Israel | Minimum salary and government fees increased

Effective April 1, Israel’s minimum monthly salary will be updated to 6,248 NIS (about US$1,714) gross per month.

Key Points:

• The new minimum monthly salary will apply to foreign nationals employed in short-term employment authorization programs, as well as to 2(a)(5) asylum and protection seekers and general B-1 visa holders.
• Employers seeking to obtain or renew a work permit or who have a pending application on or after April 1 must increase the foreign national’s minimum salary to comply with the new rule. Immigration applications that do not meet the minimum salary will be rejected.
• The minimum monthly salary update is designed to help align wages with the rising cost of living.

Additional Information: The government also increased application processing fees for 2025, including raising the work permit submission fee to 1,390 NIS. Other notable fee increases include the B-1 work visa and multiple-entry visa rising to 200 NIS and the B-1 one-year employer fee increasing to 11,060 NIS.

Employers hiring foreign nationals must guarantee that their employees receive at least the updated minimum salary and should take the new increased minimum monthly salary and filing fees into account when planning their 2025 budgets.

This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice Group.

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