Average wage falls

The average gross national salary fell 2% in April 2006 to NIS 7,540.

by Zeev Klein 
Globes
July 5, 2006

The average gross national salary fell 2% in April 2006 to NIS 7,540, 
NIS 156 less than in March, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported 
today. The average wage rose by 5%, or NIS 364, to April 2006 from 
May 2005, when it was NIS 7,176. 37% of employees, 922,000 people, 
earned an average salary of NIS 2,491, 67% less than the average 
national salary. 179,000 people earned an average salary of NIS 7,013, 
7% less than the average national salary. 121,000 people with two jobs 
earned an average salary of NIS 7,920, 5% above the average national 
salary. 56% of wage-earners, over 1.4 million people, earned an average 
salary of NIS 10,899, 45% above the average national salary, and 
4.4 times the average salary of the lowest group. 

The average salary of legal foreign workers was NIS 3,936 in April, 48% less 
than the average national salary. The average salary of Israelis, Palestinian 
workers and legal foreign workers was NIS 7,432. 

There were 2.51 million Israeli employees in April, a record. The total labor 
force, including Israelis, 8,200 Palestinians and 63,900 legal foreign workers 
was 2.59 million.