Average Income for Men - NIS 7,088; for Women - Only NIS 4,352 

By Zeev Klein 

A large gap exists between men and women on
the job market. The average income for men was
63% higher than that of women. It reached NIS
7,088 a month (in 1998 prices), compared with
NIS 4,352 average wage for women. This was
reported today by the Central Bureau of
Statistics. 

The figures show that women live longer, earn
less and suffer more from headaches, back and
joint pains than men. The statistics also show
that women are discriminated against on the job
market at all levels of education and wages.
Salaries of highly educated (16 years of
education and more) women were only 78% of
the salaries earned by men with the same level
of education. In addition, the gap in wages
between men and women grew with age. In the
15-24 age group, women's wage per hour was
97% of men's, while in the 45+ age group,
women's wage per hour was only 78% of the
men's. 

Published by Israel's Business Arena on 7 March, 2000