Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics shows that the employment rate of ultra-Orthodox women in 2015 was 73.41% of all ultra-Orthodox women between the ages of 25 and 64. This is a continuation of the upward trend in labor force participation in recent years. However, there are still gaps between them and the rest of the workers in the economy: the employment rate of Jewish women who are not ultra-Orthodox is higher, at 80.51%.
There is also a gap between Haredi and non-Haredi Jewish women in terms of income. The data shows that the average salary of Haredi women in 2014 was 5,886 shekels gross per month, making it the lowest salary among Jewish women, while the average salary of a non-Haredi woman is 8,968 shekels gross per month.
Furthermore, the wages of non-Haredi Jewish women are also not the highest in the economy, and there is a gap of 37% between the average wage of a non-Haredi Jewish man and them, which stands at 14,146 shekels gross per month. Thus, Haredi women are placed at a double disadvantage in the labor market.
The Haredi Institute also noted that the wage gaps between Haredi women and non-Haredi Jewish women are relatively small when looking at average differences. per hour, but twice as large when looking at average differences per month.
Thus, according to the institute's analyses of the 2014 Labor Force Survey, the hourly wage gap between non-Haredi Jewish women and Haredi women stands at 14%, but the monthly wage gap stands at 34%. The Haredi Institute noted that this reflects the fact that a large proportion of Haredi women are employed part-time.
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