 French = 21 Spanish = 11 Portuguese = 6 Dutch = 4 Hungarian = 3 Romainian = 2 Arabic = 1 Other = 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 203 Yes + another degree = 44 No + a different degree = 187 No = 90 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 47% Any type of degree: 83% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 50 (10%) AGE 30-40 = 227 (43%) AGE 41-50 = 165 (31%) AGE 51+ = 82 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 12 (2%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 160 (31%) Do not have a company car = 364 (69%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 247 (/364: 68%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 30 (/364: 8%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 449 (86%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 480 (92%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 375 (72%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 12 1-2 Years = 22 3-5 Years = 83 (16%) 6-9 Years = 99 (19%) 10+ Years = 308 (59%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 122 (23%) 1 Year = 58 (11%) 2 Years = 61 (12%) 3 years = 44 (8%) 4 years = 47 (9%) 5 years = 31 6 years = 31 7 years = 22 8 years = 14 9 years = 12 10+ years = 82 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 31 40 hours = 44 (8%) 45 hours = 304 (58%) 50 hours = 108 (21%) 55 hours = 25 (5%) 60 Hours = 9 Over 60 Hours = 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more than 5 days per week = 30 (6%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less than 10 = 24 10 - 13 days = 60 (11%) 14 - 17 days = 130 (25%) 18 - 20 days = 135 (26%) 21 - 25 days = 149 (28%) 26+ days = 11 Do Not Know = 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 195 (37%) Less than one monthly salary = 116 One monthly salary = 26 Over one monthly salary = 53 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over the past 12 months my salary (excluding cost of living): Went up = 261 (50%) Went down = 21 (4%) Stayed the same = 242 (46%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 159 (30%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 477 (91%) No = 47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 3.73 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) 84 21,000 Real-time Programmer (/Analyst) 23 21,000 Windows Programmer (/ Analyst) 22 17,750 Web Programmer 36 16,000 Systems Programmer 10 26000 Programming Group Leader 17 25,000 Project/Team Leader 27 24,000 Project Manager 11 16,900 DBA 18 20,250 Product Manager 9 27,500 Software Testing 16 14,900 Customer Support / Help Desk 8 12,250 System Administration 15 18,000 Technical Writer 69 18,300 Technical Writer 7 145 Shekels per hour Documentation Manager 9 20,000 Sales Manager 7 20000 Quality Assurance Position 17 15,500 Researcher / Scientist 11 25,000 lowest salaries to highest salaries ----------------------------------- Programmer (/ Analyst) 9000,10000 - 28000, 29000 Real-time Programmer (/Analyst) 8000, 14000,15000 - 28000,30000,33500 Windows Programmer (/ Analyst) 10000,14000 - 24000,27000,28500 Web Programmer 5600,7000,8000 - 24000,25000,25000 Systems Programmer 16000,16500 - 31000,36000 Programming Group Leader 17000,20500 - 32000, 34000, 35000 Project/Team Leader 9000,16000 - 35000,38600 Project Manager 4500,8000,12100 - 23000,29700 DBA 14000,14500 - 25000,25500,28000 Product Manager 12000,20000 - 33000,35000 Software Testing 5630,9000 - 19000,22000,25500 Customer Support / Help Desk 7000,7000,9000 - 16500,24000 System Administration 7000,8200,13500 - 21000,22500 Technical Writer 8150,9000 - 25500,26000 Technical Writer (Shekels per hour) 94 - 200 Documentation Manager 17150,18000 - 22000,24000 Sales Manager 9000,10000 - 25000,25000 Quality Assurance Position 8500,9700,10000 - 19300,20000 Researcher / Scientist 17500,22000 - 29000,38350,50000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 2012 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - © 2012 Jacob Richman jrichman@jr.co.il