Unemployment

Israeli employment rates dropped in May, Central Bureau of Statistics labor force survey reveals

According to the CBS Labor Force Survey Data for May 2026, a total of 4,469,000 Israelis were considered in the workforce (61.6%), of whom 126,500 (2.8%) were unemployed.

People looking for work as unemployment rises
A woman working from home

Working from home? You are at high risk of layoffs

The number of unemployed individuals has doubled since 2022, reaching 16,000 last December

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More workers quit their jobs during coronavirus - report

The percentage of job seekers who had quit their jobs was 22.3% in 2020, and currently stands at 22.6%, compared to 16.1% a year earlier and just 12.3% in 2014.

 Israeli self-employed protest the lack of financial support from the Israeli government in times of Corona, when many find themselves unemployed, on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, July 7, 2020.

Number of Israeli job seekers drops 35% in July

The number of job seekers in Israel dropped by more than 35 percent in July to 291,000, Israel Employment Services (IES) said Monday.

OUTSIDE THE Jerusalem Employment Office

Israel's unemployment rate continues to drop, after brief sputter

Israel's broad unemployment rate fell to 7.6% in the second half of July, the lowest rate since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.

OUTSIDE THE Jerusalem Employment Office

IES: Retraining, incentives needed to solve unemployment crisis

The Israel Employment Services said in a new report that Israel must provide occupational training programs in order to bring hundreds of thousands of unemployed people back into the workforce

FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020

Youth killed in Iran water crisis protests

Iran is facing its worst drought in 50 years, with protests breaking out in several cities and towns in the oil-rich Khuzestan province over the water crisis.

Iranian people walk in Tehran Bazaar, in Tehran

Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over

The bodies of 10 people were found on Monday evening after a stampede at a Soweto shopping mall, premier David Makhura said.

Police officers detain a person during a protest, as violence following the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma spread to the country's main economic hub in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 11, 2021.

Average salary drops as unemployment continues to fall

The average monthly salary fell 7%, while the broad employment rate fell from 9.9% to 9.5%.

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Coronavirus in Israel: Unemployment payments to end at end of June

The announcement was expected. The economic safety net that supported hundreds of thousands of unemployed Israelis throughout the pandemic was scheduled to end June 30.

Stores are seen shuttered closed and streets are empty in Jerusalem's Old City amid Israel's third coronavirus lockdown, on January 4, 2021.

Post-COVID-19 economic challenges facing Israel's next government

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Here’s a look at some of the most pressing challenges facing incoming prime minister Naftali Bennett and incoming finance minister Avigdor Liberman.

Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman is seen at the inauguration of the 24th Knesset, on April 6, 2021.

Liberman: No unemployment payments for people under 45

Liberman said he will take a hardline approach to encourage more people to return to the workforce, according to N12.

Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman is seen at the inauguration of the 24th Knesset, on April 6, 2021.