11.10.2012                      25.Tischrei. 5773

Statistik:

Government stats show drop in 2011 household incomes

Central Bureau of Statistics survey shows bigger gap between wealthiest and poorest in society.

The CBS numbers showed a decrease of 1.7 percent in gross household income for that year. The most significant decline was in households headed by self-employed individuals, where the average income was recorded at NIS 19,434 a month – a drop of about 4% from 2010’s numbers. For households headed by employees of companies, income declined by a little over 2%….