CBS: Only 21% stated they felt that they were able to cover their household's monthly expenses

15% of those employed in the economy aged 20 and over felt poor during the last five years (2018-2013), and 10% felt the same during 2018. According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics.
These are data collected as part of the CBS Social Survey across the country in 2018, which included interviews with approximately 7,450 people, aged 20 and over, representing about 6.5 million people. The findings indicate that despite the very high satisfaction of most employed persons in Israel - 88 % Said they were satisfied with their work - the proportion of employed people who were also satisfied with their income dropped to only 60%.
Many workers find it difficult to close the month: only one-fifth of those employed in the economy (21%) stated that they felt that they were able to cover their household's monthly expenses without any difficulty; This compares with about half (51%) of those who "manage" to cover their monthly expenses, 22% who do not succeed, and 5% more who do not succeed at all.
The survey also examined the extent to which employees are concerned about losing their jobs in the coming year. According to the findings, 64% are not afraid of this at all, compared to 27% who are slightly afraid of it and 6% who are very worried about it.
The large shortage of workers in the health and education systems in Israel is reflected here in the examination of those who do not fear dismissal at all, with 86% of doctors, 81% of nurses, 79% of preschool teachers and elementary schools and 75% of primary school teachers.
Other professions in which a high proportion of respondents indicated that they did not fear for their livelihoods were engineers and technicians, bookkeepers and social workers (71% of respondents each), assistants, child care workers and non-teaching staff (about 70%), as well as waiters and bartenders, security guards, Wild medical and secretarial staff - with 68% of respondents each. In contrast, among CEOs and senior executives, only half indicated that they were not at all afraid of losing their jobs.
The largest discrepancy between overall job satisfaction and income satisfaction was recorded among social workers and among preschoolers and elementary school teachers, with more than 90% of respondents indicating that they were satisfied with these subjects, compared to 41% and 51%, respectively, who expressed income satisfaction .
Other professions in which there was a low proportion of employees who were satisfied with their income, with less than half of the respondents, included nursing practitioners, building maintenance and housekeeping supervisors, cleaning workers, sales workers (sellers and cashiers) and security guards.
Overall satisfaction, which is inconsistent with income satisfaction, may be due to the high level of satisfaction as to the balance between the time devoted to work and private life. Thus, 14% of respondents stated that they were very satisfied with the work-life balance and 47% responded that they were satisfied, compared with 28% who were not so satisfied and 11% unsatisfied.
The highest rates of employees who expressed satisfaction with the balance between private life and work were recorded in professions that also expressed low income satisfaction - supervisors of building maintenance and household chores (75%), followed by nursing caregivers (74%), child care workers and teachers and caregivers. (73%), nurses (72%), cleaning and security workers (71%), clerks and office workers (69%), teachers and teaching staff (67%), and social slaves (64%).
The survey also examined additional working conditions of those employed in the country, including the location of their work, which involves the time they are required to spend daily on traffic jams or public transportation, sputtering to and fro. The findings indicate that most residents in the Tel Aviv and Central districts are forced to leave their hometown for work purposes, except for Tel Aviv-Jaffa and Netanya, where more than half of the city's residents work in their fields.
Distributed by cities, Bat Yam has the lowest number of employed persons who also work in the city - with only about one-fifth (20%) of employed persons; Other leaders in the list include Holon and the streets, with only a third of those employed in every one living and working in the city; Ramat Gan (37%), Rishon Lezion (39%), and Kfar Saba and Petah Tikva (40% each).
On the other hand, in Jerusalem, an exceptional rate of 86% of employed persons work in the city itself, and in the cities of Haifa, Ashdod, Ashkelon and Beersheba, most of the employed (over 50%) do not leave their jobs for work purposes. In total, about 42% of employed persons in the economy work in their locality of residence, while in cities with 100,000 residents or more, the rate of employees employed in their fields climbs to 54%.
In terms of work arrival times, one-third of employed persons take less than fifteen minutes to get to work, compared to 26% who take them between fifteen and one-half hours, 27% - between half an hour and an hour, and another 11% who take them an hour or more; This compares with 5% whose duration of arrival is not fixed.
Regarding the modes of arrival, 61% come to work in private or commercial vehicles, including motorcycles, compared to 18.2% who come by public transport, 7% by workplace-organized transportation, 7% by foot and 1.5% by bicycle. The rest come by unknown means or who work from home.
 The survey also found that working conditions of 89% of employees (and cooperative members) include employer participation in a pension plan, including executive insurance and provident funds. In addition, 86% receive full pay for vacation days, but the number of days off varies - 4% are eligible for 1 to 10 days, 49% - 11 to 20 days, 24% - 21 to 30 days, and 3% to 31 days or more. 20% were unable to report the number of days off.
It was also found that 55% receive full pay for sick days, 35% have paid employer participation for courses and training and 31% have life insurance on the job. 18% receive car maintenance expenses and 14% receive employer car.
 However, there are also professions in which most respondents were both satisfied with the income and the work-life balance. For example, engineers and technicians in information technology (65%), university lecturers (64%), and scientists and technicians in science and engineering (59%). Even among software developers and application analysts, lawyers, engineers and architects, CEOs and senior executives, and even physicians - over half of those employed said they were satisfied with the work-life balance.