The Central Bureau of Statistics publishes today (Tuesday) a particularly encouraging statistic on the employment and unemployment situation in Israel, which shows that the percentage of the unemployed in the labor force continues to decline and is at a historic low of 2.9 percent – only 120,200 Israelis.
Subsequently, the earnings data of employees in the Israeli economy were published, which show that the average wage per employee job last February was NIS 12,052, almost unchanged compared to February 2021. In addition, the number of employee jobs was 3 million and 833,000 – an increase of 16.3% compared to February last year , Then there were about 533 thousand fewer jobs than today.
Number of employee jobs in the Israeli economy Photo: CBS
In February 2022, the number of employee jobs in the high-tech field was 373.4 thousand, an increase of 0.7% compared to January 2022 and an increase of 12.8 percent compared to last February. High-tech employee jobs accounted for 9.7% of all employee jobs in the economy, similar to last January.
Subsequently, in February, the average salary per employee job of a high-tech worker was NIS 30,049, an increase of 5.9 percent compared to February 2021, when the average salary was NIS 28,365. The average salary of scientific research and development workers reached NIS 40,992 a month in February.
The average wage of high-tech workers Photo: CBS