{"id":967,"date":"2018-04-01T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/?p=967"},"modified":"2023-11-21T09:17:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:17:22","slug":"studying-computer-science-or-engineering-is-not-the-only-way-to-obtain-high-tech-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/studying-computer-science-or-engineering-is-not-the-only-way-to-obtain-high-tech-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Studying Computer Science or Engineering is Not the Only Way to obtain High-Tech Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
One of the central questions surrounding the discussion about the shortage of skilled high-tech employees is\u00a0why it is that the high salary, that reflects the high demand for these workers, is not enough to attract more workers to choose this career path.<\/strong>\u00a0The significance of the disparity between the average wage in the high-tech industry \u2013 NIS 21,000 per month \u2013 and the average wage in the economy at large \u2013 approximately NIS 9,8001<\/a><\/sup> National Bureau of Statistics, Annual Statistics Journal 2017, Panel 12.33 (2016 data). This large difference becomes even more significant taking into account the complex high cost of living in Israel. Nonetheless, the figures indicate a more than decade-long stability in the ratio of salaried employees working in high-tech (see Diagram 1)2<\/a><\/sup>, Calculated after adaptation of NBS data by the Strategy and Economic Division of the Innovation Authority. The adaptation included revaluation and historic adjustment of all salaried employees by retroactively adding the number of salaried employees in the I.D.F. (regular and permanent service) including before 2012 (the year in which the NBS began publishing the total figure).compared to a thriving corporate demand for labor expressed by a constant increase in salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n