Israel
Latest Average Wage
+5.8% · 5 years
$57,426
Country Comparison
Israel vs Spain
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Israel
vs
Spain
$57,4262025
Latest Average Wage
Spain +0.6%
(vs Israel)
$57,7792025
+5.8%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Israel +1.5 pts
(vs Spain)
+4.3%2025
+19.8%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Israel +17.2 pts
(vs Spain)
+2.6%2025
93.12024
Overall Price Level
Israel +33.7 index points
(vs Spain)
59.42024
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
Spain
Latest Average Wage
+4.3% · 5 years
$57,779
Wage Milestones
Israel
10 Years Ago
$47,933 (2015)
Historical Peak
$57,426 (2025)
Latest Wage
$57,426 (2025)
Spain
10 Years Ago
$56,334 (2015)
Historical Peak
$58,456 (2009)
Latest Wage
$57,779 (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)Spain (ESP)
Overall
+33.7 index points
100
93.1vs59.4
Food
+42.0 index points
100
124vs82
Clothing
+25.4 index points
100
106vs80.6
Housing
+39.4 index points
100
93.9vs54.5
Health
+40.6 index points
100
83.3vs42.7
Transport
+16.9 index points
100
109vs92.1
Recreation
+25.6 index points
100
99.2vs73.6
Restaurants & Accommodation
+60.8 index points
100
130vs69.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Spain's latest average wage is $57,779 for 2025, about 0.6% higher than Israel's $57,426 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $353 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Spain shows the stronger movement at +1.2%, against +0.5% for Israel. The five-year horizon reverses the ordering — Israel at +5.8% and Spain at +4.3% — 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 69.2 for Spain. Israel sits on the higher side of that 60.8-point spread; Spain reads 60.8 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 Spain 92.1 for 2024, just 16.9 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 25.4 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Israel and Spain report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $57,779 for 2025, against $57,426 for 2025. The difference is 0.6% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $353 a year, which is small next to either figure. Because both values already sit on the same USD PPP, constant-2025-price footing, the comparison adjusts for price-level differences between the two economies. Over ten years Israel recorded +19.8% and Spain +2.6%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. For most side-by-side readings the two wage levels can be treated as equivalent within this dataset.
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%. Spain stands just below its historical high of $58,456 in 2009, only 1.2% away, with a ten-year change of +2.6%. The shared direction still leaves room for different speeds: +5.8% for Israel against +4.3% for Spain, 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 Spain's reads 59.4, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Israel reads higher in 8 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 69.2 for Spain, a gap of 60.8 index points. At the other end, Transport brings the two closest — 109 versus 92.1, a gap of just 16.9 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Israel reads above 100 in 4 of its 8 reported categories, and Spain in 0 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
