Industry Ministry: Women managers earn average NIS 13,500; 
men NIS 18,000 
 
The wage gap is widest in high tech. Female managers are 
lower ranking than men on average. 
 
Hadas Manor    
March 8, 2005
Globes
 
Salary gaps between men and women in high tech are wider than 
in mixed-high tech and low technology industries, according to 
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor planning and economy 
division figure published today to mark International Women's Day. 
The figures indicate that the proportion of women managers in 
industry has risen substantially, and that the salary gaps between 
men and women in industry in general, and in high tech in 
particular, has narrowed. However, despite the greater number of 
women managers, they are still mainly working at low management 
levels. In addition, despite the claims of gender management 
equality in high-tech sectors, the salary gaps between men and 
women are wider in high tech than in low technology industries. 
Analysis by the planning and economy division also found Israel 
had 47,000 women managers in 2004, of whom 7,300 were in 
high tech (15.7%). 

Israel had 386,400 industrial employees in 2004, of whom 108,600 
were women and 277,800 were men. Fewer than 7% of female 
employees were managers, compared with 11% of male employees 
who were managers. At 7%, the proportion of female managers in 
industry was significantly greater than the 4.3% proportion of 
female managers in the economy as a whole. 

The planning and economy division said that in the past decade, 
the gap between the proportion of female managers in industry 
and male managers has narrowed, thanks to a large increase in 
the employment of women managers in industry. The proportion 
of women who are managers has reached 65% of the proportion 
of men who are managers. In high tech, 8% of women employees 
are managers, compared with 2.5% in 1995. 

The proportion of femal managers in mixed-high tech industries 
is higher, at 8.2%, but lowest in low technology industries - 4.4%. 

The average gross salary of female managers in industry is 
currently NIS 13,500, while the average gross salary of male 
managers is 34% higher - NIS 18,000. Female managers in high 
tech earn 67% of men's salaries. Female managers in mixed-high 
tech earn 79% of men's salaries, and female managers in low 
technology earn 89% of men's salaries. 

The planning and economy division found that the salary gap per 
hour was greater in high tech. 

Only 6.3% of CEOs in industry are women, but the proportion of 
women in senior management when production, financial services, 
personnel, advertising and marketing, and computer services are 
included is 23%. The proportion of women managers is highest 
for personnel managers (68%), and lowest for production 
managers (9%). 

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