Which Jobs Have the Most Vacancies in Israel? Service and Sales, at About 41,500 a Month
Service and sales workers had about 41,500 vacancies a month in 2025, of 144,600 in all, on the Central Bureau of Statistics’ count.
About 41,500 job vacancies a month were open among service and sales workers in 2025, on the Central Bureau of Statistics’ count published 30 April 2026. That is the most of the Bureau’s seven major occupational groups. Those vacancies sat inside an average of 144,600 a month across the business sector, up from 136,900 in 2024 on the revised figure. On the Bureau’s other measure, job seekers per vacancy, elementary occupations stood lowest, at 0.6 in 2025.
| Figure | What it counts | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 144,600 | All job vacancies, business sector, monthly average | 2025 |
| About 41,500 | Vacancies among service and sales workers, the largest major group | 2025, monthly average |
| About 33,800 | Vacancies among skilled workers in manufacturing and construction and other skilled workers | 2025, monthly average |
| About 23,200 | Vacancies among professionals | 2025, monthly average |
| 1.9 | Job seekers per vacancy, all occupations | 2025 |
| 0.6 | Job seekers per vacancy, elementary occupations | 2025 |
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Supply and Demand in the Labour Market in Israel in October to December 2025 and Annual Data of 2025, media release 129/2026, 30 April 2026.
Service and sales workers led with about 41,500 vacancies a month
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded about 41,500 vacancies a month for service and sales workers in 2025, the largest count of any major group. Sales workers and waiters both fall inside this group. Vacancies across all groups rose in every quarter of the year.
- The Bureau’s count covers the business sector only.
- It excludes businesses with fewer than 5 employee jobs, the public sector and agriculture.
- Public-sector posts, such as teaching, are not in these figures.
- The 2024 figure of 136,900 is the revised one, recalculated after errors in both surveys.
Skilled trades and professionals followed at 33,800 and 23,200
The Central Bureau of Statistics counts skilled workers in manufacturing and construction second, at about 33,800 vacancies a month in 2025. Professionals came third, at about 23,200. Managers had the fewest, at about 3,300.
The seven groups come to about 141,900, not 144,600, because the Bureau’s occupation tables cover “over 95%” of vacancies in most groups. They are not a complete partition of the total. The full name of the second group is skilled workers in manufacturing and construction and other skilled workers. The fifth is practical engineers, technicians, agents and associate professionals.
Software developers were 29.7% of professional vacancies late in 2025
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded software developers as 29.7% of vacancies among professionals in October to December 2025. Information and communications technology professionals as a whole made up 42.4%, which the Bureau rounds to about 42%.
- Information and communications technology professionals: 42.4% of professionals’ vacancies, October to December 2025.
- Software developers: 29.7% of professionals’ vacancies, October to December 2025.
- Both shares sit inside the same base: the professionals group, in the fourth quarter only.
Neither share is a share of all vacancies. Neither belongs to the annual average of about 23,200. Multiplying a fourth-quarter share by an annual monthly average produces a figure the Bureau did not publish.
Cleaners and helpers were 40.5% of elementary-occupation vacancies
The Central Bureau of Statistics counts cleaners and helpers as 40.5% of vacancies in elementary occupations in October to December 2025. The Bureau published similar within-group shares for sales, waiting, building and driving jobs.
| Occupation | Share | Share of which group’s vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Cleaners and helpers | 40.5% | Elementary occupations |
| Sales workers | 37.7% | Service and sales workers |
| Waiters | 17.4% | Service and sales workers |
| Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians | 28.9% | Skilled workers |
| Drivers and mobile plant operators | 24.6% | Skilled workers |
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, media release 129/2026. All shares are for October to December 2025.
Each share has its own group as its base. The 40.5% for cleaners and the 37.7% for sales workers are shares of different totals, so they do not rank against each other.
Elementary occupations had 0.6 job seekers per vacancy in 2025
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 0.6 job seekers per vacancy in elementary occupations in 2025, against 1.9 across all occupations. A ratio below 1 means more vacancies than seekers in that occupation. It does not mean the occupation is large.
| Ratio | Job seekers per vacancy | Period |
|---|---|---|
| All occupations | 1.9 | 2025 |
| All occupations | 2.2 | 2024, revised |
| Among known occupations | 1.5 | 2025 |
| Elementary occupations | 0.6 | 2025 |
| Other sales workers and kitchen helpers | 0.5 or less | October to December 2025 |
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, media release 129/2026.
The largest number of vacancies and the fewest seekers per vacancy are two different answers. Service and sales workers lead on the first. Elementary occupations lead on the second, and other sales workers and kitchen helpers had two or more vacancies per seeker late in 2025.
Which figures may not be added together?
The seven group counts may not be summed into the 144,600 total, because the occupation tables do not cover every vacancy.
- Vacancies come from the Job Vacancy Survey and cover the business sector only. Job seekers come from the Labour Force Survey and cover the whole economy.
- About 20% of job seekers have no known target occupation, which is why the Bureau also publishes the 1.5 ratio among known occupations.
- Within-group shares are for October to December 2025 only and are shares of their own group.
- The figures are not seasonally adjusted. The 2024 figures are revised and are not compared with earlier 2024 releases.
Questions readers ask
How many job vacancies were there in Israel in 2025?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded an average of 144,600 job vacancies a month in 2025. The count covers the business sector only.
Did job vacancies rise in 2025?
Yes. The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 144,600 a month in 2025, against 136,900 in 2024 on the revised figure.
How many vacancies were there at the end of 2025?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 148,800 vacancies a month in October to December 2025, the highest of the year’s four quarters.
Are teaching and other public-sector jobs counted?
No. The Central Bureau of Statistics states that the Job Vacancy Survey excludes the public sector, agriculture and businesses with fewer than 5 employee jobs.
How many vacancies were there for software developers?
The Central Bureau of Statistics published a share, not a count: software developers were 29.7% of professionals’ vacancies in October to December 2025.
How many tech vacancies were there?
The Central Bureau of Statistics reported information and communications technology professionals as 42.4% of professionals’ vacancies in October to December 2025. It published no separate annual count for them in this release.
Which jobs are hardest to fill in Israel?
On job seekers per vacancy, the Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 0.6 in elementary occupations in 2025. Other sales workers and kitchen helpers stood at 0.5 or less in October to December 2025.
What does 1.9 job seekers per vacancy mean?
The Central Bureau of Statistics counts 1.9 job seekers for every vacancy across all occupations in 2025. The figure was 2.2 in 2024, revised.
Why does the Bureau publish a second ratio of 1.5?
About 20% of job seekers have no known target occupation, so the Central Bureau of Statistics published a ratio among known occupations, 1.5 in 2025.
How many vacancies were there for managers?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded about 3,300 vacancies a month among managers in 2025, the fewest of the seven major groups.
How many vacancies were in construction and other skilled trades?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded about 33,800 a month for skilled workers in manufacturing and construction and other skilled workers in 2025. Building trades workers excluding electricians were 28.9% of that group’s vacancies in October to December 2025.
Are these figures seasonally adjusted?
No. The Central Bureau of Statistics published the supply and demand figures without seasonal adjustment.
Where do the vacancy figures come from?
The Central Bureau of Statistics published them on 30 April 2026, from a joint analysis of its Job Vacancy Survey and its Labour Force Survey.
Sources
- Central Bureau of Statistics, 2026. Supply and Demand in the Labour Market in Israel in October to December 2025 and Annual Data of 2025, based on a joint analysis of data from Labour Force Survey and Job Vacancy Survey. Media release 129/2026, 30 April 2026. https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2026/129/20_26_129e.pdf. Official or primary record.
