Hi Everyone! Yesterday was my father's Yahrzeit (12 of Adar). 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 Yaacov Meir Z"L If you want to help local causes in Israel, there are three causes/charities that are posted on my web site under: http://www.jr.co.il/charity/ (ALUT, Yad Sarah, LIBI) Thank you! Happy Purim, Jacob Richman CJI Editor Computer Jobs in Israel (CJI) - 1999 Annual Salary Survey ========================================================= 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 ========================================================= The salary form was emailed to CJI subscribers only. The survey ran from February 11, 1999 through February 22, 1999. Email was used to insure no duplicate entries and that the people filling it out were from Israel. A record 508 valid forms were processed. Census information based on 508 responses: Israeli City/Town you work in: Jerusalem = 101 Tel-Aviv = 98 Herzlia = 42 Haifa = 40 Petach Tikva = 28 Lod = 27 Ramat Gan = 21 Rehovot = 19 Kfar Saba = 18 Ramat Aviv = 15 Or Yehuda = 19 Yokneam = 10 Migdal Haemek= 7 Be'er Sheva= 8 Yavne = 5 Tefen = 4 Karmiel = 4 Other = 42 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gender: Female = 110 Male = 398 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Native Language: Russian = 233 English = 183 Hebrew = 67 French = 7 Dutch = 3 Hungarian = 3 Spanish = 3 Portuguese = 1 Other = 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: Yes = 215 Yes + another degree = 47 No + a different degree = 183 No = 63 Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 51% Any type of degree: 87% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your age: AGE 18-29 = 172 (34%) AGE 30-39 = 217 (43%) AGE 40-50 = 94 AGE 50+ = 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work for the government = 36 (7%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have a company car = 98 (19%) Project/Team Leaders = 27 (from 52: 52%) Programmers = 23 (from 216: 11%) Pgm Group Leader = 8 (from 27: 30%) Marketing or sales = 8 (from 18: 44%) Other = 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get bus fare = 216 (42%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get picked up by van/car service = 124 (24%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Keren Histalmut = 437 (86%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get Bituach Menahalim = 435 (86%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a discounted lunch or lunch coupons = 395 (78%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years in the field: < 1 Year = 23 1-2 Years = 82 3-5 Years = 150 (29%) 6-9 Years = 104 (20%) 10+ Years = 149 (29%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of years at current company: <1 Year = 118 (23%) 1 Year = 104 (20%) 2 Years = 96 (19%) 3 years = 75 (15%) 4 years = 38 5 years = 29 6 years = 16 7 years = 7 8 years = 5 9 years = 8 10+ years= 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hours per week (including lunch time) 35 or less = 31 40 hours = 35 45 hours = 219 (43%) 50 hours = 137 (27%) 50+ hours = 85 no answer = 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Work more then 5 days per week = 52 (10%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Number of paid vacation days (excluding holidays) Less then 10 = 24 10 - 13 days = 64 14 - 17 days = 167 (33%) 18 - 20 days = 93 21 - 24 days = 133 (26%) 25+ days = 25 no answer = 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a yearly bonus = 195 (38%) The median bonus is one monthly salary. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get a 13th salary = 31 (6%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get stock options = 184 (36%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In general, do you like your job? Yes = 471 (93%) No = 34 No answer = 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The salaries listed below are in Shekels. The salaries are per month Bruto (before taxes). US Dollar salaries were converted using 4.08 shekels per dollar. Only positions with at least 7 responses and at least 35 hours per week on the response 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 --------- ----------- ----- ------ ------ Programmer 77 6,000 23,000 12,200 Real Time Pgmer 39 5,000 21,000 14,000 Windows Pgmer 60 5,500 25,700 14,000 System Pgmer 10 12,000 22,400 17,100 Software tester 7 7,000 14,500 12,000 Project/Team Leader 51 9,000 26,500 17,600 Pgm Grp Leader 27 12,000 32,600* 17,300 System Admin. 13 7,000 16,000 10,000 System Manager 8 9,500 20,000 13,000 Network Admin. 8 7,000 18,200 13,700 Tech. Writer 48 6,000 16,200 10,500 VLSI Engineer 7 12,000 26,000 17,000 Marketing 12 6,000 25,000 15,200 QA Postion 8 7,000 16,500 10,000 QA Manager 8 7,000 20,000 11,700 * = one below 32,600 is 23,800 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of the CJI 1999 Salary Survey This document is located on the CJI web site at: http://www.jr.co.il/cji Please include this web address if forwarding or publishing these results. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -