Israel
Latest Average Wage
+5.8% · 5 years
$57,426
Country Comparison
Israel vs Canada
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Israel
vs
Canada
$57,4262025
Latest Average Wage
Canada +18.2%
(vs Israel)
$67,9012025
+5.8%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Israel +6.1 pts
(vs Canada)
−0.3%2025
+19.8%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Israel +14.8 pts
(vs Canada)
+5.0%2025
93.12024
Overall Price Level
Israel +7.1 index points
(vs Canada)
862024
Wages are PPP-adjusted average annual wages; price levels use the United States reference of 100. Years shown are each country's latest reported observation.
How Wages Have Changed
Follow PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices across both economies.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Canada
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$67,901
Wage Milestones
Israel
10 Years Ago
$47,933 (2015)
Historical Peak
$57,426 (2025)
Latest Wage
$57,426 (2025)
Canada
10 Years Ago
$64,667 (2015)
Historical Peak
$68,434 (2021)
Latest Wage
$67,901 (2025)
Compare Everyday Price Levels
See how eight consumer price categories compare with the United States reference value of 100.
United States = 100 · Differences shown in index points
Israel (ISR)Canada (CAN)
Overall
+7.1 index points
100
93.1vs86
Food
+16.0 index points
100
124vs108
Clothing
−12.0 index points
100
106vs118
Housing
+10.8 index points
100
93.9vs83.1
Health
+21.1 index points
100
83.3vs62.2
Transport
+6.0 index points
100
109vs103
Recreation
+7.2 index points
100
99.2vs92
Restaurants & Accommodation
+32.4 index points
100
130vs97.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 18.2% higher than Israel's $57,426 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $10,475 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Israel shows the stronger movement at +0.5%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +5.8% against −0.3%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Restaurants & Accommodation shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 130 for Israel against 97.6 for Canada. Israel sits on the higher side of that 32.4-point spread; Canada reads 32.4 index points lower on the US=100 scale. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Transport: Israel reads 109 and Canada 103 for 2024, just 6.0 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Overall at 7.1 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
A clear separation shows in the latest wage figures — Canada at $67,901 for 2025, and Israel at $57,426 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 18.2% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $10,475 a year. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. For scale, neither series has moved by that much within any single reported year, so the gap is structural rather than the product of one unusual observation. Over ten years Israel recorded +19.8% and Canada +5.0%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
No single shared direction describes this pairing; each side follows its own recent path. Israel sits at the highest point of its series — $57,426 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +19.8%. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. With the five-year changes at +5.8% for Israel and −0.3% for Canada, the horizons are clearer when read side by side rather than folded into one trend statement. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
Israel's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 93.1, and Canada's reads 86, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Israel reads higher in 7 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Restaurants & Accommodation: 130 for Israel against 97.6 for Canada, a gap of 32.4 index points. At the other end, Transport brings the two closest — 109 versus 103, a gap of just 6.0 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Israel reads above 100 in 4 of its 8 reported categories, and Canada in 3 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
