Excluding those affected by pandemic, unemployment drops to 2.9%, the lowest it's been in 50 years; the average monthly wage stands at NIS 12,052

Employment Service says 163,800 Israelis out of work; at height of of pandemic, 24% of jobseekers unemployed

Amid coronavirus lockdowns, workers who lost their jobs generally got them back; this didn't happen with low-wage workers, whose connection to the labor market has weakened