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Number of Job Vacancies Up Slightly First Quarter 2025

Job vacancies in Israel slightly increase in first quarter 2025, reaching 138,600 per month according to Central Bureau of Statistics data. Supply to demand ratio drops to 1.9.

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Jerusalem, 23 July, 2025 (TPS-IL) — In the first quarter of 2025, the number of job vacancies in Israel (average per month), increased to 138,600 (compared with 136,200 job vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2024). This is according to the data released by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics.

The supply to demand ratio (the ratio between applicants to work and job vacancies) decreased to 1.9 (compared with 2.0 in the previous quarter – Q4 2024).

The supply to demand ratio among known occupations was 1.6 (unchanged compared with the previous quarter).

The supply to demand ratio was 0.5 and below (i.e., for each job seeker there were two or more job vacancies) occurred among Metal, machinery and related trades workers, cleaners and helpers and amonglLaborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport.

The supply to demand ratio was 4 and more (i.e., for each job vacancy there were four or more job seekers) occurred among Business and administration associate professionals and among General and keyboard clerks.

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