"Women in the Israeli High-tech are earning on average 26% less than Men"

The gender disparities in the salaries of employees in high-tech are 26% on average. According to a new study published by the Finance Ministry's chief economist. The study also found that women constitute 60% of the lowest wage quintile in high-tech, compared with 51% of this quintile in the other industries. In contrast, they constitute only 13% of the highest quintile of wages in the high-tech sector, compared with 21% in the other industries.
The data were published in the weekly economic survey of the chief economist, who is currently engaged in gender disparities in the high-tech industry. However, the authors of the report note that the gender disparities in high-tech industries are not unique - both gender wage gaps and "maternity fines" are the same size for law graduates chosen for comparison purposes.
The analysis examined the gaps in integration and survivability in industry, and found that most graduates of the high-tech professions (about 70%), both men and women, do not leave the industry from the moment they enter it, and remain there for years after graduation.
The rate of those leaving the industry is only slightly higher than the rate of those leaving. Among graduates and graduates of high-tech professions in 2006, 71% of the women and 76% of the men still worked in the field in 2015.
The study found a gender gap in the level and rate of wage development of workers and industry workers. This gap is not insignificant in the first years of integration into the labor market, according to the survey, and it is increasing with the increase in seniority of employees. Thus, two years after the degree, a gap of NIS 2,500 was found in the average wage of men and women working in industry. According to the authors of the study, the gap may be due to differences in seniority levels, because the average of graduates is slightly older than adults, or the bargaining power of individuals. It was also found that this gap is increasing over time, reaching a peak of almost NIS 5,000 in 2015 - a gap of 16% in wage levels between genders.
79% of the men and 75% of the women who worked in high-tech in 2008 continued to work in the industry until 2015. In addition, similar to the findings regarding high-tech graduates in 2006, over time, the gender gap in the wages of those employed in the industry increased. In 2008, the gap was NIS 2,500, and in 2015 it averaged NIS 5,800.
A major explanation for the difference in the rate of wage development is the different effect that should be imposed on workers and workers. While the path of wage increases for women declines as a result of the birth of children, the rate of increase in men's wages is not significantly affected by the transition to parenthood. The authors of the report call this the "maternity fine" and note that the estimated impact of the children on the wages of mothers compared to women without children is high in high-tech for 9% for women with one child and 15% for women with two children.
The study examined the integration and survivability gaps in the industry of those who have already acquired the relevant training or worked in the industry in the past. This is done by monitoring the patterns of employment and wages up to 2015 of graduates and degree graduates in the "high-tech professions" in 2006; And the employment patterns of workers and workers who had already been absorbed in industry and in relatively high wages in 2008. Graduates of the high-tech professions, born in 1975-1975, were 1,939 in 2006, 1,536 of them men (79%) and 403 women (21%). Those who were found to be "high-tech" in 2008 were 40,603 people in the sample.