Full National Insurance Salary Report for the first half of 2025


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Wages in the economy continue to rise and the gaps are deep. The gap between the average wage of men in Israel is 54% higher than the wage of women in the economy. Modi'in Illit, Rahat, Nazareth and Bnei Brak with the lowest average wages in the country

Monthly wage reports of employers to the National Insurance Institute January - June 2025

Following the Coronavirus crisis, employers in the economy were required to report to the National Insurance Institute every month on all employees employed by them and their wages with a breakdown of the various wage components for each employee. This is in contrast to the previous situation where the reporting obligation was at the employer level and included the number of jobs and the total wage scope for the employer. The reporting began as an experiment in the second half of 2021 and the reporting obligation for all employers came into effect in November 2021.

Based on these reports, this report presents a snapshot of the labor market in the first half of 2025, as shown by these reports. The analysis in the report includes data on wage level – average wage and median wage for both salaried positions and salaried workers. Also, for the first time, it is possible to produce monthly data, for example, on wages by gender and the number of employees employed in more than one position.


Main findings[1]

Wage level – median wage and average wage, for salaried employees and salaried positions

  • The average monthly wage for salaried employees in the first half of 2025 was 15,098 NIS at current prices, compared to 14,655 NIS in the first half of 2024[2] – a real increase of approximately 0.7%[3].
  • The average monthly wage for salaried employees in the first half of 2025 was 13,733 NIS at current prices, compared to 13,347 NIS in the first half of 2024 – a real increase of approximately 1%.
  • In each of the months in the period under review, the average wage per employee was in the upper part of the wage distribution, in the seventh decile.
  • The average monthly wage per employee (15,098 NIS) in the first half of 2025 was about 10% higher than the average monthly wage per employee position (13,733 NIS) – a gap of 1,365 NIS. This compares to a gap of 1,309 NIS in the first half of 2024.
  • The median wage per employee at current prices was 10,586 NIS in the first half of 2025, compared to 10,244 NIS in the first half of 2024 – a real increase of about 1%.
  • The average gap between the median monthly wage per employee and the average monthly wage per salaried employee was 4,512 NIS (a gap of 43%) in current prices in the first half of 2025, compared to the gap in the corresponding period last year (4,412 NIS). In addition, the range of the gap over the six months surveyed ranged from 38% to 51%.
  • The median average wage per salaried employee in the period surveyed at current prices was 10,586 NIS, 14% higher than the median monthly wage per salaried position (9,296 NIS), a gap of 1,290 NIS. This compares to a gap of 1,200 NIS in the first half of 2024.

Numbers of employers and employees

  • The average number of employers reporting data to National Insurance for the first half of 2025 (and up to the beginning of September 2025) was 279,647, compared to 273,339 in the same period in 2024 – an increase of 2%.
  • The average number of jobs reported was 4,032,894, compared to 3,941,444 in the same period in 2024 – an increase of 2%.
  • The average number of employees reported was 3,665,181, compared to 3,586,768 in the same period in 2024 – an increase of 2%.

Employees Employed in More Than One Job

  • During the period under review, approximately 320,000 employees were employed in more than one job, accounting for approximately 9% of all employees.
  • Employees employed in two jobs earned less on average than those with one job (13,746 NIS compared to 15,194 NIS, respectively). Employees employed in four or more jobs earned the highest salary on average (19,271 NIS).
  • The prevalence of the phenomenon of employment in more than one job is higher among women: 196,887 women compared to 122,934 men on average during the period under review, 10% of the employed and 7% of the employed.


Age groups

  • The average salary of employees is divided in the period under review by age groups from highest to lowest as follows: 59-50 (20,287 NIS), 49-40 (19,631 NIS), 39-30 (16,142 NIS), 60 and over (14,676 NIS), 29-20 (8,669 NIS), 20 and under (2,994 NIS).
  • The median salary is similar, except for the 49-40 age group, which is at the top of the scale, and the 59-50 age group, which is at the bottom.


Women and men

  • The average salary of men was approximately 54% higher than that of women – 18,441 NIS compared to 11,940 NIS, respectively.
  • The median wage for men was about 40% higher than the median wage for women – 12,667 NIS compared to 9,014 NIS, respectively.
  • Compared to men, women were more concentrated at the bottom of the wage distribution: in the five lowest deciles there are more women than men (about 49%), and in deciles 7-10 – there were more men than women (about 45%). The phenomenon is especially noticeable in the tenth decile, where the gap reached 166%.
  • The average wage gap between men and women increases with age, up to age 60.


Economic sector

  • The sectors in which the average wage for a salaried position was highest during the period under review are electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, and information and communications (31,922 NIS and 30,256 NIS, respectively). In these sectors, the median wage was also highest (28,612 NIS and 23,505 NIS, respectively).
  • The lowest average and median wage per employee position was in the hospitality and food services industry (6,306 NIS and 4,471 NIS, respectively) – about 54% less than the average wage per employee position in the economy (13,733 NIS) and about 52% less than the median wage per employee position for the period under review (9,296 NIS).
  • The industries characterized by a high number of jobs were wholesale and retail trade (507,226), "local administration, public administration and security" (469,628), and health and welfare services (428,937).


Employer size

  • Most employers in the economy are small employers: in the first half of 2025, employers who employed up to 19 employees (inclusive) accounted for an average of about 92% of all employers. About 73% of employers employed up to 5 employees (inclusive).


The largest cities in Israel

  • Among the 27 largest cities in Israel with more than 75,000 residents, the average monthly salary was highest in the cities of Herzliya (22,951 NIS), Raanana (22,565 NIS), Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut (22,512 NIS), and Tel Aviv (22,359 NIS).
  • The largest cities with the lowest average monthly salary were Modi'in Illit (8,161 NIS), Rahat (9,548 NIS), Bnei Brak (9,563 NIS), and Nazareth (9,924 NIS).
  • The highest median salary during the period under review was in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut (16,402 NIS), followed by Herzliya (14,525 NIS).
  • Among the large cities, the highest number of employees was in Jerusalem (287,984 employees).
  • Description of the data and findings in the monthly report (Monthly Form 100)


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