1、2025 High-Tech Employment:Status ReportApril 2025Preface and Highlights:2025 Trends in High-Tech EmploymentFrom 2017 to 2022,Israeli high-tech enjoyed rapid growth andprosperity,positioning itself as the most significant industry inIsraeli economy due to its share in the Israeli economys GDP,amounti

2、ng to 20%in 2023,and amounting to more than half ofIsraels exports.As noted in the Authoritys previous reports,the high-tech sectorsmain contribution to the Israeli economy stems mainly fromemployment and its associated taxes.Israel Innovation Authoritytherefore presents this analysis of primary tre

3、nds that affect thestatus of high-tech employment in recent years,based on theunderstanding that trends in high-tech employment will affectstate revenues and the entire Israeli economy.The most prominent conclusion is that since 2022,there hasbeen stagnation in high-tech employment.The growth rate i

4、nthe industrys total employees has come to a halt,with the lastyear even recording a 5,000-employee decrease.The ratio of high-tech employees among overall employees hasalso remained unchanged for the past 4 years,standing at 11.5%.Stagnation in this indicator brings the high-tech employmentgrowth r

5、ate to similar levels of the overall economy,in contrast tothe high-techs rapid growth rate in previous years.This stagnation in high-tech employment was precipitated byseveral events that had a significant impact on the industry,mainly the global economic crisis of 2022 that brought about adecline

6、in startup investments,the judicial reform,and the warthat broke out on October 7th,2023.Looking ahead,we identify early signs of resumed growth inthe number of available positions,particularly in software high-tech companies,and we can assume that this trend will continueas long as Israeli startups