Effective from April 2013’s payroll the minimum wages will be updated as follows:
Monthly rated employees
| Apprentices | 2,580.- |
| up to age 16 | 3,010.- |
| from age 16 to age 17 | 3,225.- |
| from age 17 to age 18 | 3,569.- |
| age 18 and up | 4,300.- |
Daily rated employees
| 5 day work-week | 6 day work-week | |
| Apprentices |
119.08 |
103.20 |
| up to age 16 |
138.92 |
120.40 |
| from age 16 to age 17 |
148.85 |
129.- |
| from age 17 to age 18 |
164.72 |
142.76 |
| age 18 and up |
198.46 |
172.- |
Hourly rated employees
| Apprentices | 14.91 |
| up to age 16 | 17.40 |
| from age 16 to age 17 | 18.64 |
| from age 17 to age 18 | 20.63 |
| age 18 and up | 23.12 |
These rates are mandatory for all employees in Israel, regardless of sector (public and private), industry, vocation or tenure.
Employers who pay less than the above minimum wages risks penalty (stiff fines and even imprisonment) and prosecution in Labor court, by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, as a criminal felony for violation of Labor laws.
