Living in Israel

The pay is high by any measure, and even after tax takes its share and the steep cost of living is covered, a salary still leaves room to spare. The harder part is getting in. This is a tight, fast-moving economy built around technology, science, and research, where a local network and some Hebrew tend to count for more than a polished résumé. English opens doors in tech but fades outside it, and care work is among the few fields that takes newcomers without the rest of that in place.

Israel is a high-immigration society, home to about 1.7M foreign-born residents — roughly 17% of the population — a community that has grown 12% over the past decade. The arrivals are notably diverse, led by people born in Morocco (190.6K), Ukraine, and Russia. Its own diaspora of 324.8K is far smaller and centered on the United States.