During the week of appreciation for reservists, the National Insurance publishes data on reservists as of October 2023.
As of today, 57% of reservists are salaried, 10% are self-employed, 10% are salaried and self-employed and 23% are neither salaried nor self-employed.
Over half of reservists (54%) are between the ages of 20-30. The median age of reservists is 29.
Of all reservists, 54% are single and 42% are married.
Among those aged 20-30, 82% are single and 22% are married.
About 3/4 of those serving, 78%, are men and about a fifth, 22%, are women.
Figure 1: Distribution of reservists, by marital status (December 2025)
Figure 2: Distribution of reservists by gender and number of reserve service days
In the period from 10/2023 to the present, 27% of reserve service members served between 150 and 300 reserve days in total, 20% served over 300 reserve days in total (some served continuously and some served intermittently and accumulated these days throughout the period). 19% of reservists served under 30 reserve days in the entire period. Among male reservists, about 28% served between 150 and 300 days, and among women - about 20%.
Among those aged 40-60, about 29% served 300 days or more. Among those aged 20-30, about 15% served 300 days or more.
29% of reservists are from the Central region, followed by the Tel Aviv and North districts.
Table 1: Distribution of reservists by district of residence, December 2025
District of residence
| Jerusalem | North
| Haifa
| Center
| Tel Aviv
| South
| Judea and Samaria
| Total
|
% of reservists
| 7%
| 14%
| 11%
| 29%
| 16%
| 15%
| 7%
| 100%
|
Salaried employees data (excluding employees who are also self-employed):
50% of employees serving are between the ages of 20-30, 27% of employees served a cumulative 150 to 300 days in the reserve and 19% 300 days or more.
Table 2: Distribution of salaried reservists by age and total number of service days
20-30
| 54%
| 55%
| 54%
| 57%
| 58%
| 50%
| 36%
| 50%
|
30-40
| 31%
| 26%
| 27%
| 27%
| 26%
| 33%
| 37%
| 31%
|
40-50
| 10%
| 13%
| 13%
| 12%
| 11%
| 11%
| 13%
| 19%
|
50-60
| 4%
| 5%
| 5%
| 4%
| 4%
| 4%
| 6%
| 5%
|
65-70
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
|
70+
| 0%
| 0%
| 0%
| 0%
| 0%
| 0%
| 0%
| 0%
|
Total
| 19%
| 10%
| 9%
| 8%
| 8%
| 27%
| 19%
| 100%
|
Figure 3: Distribution of reservists by age and total number of service days between 10/2023-12/2025
Self-employed data:
37% of the self-employed serving between the ages of 20-30, 23% served 150-300 days, and 28% of the self-employed served in the aggregate for over 300 days.
Table 3: Distribution of self-employed reservists by age and total number of service days
20-30
| 41%
| 38%
| 40%
| 44%
| 45%
| 41%
| 27%
| 37%
|
30-40
| 34%
| 28%
| 27%
| 26%
| 27%
| 31%
| 34%
| 31%
|
40-50
| 14%
| 18%
| 20%
| 18%
| 17%
| 17%
| 24%
| 19%
|
50-60
| 8%
| 11%
| 10%
| 10%
| 8%
| 8%
| 12%
| 10%
|
65-70
| 2%
| 3%
| 3%
| 2%
| 3%
| 2%
| 3%
| 3%
|
70+
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 0%
| 0%
| 1%
|
Total
| 19%
| 9%
| 8%
| 7%
| 6%
| 23%
| 28%
| 100%
|
National Insurance: The National Insurance accompanies the reservists and pays a reserve service benefit each month - something done for the first time since the establishment of the State. It is precisely during these days dedicated to honoring the reservists that it is important for us to enhance their work - employees, self-employed, Central District, Jerusalem, North - who leave everything for the sake of maintaining Israel's security. The National Insurance has established a designated center for reservists for the sake of exercising their rights. There is no doubt that we must be consistent and vigilant in changing legislation in favor of those serving, and we will continue to do so until all reservists return home safely."