Jerusalem, 3 February, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released the data from the “Labor Force Survey for December 2025.”

December 2025 (compared to November 2025, among those aged 15 and over) seasonally adjusted data:

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).

Percentage of people aged 25-64 in the labor force – 81.1% (81.7% in November).

Employment rate among those aged 25-64 – 78.8% (79.3% in November).

The percentage of unemployed people in the labor force among those aged 25-64 – 2.8% (2.9% in November).

The percentage of employed people who usually work full-time, out of all employed people – 78.4% (unchanged compared to November).

Original data:

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 the previous month), other – there were none (0.4% in November).

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