Jerusalem, 20 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released the data from the labor force survey for December 2025. The survey’s data allows monitoring of the effects of the war on the employment situation and the labor market in Israel.
Seasonally adjusted data for December 2025 (compared to November 2025, among those aged 15 and over):
Percentage of the labor force – 62.9% (63.1% in November).
Employment rate (percentage of employed people out of the total population) – 61.0% (61.1% in November).
Percentage of unemployed people in the labor force – 3.1% (unchanged from November).
Original data for December 2025
In December 2025 (compared to November 2025, among those aged 15 and over):
Percentage of the labor force – 63.0% (62.7% in November).
Employment rate (percentage of employed people out of the total population) – 61.0% (60.8% in November).
Percentage of unemployed people in the labor force – 3.1% (unchanged from November).
Employment rate excluding those temporarily absent from work all week for economic reasons – 60.8% (60.6% in November).
Percentage of those temporarily absent from work all week by selected reasons: economic reasons – 7.3% (7.0% in the previous month), military reserve duty – 7.8% (13.8% in November), other – 0.9% (1.0% in November).
Percentage of men temporarily absent from work all week by selected reasons: economic reasons – 11.4% (9.5% in the previous month), military reserve duty – 16.6% (31.0% in November), other – 2.2% (1.7% in November).
Percentage of women temporarily absent from work all week by selected reasons: economic reasons – 4.5% (5.1% in the previous month), military reserve duty – 1.8% (there were none in November), other – there were none (0.4% in November).
It should be noted that the definitions of labor force surveys and the reference period of the data differ from other information sources such as the Employment Service and the National Insurance Institute.