Men Employed in High-Tech Earn 44% More Than Women in the Sector
Salaries in the high-tech sector are higher than the average salary in the rest of the economy. Nevertheless, there are clear salary disparities within the sector. In 2023 – the most recent year for which data is available – women employed in high-tech earned an average monthly salary of NIS 23,014 while the average salary of men employed in high-tech was 44% (approximately NIS 10,200 a month) higher, reaching an average of NIS 33,212.
Compared with the average salary of women in the rest of the economy, which stands at NIS 9,995 per month, women employed in high-tech earn about 130% (NIS 13,000) more per month. The salary gap between men in hightech and men in the rest of the economy is even wider and stands at about 165% (approximately NIS 20,700) per month.
Between 2019-2023, women’s salaries in high-tech increased slightly more than salaries earned by men. In nominal terms, women’s salaries rose by about 30% during this period, compared with a 26% increase in men’s salaries. In the rest of the economy, however, salaries for both women and men increased at a similar rate – approximately 20.5%. As a result, the gender salary gap in high-tech narrowed from about 48% in 2019 to 44% in 2023. In the rest of the economy, the salary gap is lower (approximately 25%) and remained unchanged during the same period.
Men in R&D Roles Earn Almost 1.5 Times More Than Women
A range of factors influence gender salary gaps in high-tech and in the labor market in general, one that are not analyzed indepth in this report. Among the factors contributing to salary gaps are differences in occupational fields, seniority, job mobility, the “motherhood penalty”, and others.1See, for example, the publication Women in High-Tech: Status Report 2024 However, the data also shows that significant salary gaps exist even within the same occupational fields and job categories in the high-tech sector.
In R&D roles, women earned an average monthly salary of approximately NIS 27,000 in 2023, compared with about NIS 39,000 earned by men – a gap of about NIS 12,000, or 44%, in favor of men. It is important to note that the calculation of average salaries does not account for differences in working hours, education, managerial rank, or other variables that may affect these gaps.
In product roles, salary gaps are smaller. Women in product roles earned an average of NIS 21,500 per month, compared with about NIS 26,000 earned by men – a gap of approximately 21%.
In executive and administrative roles, which include various business and managerial positions, substantial salary gaps were also recorded. Women in these roles earned an average of NIS 22,000 per month, while men earned more than NIS 10,000 more per month (a gap of 48%), with an average monthly salary of NIS 32,700.
