The average salary in Israel for an employee reached NIS 11,667 in September

Data published on Thursday by the Central Bureau of Statistics show that the average salary in Israel for an employee reached NIS 11,667 in September, compared with NIS 11,768 in August and NIS 11,715 in July. This is a 2.9% higher salary compared to September 2020.
The average wage in Israel decreases with the gradual return of low-wage workers, due to the cessation of unemployment benefits. It is estimated that only with the increase in the minimum wage by NIS 100 in April will the wage in Israel rise again, although not at high rates as happened at the beginning of the corona crisis.
The data from the Central Bureau of Statistics show that the wages of foreign workers in Israel are also falling gradually: NIS 6,908 in September, compared with NIS 7,293 in August and NIS 7,209 in July. It will soon be even more worthwhile to employ foreign workers over Israelis, with the abolition of the special levy levied on the employment of foreign workers in Israel, a move initiated in recent weeks by Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
The data also show that beyond high-tech, it is especially worthwhile to work in Israel in the information and communications industry, where the average wage in September was NIS 26,400 gross per month, a large distance from the industry in the second highest wage earners - workers in the electricity and water industry, whose average wages were NIS 20,530. per month.
They are followed by employees of financial services and insurance services with NIS 18,972, who are ahead of employees of the local administration, public, security and social security who earn an average of NIS 27,476, and employees of professional services in fifth place with a gross monthly salary of NIS 16,297.
Closing the list, even after the peak of the Corona crisis, workers in the industry where return to work is relatively low - accommodation services (hotels) and food (restaurants, cafes, bars), where the average wage received by workers reached only NIS 5,416 per month, slightly above wages The minimum in Israel, which still stands at NIS 5,300.
At the bottom of the list are other service workers with a salary of NIS 6,391, management and support service workers with NIS 6,534, workers in the arts, entertainment and leisure sector (excluding artists) with NIS 6,990, and workers in agriculture, forestry and fishing with an average gross monthly salary of NIS 8,028 .
The high-tech sector is ranked separately, with the average wage in the industry in September 2021 being NIS 26,242 - a high increase of 8% compared to the wage in September 2020. Computer programming and consulting workers earned NIS 28,993, scientific research and development workers brought home NIS 28,993 and computer manufacturing workers, electronic equipment And Opti earned NIS 22,789 gross per month.