Average salary up 2.8% in July to NIS 7,191 
 
The 4.1% increase in the average gross salary 
in June-July followed a 9.1% fall. 
 
by Zeev Klein
Globes
October 11, 2004
 
The average gross salary of 2.42 million Israeli employees 
rose by a nominal 2.8%, or NIS 194, in July to NIS 7,191, 
the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. The average 
gross salary rose by a nominal 4.1%, or NIS 286, in June-July. 
The increase in the average gross salary in June-July followed 
a fall by a nominal 9.1%, or NIS 692. The Central Bureau of 
Statistics stated that trend figures indicate that the average 
salary rose by an annualized 1.2% in June-July. 

26% of Israeli employees, 638,100 people, earned less than 
NIS 1,946, half the average gross national salary. An additional 
209,700 people earned an average gross salary of NIS 5,584, 
28% less than the average gross national salary. 

On the other hand, 65% of Israeli employees, or 1.58 million 
people, earned an average gross salary of NIS 9,530, 33% above 
the average gross national salary. The average gross salary 
of this group was 4.9 times that of wage-earners at the bottom 
of the pay scale. 

107,000 Israeli employees have two jobs. Their average gross 
salary was NIS 7,525 in July, 4.6% above the average gross 
national salary. 

The 63,200 legal foreign workers in Israel earned an average 
gross salary of NIS 3,985 in July, 45% below the average gross 
salary of Israeli employees. The average gross salary of the 
10,900 Palestinians employees in Israel was 78% of the average 
gross salary of legal foreign workers. The average gross salary 
of all employees in Israel, including foreign workers and 
Palestinians (2.5 million people) was NIS 7,089 in July, 
1.5% less than the average gross national salary. 

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