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people that are staying with the employee abroad and are financially-dependant on the
migrant.
It follows from this that the relations (differentials) of the actual purchasing power of net
(available) earnings between the Czech Republic and the country of temporary
residency are decisive for the income motivation and earnings advantage of a foreign
work migration (see below for more details).
Second: The migration of IT/ICT-specialists for work from the Czech Republic to other
countries is commonly realised on the basis of an offer by foreign employers. The
migrants consider signing an employment contract before departing to be important. The fact
that a large number of companies in which the specialists work are foreign companies or with
international interest and companies with Czech capital cooperating with foreign countries in
various manners is a specific characteristic influencing the nature of the working stay and the
salary rates. Thus some of the migrants are sent abroad to study or for short-term work and
some are given a position in foreign branches of multinational companies, usually in
connection with career advancement. Specialised agencies mediate employment contracts and
conditions to only a smaller extent. The level of salaries practically always corresponds to the
system and level of remuneration applied abroad. Workers/migrants thus enter the “primary”
labour marker protected by labour law and contractual relations (including collective
contracts).
(4) Comparing the average gross nominal earnings of programmers between the Czech
Republic and the analysed foreign countries shows that foreign earnings are considerably
higher than Czech earnings (even if there are considerable differences among the countries). 33
Table 21 The Average Gross Nominal Earnings of the “Programmer” Profession in the
Czech Republic and in Compared Countries (CZK/month) and their relation (the Czech
Republic = 1.0)
Monthly Earnings in CZK 34 Relation (Czech Republic = 1.0)
Czech Republic 34 1.0
Germany 111 3.2
Austria 96 2.8
Ireland 81 2.4
Great Britain 123 3.6
The statistical data for the “Programmer” profession in the period from 2002 to 2004; rounded to the nearest
thousand CZK; see Appendix 9 for more details
An important finding of the international earnings comparison analysis is the fact that
the domestic earnings position of IT/ICT-specialists in the Czech Republic and in the
compared countries is considerably asymmetric.
In the Czech Republic the gross (nominal) monthly earnings of an IT/ICT profession
currently (2004) ranges from about 34 to 41 thousand CZK and are far above average. They
reach approximately twice the national average income standard.
33 The relation of the gross earnings of other specialised IT/ICT-professions (designers, computer system analyst,
network administration, engineer, etc.) is similar.
34 Converted from the national currency using the average annual exchange rate to CZK.
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