Israel
Latest Average Wage
+5.8% · 5 years
$57,426
Country Comparison
Israel vs Japan
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Israel
vs
Japan
$57,4262025
Latest Average Wage
Israel +14.4%
(vs Japan)
$50,1832025
+5.8%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Israel +8.0 pts
(vs Japan)
−2.2%2025
+19.8%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Israel +21.4 pts
(vs Japan)
−1.6%2025
93.12024
Overall Price Level
Israel +33.9 index points
(vs Japan)
59.22024
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
Japan
Latest Average Wage
−2.2% · 5 years
$50,183
Wage Milestones
Israel
10 Years Ago
$47,933 (2015)
Historical Peak
$57,426 (2025)
Latest Wage
$57,426 (2025)
Japan
10 Years Ago
$51,027 (2015)
Historical Peak
$52,662 (1997)
Latest Wage
$50,183 (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)Japan (JPN)
Overall
+33.9 index points
100
93.1vs59.2
Food
+12.0 index points
100
124vs112
Clothing
+35.0 index points
100
106vs71
Housing
+45.4 index points
100
93.9vs48.5
Health
+49.4 index points
100
83.3vs33.9
Transport
+24.6 index points
100
109vs84.4
Recreation
+20.8 index points
100
99.2vs78.4
Restaurants & Accommodation
+57.4 index points
100
130vs72.6
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Israel's latest average wage is $57,426 for 2025, about 14.4% higher than Japan's $50,183 for 2025 — computed straight from the two reported values. In annual terms the gap comes to about $7,243 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Israel shows the stronger movement at +0.5%, against −0.5% for Japan. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +5.8% against −2.2%. 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 72.6 for Japan. Israel sits on the higher side of that 57.4-point spread; Japan reads 57.4 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 Food: Israel reads 124 and Japan 112 for 2024, just 12.0 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 20.8 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 — Israel at $57,426 for 2025, and Japan at $50,183 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 14.4% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $7,243 a year. 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. 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% against Japan's −1.6%, so the current levels were reached on visibly different long-term paths.
Wage Direction
This pairing shows two wage paths pulling apart rather than tracking each other. 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%. Japan continues to drift below its peak, with a one-year change of −0.5% and a five-year change of −2.2%. With Israel gaining in real terms at +5.8% over five years and Japan at −2.2%, the five-year measures move away from each other rather than closing in. 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 Japan's reads 59.2, 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 72.6 for Japan, a gap of 57.4 index points. At the other end, Food brings the two closest — 124 versus 112, a gap of just 12.0 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Israel reads above 100 in 4 of its 8 reported categories, and Japan in 1 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
