Israel
Latest Average Wage
+5.8% · 5 years
$57,426
Country Comparison
Israel vs Germany
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Israel
vs
Germany
$57,4262025
Latest Average Wage
Germany +32.8%
(vs Israel)
$76,2852025
+5.8%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Israel +3.8 pts
(vs Germany)
+2.0%2025
+19.8%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Israel +12.7 pts
(vs Germany)
+7.1%2025
93.12024
Overall Price Level
Israel +21.6 index points
(vs Germany)
71.52024
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
Germany
Latest Average Wage
+2.0% · 5 years
$76,285
Wage Milestones
Israel
10 Years Ago
$47,933 (2015)
Historical Peak
$57,426 (2025)
Latest Wage
$57,426 (2025)
Germany
10 Years Ago
$71,244 (2015)
Historical Peak
$76,285 (2025)
Latest Wage
$76,285 (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)Germany (DEU)
Overall
+21.6 index points
100
93.1vs71.5
Food
+35.3 index points
100
124vs88.7
Clothing
+15.6 index points
100
106vs90.4
Housing
+29.8 index points
100
93.9vs64.1
Health
+32.6 index points
100
83.3vs50.7
Transport
−5.0 index points
100
109vs114
Recreation
+12.6 index points
100
99.2vs86.6
Restaurants & Accommodation
+38.9 index points
100
130vs91.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Germany's latest average wage is $76,285 for 2025, about 32.8% higher than Israel's $57,426 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. That is roughly $18,859 a year on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Germany shows the stronger movement at +1.9%, against +0.5% for Israel. The five-year horizon reverses the ordering — Israel at +5.8% and Germany at +2.0% — so the latest year is not the whole story. 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 91.1 for Germany. That is a separation of 38.9 index points on the US=100 scale, with Israel on the higher side and Germany on the lower one. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Transport: Israel reads 109 and Germany 114 for 2024, just 5.0 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 12.6 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 — Germany at $76,285 for 2025, and Israel at $57,426 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 32.8% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $18,859 a year. Both figures are expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices, so they can be set side by side without any further conversion. 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 Germany +7.1%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
The five-year direction is shared here: both series rise, with different momentum on each side. 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%. Germany sits at the highest point of its series — $76,285 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +7.1%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +5.8% for Israel against +2.0% for Germany, so the distance between the two levels keeps shifting. 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 Germany's reads 71.5, 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 91.1 for Germany, a gap of 38.9 index points. At the other end, Transport brings the two closest — 109 versus 114, a gap of just 5.0 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Israel reads above 100 in 4 of its 8 reported categories, and Germany in 1 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
