Israel Jobless Rate Edges Up

2026-10-19 10:21 By Jereli Escobar 1 min. read

Israel’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 3.0% in September 2026 from 2.8% in the previous month.

The number of unemployed people rose by 8.5 thousand year-on-year and 12.5 thousand month-on-month to 143.8 thousand.

Meanwhile, the employment rate edged higher to 60.3% from 60.0% in August, as the number of employed persons increased by 24.5 thousand from the previous month and 54.1 thousand from a year earlier to 4,421.8 thousand.

The labor force participation rate rose to 62.2% from 61.8% in the previous month.

Meanwhile, the non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate also increased to 3.2% from 2.9% in August.



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