High-tech wages up 2.7-8% in January-August 
 
Advanced medical and scientific equipment was NIS 17,584. 

Zeev Klein    
Globes
November 8, 2005
 
Average monthly salaries in leading high-tech sectors rose 2.7-8% 
in January-August 2005, compared with the average in 2004. 
Average wages were up 2.7% in electronic communications 
equipment, 5.9% in advanced medical and scientific equipment, 
and 8% in R&D. 

The highest average monthly high-tech salary was in advanced 
medical and scientific equipment NIS 17,584, 2.4 times the national 
average monthly salary of NIS 7,326. The lowest was in computer 
services NIS 15,850, 2.1 times the general average. 

R&D employees’ salaries averaged NIS 17,206 per month, and 
employees in electronic communications equipment averaged 
NIS 16,705 a month. 

Monthly high-tech salaries have undergone sharp seasonal 
fluctuations since the beginning of 2005, from a low of NIS 15,800 
to a high of NIS 21,000, depending on special bonuses occasionally 
paid to employees. 

Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il