Average wage down 0.1% in April to NIS 7,208 

Trend figures for March-April indicate an annualized 2.4% increase 
in the number of workers. 

by Zeev Klein  
July 5, 2005
Globes 
 
The average national salary fell by another 0.1% in April 2005 
to NIS 7,208 in current prices, NIS 18 less than in March, 
the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. 
Since December 2004, the average national salary has fallen 
by a cumulative 7.1%, or NIS 538. However, seasonally 
adjusted figures indicate that the average salary has risen 4.5%, 
or NIS 313, since April 2004. 

27% of wage-earners earned an average salary of NIS 1,928 in 
April, 42% below the minimum wage and 73% less than the 
average national salary. An additional 177,000 people earned 
an average salary of NIS 6,349, 12% less than the average 
national salary. 

On the other hand, 66% of wage-earners, or 1.6 million people, 
earned an average salary of NIS 9,456, 32% above the national 
average salary. An additional 110,700 people earned an average 
salary of NIS 7,552 in April, 4.8% above the national average salary. 

The National Insurance Institution reports that there were 
65,100 legal foreign workers in Israel in April, earning an average 
salary of NIS 3,910, 46% less than the national average salary. 
15,800 Palestinians also worked within the Green Line. 

There were 2.43 million Israeli wage-earners in April. The average 
salary of all Israeli, Palestinian and foreign workers - 2.51 million 
people - was NIS 7,094. 

The Central Bureau of Statistics says that trend figures for 
March-April indicate an annualized 2.4% increase in the number 
of Israeli workers. The average salary of Israeli workers rose by 
an annualized 2.4%. 

www.globes.co.il - on July 5, 2005