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CJI Editor

Computer Jobs in Israel (CJI) - 1998 Annual Salary Survey
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This document is located on the CJI web site at:
http://www.jr.co.il/cji

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
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The salary form was emailed to CJI subscribers only.
The survey ran from February 22, 1998 through March 8, 1998
Email was used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people 
filling it out were from Israel. 

A record 467 valid forms were processed.

Census information based on 467 responses:

Israeli City/Town you work in:

TEL-AVIV   =  109    JERUSALEM  =  100    HAIFA      =   37 
LOD        =   32    HERZLIA    =   31    RAMAT GAN  =   26 
PETACH TIKVA = 21    KFAR SABA    = 16    REHOVOT      = 14 
OR YEHUDA    = 13    YAVNE        = 11    RAMAT AVIV   =  9 
NETANYA      =  7    MIGDAL HAEM  =  6    BE'ERSHEVA   =  6 
YOKNEAM      =  5    GIVAT SHMUEL =  4    TEFEN        =  2 
KARMIEL      =  2    DIMONA       =  2    RAMAT HASHARON =2 
OTHER         = 12
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Your Native Language:

RUSSIAN    =   227   ENGLISH    =   146   HEBREW     =   70 
FRENCH     =   9     DUTCH      =   4     HUNGARIAN  =   2 
PORTUGUESE =   2     OTHER = 7
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Degree in computer science 
or computer engineering =  256 (55%)
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AGE 18-39 =    379 (81%)
AGE 40-50 =    72 
AGE 50+   =    14 
NO Answer =    2 
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Work for the government = 65 (14%)
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Have a company car = 80 (17%)

Project Leaders  = 14
Systems Analyst  = 6
Pgm Group Leader = 18
Sales            = 3
Marketing        = 3
Other            = 36
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Get bus fare = 191 (41%)
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Get picked up by van/car service = 105 (22%)
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Get Keren Histalmut = 381 (81%)
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Get Bituach Menahalim = 375 (80%)
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Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 343 (73%)
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YEARS IN THE FIELD < 1 =     27 
YEARS IN THE FIELD 1-2 =     80 
YEARS IN THE FIELD 3-5 =     136 (29%) 
YEARS IN THE FIELD 6-9 =     76 
YEARS IN THE FIELD 10+ =     148 (32%)
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HOURS PER WEEK (INCLUDING LUNCH TIME)
HOURS PER WEEK 35 OR LESS =  25     
HOURS PER WEEK 40 =          37 
HOURS PER WEEK 45 =          204 (44%)
HOURS PER WEEK 50 =          126 (27%)
HOURS PER WEEK 50+ =         73 
UNKNOWN HOURS PER WEEK  =    1 
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WORK MORE THAN 5 DAYS A WEEK =    51 (11%)
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Get a yearly bonus = 196 (42%)
The median bonus is 80% of one monthly salary
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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).

Positions   # responded  Low     High   Median
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Programmer      89      4,000   22,000  11,000
Real Time Pgmer 46      5,500   19,500  12,000
Windows Pgmer   45      3,500   20,000  12,000
System Pgmer    11      10,500  24,000  14,000
Software tester 9       5,700   16,800  10,000
Project Leader  32      7,250   24,500  15,000
Systems Analyst 8       10,000  19,000  14,700
Pgm Grp Leader  46      8,000   21,000  16,000
System Admin.   9       6,000   21,000  11,000
System Manager  7       7,000   15,000  12,000
Network Admin.  13      5,800   15,000  9,500
Tech. Writer    35      3,000   15,300  9,000
Sales           7       4,500   16,000  10,000
Marketing       9       7,000   22,000  11,500
Quality Assur.  9       6,000   16,000  10,000
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End of CJI 1998 Salary Survey
This document is located on the CJI web site at:
http://www.jr.co.il/cji
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