{"id":4390,"date":"2023-06-14T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/?post_type=report&p=4390"},"modified":"2023-12-05T06:29:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T06:29:44","slug":"how-many-israelis-really-work-in-high-tech","status":"publish","type":"report","link":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/report\/how-many-israelis-really-work-in-high-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Israelis Really Work in High-Tech?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
For the first time, this year’s report presents data that reveals the number of Israelis working as salaried employees in technology positions in Israel, both in the high-tech sector and in other sectors. The data relates to salaried employees in the high-tech sector, both in technology and non-technology jobs, and in technology jobs in other sectors. In other words, in addition to the accepted definition of salaried employees in different roles in the high-tech sector that is published every year, this report also includes further data pertaining to those employed in roles of a technological nature in other sectors of the economy e.g., a programmer in a bank or a retail chain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This broader definition of jobs, that includes salaried employees in technology roles across the economy as well as all those employed in the high-tech sector is called “tech jobs”. The change in the data published stems from implementation of the recommendations issued by the National High-Tech Human Capital Committee (the Perlmutter Committee) that emphasized the importance of technology employees throughout the economy, including those outside the high-tech sector, as an engine for increasing productivity and the standard of living in Israel. See the report of the National High-Tech Human Capital Committee (in Hebrew): nov2022.pdf (www.gov.il<\/a>)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the new and expanded definition, The data presented here differs slightly compared to the definition adopted by the Perlmutter Committee and relates to salaried employees of all ages, and not just to employees aged 25-64. there were 508,400 salaried employees in high-tech and technology roles in 2022 \u2013 comprising 14% of all salaried employees in Israel. In 2014, this figure stood at 10.6% (a total of 328,300 employees) i.e., the relative share of salaried employees in tech jobs recorded a significant increase of 32%. These figures highlight the importance of high-tech jobs in their broader definition to the economy, as they increasingly attract more and more employees.<\/p>\n\n\n Recent years have seen the emergence of complete companies \u2013 startups established in Israel that continued growing and expanding here \u2013 on a greater scale than seen previously. The common perception is that these companies also employ workers in roles other than core technology roles for example, in marketing, sales, human resources and others. Furthermore, according to this perception, these companies are a more significant cornerstone of employment in Israel than the multinational companies’ development centers where the main emphasis is on the development departments and on employment in technology jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An analysis conducted by the Innovation Authority reveals that complete software companies employ an average of 2.55 employees in non-technology jobs for each employee in a technology job such as engineering or development. This ratio of non-technology employees per technology employees is called an “employment multiplier” and of all the types of high-tech companies operating in Israel, the “employment multiplier” is highest among complete software companies. In contrast, in startups, companies open for less than 10 years, that employ up to 80 employees and with revenue of less than 20 million shekels, only 0.32 non-technology employees are employed for each person in a technology job. Startups therefore have the lowest employment multiplier of all technology companies in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n