The average monthly gross salary in Israel in December was NIS 14,677, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. This represents a 3.1% rise in comparison with December 2024, outpacing the annual inflation rate to December 2025 of 2.5%.
The number of employed Israelis in December was 4.161 million, 1.6% more than a year earlier, which is line with the rate of population growth.
The number of foreign and Palestinian workers rose from 203,000 in December 2024 to 236,000 in December 2025.
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In high tech, for which figures are only available for November, the average monthly salary was NIS 31,332, 5.9% more than in November 2024, which is larger than the general year-on-year rise to November of 4.6%, and well ahead of the 12-month inflation rate to November of 2.4%.
The number of salaried jobs in high tech was 402,900, just 1.2% more than in November 2024. The number of high-tech jobs as a proportion of the total number of jobs in the Israeli economy has fallen slightly to 9.8% from a peak of 10%, because of more rapid growth in the rest of the economy.
Published by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – on February 4, 2026.
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