According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), 56% of chareidi men between the ages of 25-64 are working as opposed to 90% of non-chareidi males. The report was released on Wednesday, 23 Teves 5775, citing there is an upward trend of 40%-50% of chareidi employment in 2010-2011.
The figures for chareidi women are also climbing, from 55% in 2010-2011 to 70% in 2013. In the non-chareidi world, employment among women is 80%.
The CBS states the government set a goal in 2010 to reach 63% employment among chareidi men by 2020. The goal set for chareidi women has already been reached.
In the Arab sector 75% of men were employed in 2013. Employment among Arab men in the last decade fluctuated between 65%-75%. Regarding Arab women, their numbers are lower than among chareidi women. Only one out of three work age women in the Arab sector was employed in 2013. Nevertheless, the figures are up in the past two years for in 2010-2011, only one out of every four women worked.
The goals set by the government for the Arab sector have still not been met regarding the vision by 2020. The government wishes to see employment reach 41% among Arab women and 78% among Arab men.
The CBS reports 26% of chareidim and 28% of Arabs that are unemployed and not looking for work state they are interested in working. Among the Arab women who are unemployed and not looking for work 54% say they want to work but are not going to because they are caring for children or adults in the family.
Regarding job satisfaction, 38% of Israelis are “very satisfied” in their workplace, 48% are “satisfied”, 10% “not so satisfied”, and 4% are “not satisfied”. The study showed that there is a certain compatibility between the height and the level of education required in trade and the degree of satisfaction from it, although this level of compatibility is not total.
The highest degree of professional satisfaction comes from university lecturers (85% “very satisfied”). Teachers, kindergarten teachers and daycare professionals report a 57% “very satisfied” rating regarding their place of work. Engineers and architects report a 36% “very satisfied” rating, computer programers 47% “very satisfied” rating, and accountants register a 36% “very satisfied” rating.
At the low end are low-paying jobs that do not demand too much education. 15% of cleaning and maintenance workers are satisfied, 20% of security guards are satisfied, 19% of drivers and 16% among nursing home caretakers.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Translation: 56% of hareidi men are working outside of the yeshiva world. As one doesn’t see many hareidim sitting around corners drinking and play cards, one can estimate that about 40% are employed by yeshivos in some capacity (teachers, administrators, cooks, drivers, students receiving salaries, etc.). If Israel applies the same set of definitions as America, where a student who recieves a salary above and beyond the cost of tuition, room and board is considered to be employed, hareidim unemployment is minimal.
I’m very sorry:
The headline of this article should have read: 44 percent of Charedi Men Not Working!!
This is a disgrace!!
Question is also what prevent of chareidi men are sitting and learning every day. עם ישראל’s future depends on it
#2 — I know plenty of people who are teachers, scholars, professors, librarians, university support personnel. In the US, they are considered to be employed. The Israeli yeshivos are far less bloated than American university. There is nothing disgraceful about us (even if the Israelis have a ridiculous method of counting “employment” – probably because if they counted persons affiliated with a kollel as employees they would feel a need to conscript them).
Akuperma – if 56% are employed and according to you another 40% are employed in or by Yeshivos in some capacity – how come with a 96% employment rate, that is higher than the general population, is poverty so rampant in the Chareidi sector?
First of all, don’t believe all of what you read. I live and learn for 36 years in Jerusalem and know what is going on.
There are two categories:
1. Those Charadim who work legally and they are the statistics.
2. the Charadim who do not work legally and are therefore not included in the statistics. Not only that, they get government benefits and add to the view that Charadim are living below the poverty level which they are not!
akuperma,
keep conjecturing. one day you might be right.
Does the CBC count salaried kollelniks as employed or as unemployed? I would suggest that they are sui generis and should be represented in a separate category, which would give a much clearer picture of the reality.
The hareidi community doesn’t act poor. They frequently buy apartments. They have nice simchas. They dress well. Most could be much better off economically if they became part of the secular economy, but choose not to (the better pay isn’t worth the stress of having to deal with the hilonim day in and day out). Compare them to the lower class communities in America. The governments statistics are to be taken with a grain of salt.