Work & Labour in Israel 427 indicators covering work & labour for Israel. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 3 2025 down 42.0% 65th Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3 2025 down 42.0% 65th Unemployment rate 3.37 2023 down 28.6% 47th Unemployment 150.33 2023 down 18.6% 43rd Working-age population 6,855 2023 up 15.0% 34th Labour force participation rate 65.06 2023 down 0.9% 14th Labour force 4,460 2023 up 14.0% 33rd Persons outside the labour force 2,396 2023 up 17.0% 33rd Employment-to-population ratio 62.86 2023 up 0.5% 13th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 3.37 2023 down 28.6% 47th Nurses — Health and social employment 8.79 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 22.9% 19th SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 8.9 2024 down 23.1% 46th Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 134.28 2025 down 32.3% 50th Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 60.58 2025 down 2.5% 23rd Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 4,341 2025 up 19.5% 30th Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,691 2025 up 33.6% 33rd Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 62.45 2025 down 4.7% 30th Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 4,476 2025 up 16.8% 32nd Days not worked per 1000 workers due to strikes and lockouts 3.43 2023 down 80.2% 29th Number of labour inspection visits 24,641 2023 up 870.5% 30th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap -11.52 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2023 up 22.2% 23rd Number of labour inspectors 226 2023 down 18.4% 37th Average weekly hours actually worked per person in in a STEM 36.39 2024 down 3.1% 48th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation 37.03 2024 down 3.0% 46th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment, unemployment, and 4.57 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2022 down 12.2% 23rd Trade union density rate 25.09 2017 down 23.7% 30th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 15.27 2024 up 5.5% 21st NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 214.77 2024 up 28.1% 22nd Labour inspection visits per inspector 109.03 2023 up 1,089.0% 26th Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social 14.51 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 18.8% 7th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 121.47 2024 up 46.3% 17th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 4.36 2024 down 47.1% 58th [ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash 42.8% 2022 up 7.0% 38th Potential labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 68.32 2024 down 31.7% 36th Inspectors per 10'000 employed persons 0.52 2023 down 35.8% 38th Time-related underemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 34.53 2024 down 69.1% 41st Time-related underemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 0.792 2024 down 74.9% 51st STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2020 edition — Total employment 8,027 Hours 2018 up 26.3% 14th Midwives — Health and social employment 19.53 Per 1 000 live births 2024 up 39.3% 21st Long-term care resources and utilisation - workers — Formal long-term 11.3 Per 100 inhabitants aged 65 years or over 2025 up 2.7% 3rd Average monthly earnings of employees 13,287 2023 up 42.6% 19th Fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant status 1.62 2023 down 21.4% 55th Number of registered workplaces that could be selected for labour 81,206 2023 down 84.3% 36th Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 38 2024 up 40.7% 48th Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 0.4 2024 up 17.6% 42nd Average monthly earnings of employees 10,928 2021 up 17.3% 15th Care employment 1,195 2024 up 31.2% 11th Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 1,074 2024 down 52.6% 28th Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 67.68 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2023 down 7.9% 27th Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2023 unchanged 1st Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 72.23 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2023 down 10.5% 21st SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 3.37 2023 down 28.6% 39th Unemployment rate 3.37 2023 down 28.6% 39th Fatal occupational injury rates 1.62 per 100,000 employees 2023 down 21.4% 53rd Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2023 unchanged 1st Employment in STEM occupations 769.54 2024 up 59.1% 13th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 121.47 2024 up 46.3% 8th Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Labour force 1.08 million Persons 2014 up 40.7% 16th Nurses by age and sex — Health and social employment 55,800 Persons 2024 up 42.1% 19th Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 13th ICLS 3.4% 2023 down 28.6% 48th ← Previous Page 7 of 8 Next →